diff --git a/firewatir/firewatir.gemspec b/firewatir/firewatir.gemspec
index 0634565f..f9f9230d 100644
--- a/firewatir/firewatir.gemspec
+++ b/firewatir/firewatir.gemspec
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ $__firewatir_source_patterns = [
     'unittests/html/*.html', 'unittests/html/images/*.*' 
     ]
 
-$LOAD_PATH.unshift File.dirname(__FILE__)
-require 'firewatir'
-
 spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = 'firewatir'
   s.version = '1.6.0'
diff --git a/firewatir/lib/firewatir.rb b/firewatir/lib/firewatir.rb
index 9c00eef2..9997b72d 100644
--- a/firewatir/lib/firewatir.rb
+++ b/firewatir/lib/firewatir.rb
@@ -45,5 +45,5 @@
 require 'watir'
 
 # this only has an effect if firewatir is required before anyone invokes 
-# Browser.new. Thus it has no effect if Browser.new itself autoloads this.
+# Browser.new. Thus it has no effect when Browser.new itself autoloads this library.
 Watir::Browser.default = 'firefox'