diff --git a/.rspec b/.rspec
index 4e1e0d2..83e16f8 100644
--- a/.rspec
+++ b/.rspec
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 --color
+--require spec_helper
diff --git a/spec/redis_mutex_macro_spec.rb b/spec/redis_mutex_macro_spec.rb
index 09e1661..f289bed 100644
--- a/spec/redis_mutex_macro_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/redis_mutex_macro_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
 class C
   include RedisMutex::Macro
   auto_mutex :run_singularly, :block => 0, :after_failure => lambda {|id| return "failure: #{id}" }
diff --git a/spec/redis_mutex_spec.rb b/spec/redis_mutex_spec.rb
index 31e2929..ca79030 100644
--- a/spec/redis_mutex_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/redis_mutex_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
 SHORT_MUTEX_OPTIONS = { :block => 0.1, :sleep => 0.02 }
 
 describe RedisMutex do