diff --git a/bin/riak-syslog b/bin/riak-syslog
index 21d1f09..6c69b82 100755
--- a/bin/riak-syslog
+++ b/bin/riak-syslog
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
 
-require 'rubygems'
-require 'bundler/setup'
 require 'riak-syslog'
 require 'riak-syslog/cli'
 
diff --git a/bin/riak-syslog-receiver b/bin/riak-syslog-receiver
index c07bbc0..9526384 100755
--- a/bin/riak-syslog-receiver
+++ b/bin/riak-syslog-receiver
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
 
-require 'rubygems'
-require 'bundler/setup'
 require 'riak-syslog'
 require 'syslog'
 require 'date'
diff --git a/lib/riak-syslog.rb b/lib/riak-syslog.rb
index 7132356..6ef79fb 100644
--- a/lib/riak-syslog.rb
+++ b/lib/riak-syslog.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require 'active_model'
 require 'riak'
 require 'riak-syslog/base'
 require 'riak-syslog/config'