diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 4339ddd..230dc92 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
     gowalla (0.4.0)
-      activesupport (~> 3.0.0)
       faraday (~> 0.4.5)
       faraday_middleware (~> 0.0.5)
       oauth2
@@ -10,7 +9,6 @@ PATH
 GEM
   remote: http://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    activesupport (3.0.0)
     addressable (2.2.1)
     fakeweb (1.3.0)
     faraday (0.4.6)
@@ -34,7 +32,6 @@ PLATFORMS
   ruby
 
 DEPENDENCIES
-  activesupport (~> 3.0.0)
   bundler (>= 1.0.0)
   fakeweb
   faraday (~> 0.4.5)
diff --git a/gowalla.gemspec b/gowalla.gemspec
index a83056d..0055bd3 100644
--- a/gowalla.gemspec
+++ b/gowalla.gemspec
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency 'oauth2'
   s.add_dependency 'faraday', '~> 0.4.5'
   s.add_dependency 'faraday_middleware', '~> 0.0.5'
-  s.add_dependency 'activesupport', '~> 3.0.0'
 
   s.add_development_dependency 'shoulda', '~> 2.11.3'
   s.add_development_dependency 'jnunemaker-matchy', '~> 0.4.0'
diff --git a/lib/gowalla.rb b/lib/gowalla.rb
index fc786d4..b8cbda2 100644
--- a/lib/gowalla.rb
+++ b/lib/gowalla.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 require 'faraday'
 require 'faraday_middleware'
 require 'oauth2'
-require 'active_support/inflector'
 
 require 'gowalla/client'
 
diff --git a/lib/gowalla/client.rb b/lib/gowalla/client.rb
index a5938d4..0a544b2 100644
--- a/lib/gowalla/client.rb
+++ b/lib/gowalla/client.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 require 'forwardable'
 require 'gowalla/generic_request'
 require 'gowalla/post_methods'
+require 'gowalla/pluralizer'
 
 module Gowalla
   class Client
diff --git a/lib/gowalla/pluralizer.rb b/lib/gowalla/pluralizer.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53e28b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/gowalla/pluralizer.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+if !String.method_defined?(:pluralize)
+
+  class String
+    puts 'defining pluralize'
+    def pluralize
+      case self[self.length - 1]
+        when 'y' then self[0..self.length - 2] + 'ies'
+        when 's' then self
+        else self + 's'
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+end