diff --git a/lib/twitter.rb b/lib/twitter.rb
index 373afa81b..ed1483239 100644
--- a/lib/twitter.rb
+++ b/lib/twitter.rb
@@ -1,14 +1,8 @@
-require 'forwardable'
-require 'rubygems'
-
-gem 'oauth', '~> 0.3.6'
-require 'oauth'
-
-gem 'hashie', '~> 0.1.3'
-require 'hashie'
-
-gem 'httparty', '>= 0.5.2'
-require 'httparty'
+require "forwardable"
+require "rubygems"
+require "oauth"
+require "hashie"
+require "httparty"
 
 module Twitter
   class TwitterError < StandardError
@@ -29,7 +23,7 @@ class InformTwitter < StandardError; end
   class NotFound      < StandardError; end
 
   def self.firehose
-    response = HTTParty.get('http://api.twitter.com/statuses/public_timeline.json', :format => :json)
+    response = HTTParty.get("http://api.twitter.com/statuses/public_timeline.json", :format => :json)
     response.map { |tweet| Hashie::Mash.new(tweet) }
   end
 
@@ -84,9 +78,9 @@ def rubyify_keys!
 
 directory = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__))
 
-require File.join(directory, 'twitter', 'oauth')
-require File.join(directory, 'twitter', 'httpauth')
-require File.join(directory, 'twitter', 'request')
-require File.join(directory, 'twitter', 'base')
-require File.join(directory, 'twitter', 'search')
-require File.join(directory, 'twitter', 'trends')
+require File.join(directory, "twitter", "oauth")
+require File.join(directory, "twitter", "httpauth")
+require File.join(directory, "twitter", "request")
+require File.join(directory, "twitter", "base")
+require File.join(directory, "twitter", "search")
+require File.join(directory, "twitter", "trends")
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index bf41f6b2b..572900f85 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -1,32 +1,26 @@
-require 'test/unit'
-require 'pathname'
-require 'rubygems'
-
-gem 'shoulda', '>= 2.10.1'
-gem 'jnunemaker-matchy', '0.4.0'
-gem 'mocha', '0.9.4'
-gem 'fakeweb', '>= 1.2.5'
-
-require 'shoulda'
-require 'matchy'
-require 'mocha'
-require 'fakeweb'
+require "test/unit"
+require "pathname"
+require "rubygems"
+require "shoulda"
+require "matchy"
+require "mocha"
+require "fakeweb"
 
 FakeWeb.allow_net_connect = false
 
-dir = (Pathname(__FILE__).dirname + '../lib').expand_path
-require dir + 'twitter'
+dir = (Pathname(__FILE__).dirname + "../lib").expand_path
+require dir + "twitter"
 
 class Test::Unit::TestCase
 end
 
 def sample_image(filename)
-  File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/fixtures/' + filename)
+  File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/fixtures/" + filename)
 end
 
 def fixture_file(filename)
-  return '' if filename == ''
-  file_path = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/fixtures/' + filename)
+  return "" if filename == ""
+  file_path = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/fixtures/" + filename)
   File.read(file_path)
 end