diff --git a/spec/httpclient_spec.rb b/spec/httpclient_spec.rb
index dbd30bf46..086687dac 100644
--- a/spec/httpclient_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/httpclient_spec.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 require 'webmock_spec'
 require 'ostruct'
 
-require 'httpclient'
 require 'httpclient_spec_helper'
 
 describe "Webmock with HTTPClient" do
diff --git a/spec/patron_spec.rb b/spec/patron_spec.rb
index fb3bea9f8..fc996d07b 100644
--- a/spec/patron_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/patron_spec.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 
 unless RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /java/
-  require 'patron'
   require 'patron_spec_helper'
   require 'tmpdir'
   require 'fileutils'