diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index bc85c7d..a2613fe 100755
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
 require "fileutils"
+require 'rubygems'
+gem 'rspec'
+gem 'rspec-rails'
 
 Dir[File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__)) + "/lib/tasks/**/*.rake"].sort.each { |ext| load ext }
 
@@ -8,17 +11,10 @@ PLUGIN_ROOT = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__))
 REDMINE_APP = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../../app')
 REDMINE_LIB = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../../lib')
 
-# In rails 1.2, plugins aren't available in the path until they're loaded.
-# Check to see if the rspec plugin is installed first and require
-# it if it is.  If not, use the gem version.
-rspec_base = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../rspec/lib')
-$LOAD_PATH.unshift(rspec_base) if File.exist?(rspec_base)
-
 require 'rake'
 require 'rake/clean'
 require 'rake/rdoctask'
 require 'spec/rake/spectask'
-require 'spec/translator'
 
 PROJECT_NAME = 'budget_plugin'
 ZIP_FILE = PROJECT_NAME + ".zip"