diff --git a/.gemspec b/.gemspec
index 890836878..c7c830745 100644
--- a/.gemspec
+++ b/.gemspec
@@ -1,55 +1,54 @@
 # -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # PLEASE NOTE
 # This gemspec is not intended to be used for building the Puppet gem.  This
 # gemspec is intended for use with bundler when Puppet is a dependency of
 # another project.  For example, the stdlib project is able to integrate with
 # the master branch of Puppet by using a Gemfile path of
 # git://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet.git
 #
 # Please see the [packaging
 # repository](https://github.com/puppetlabs/packaging) for information on how
 # to build the Puppet gem package.
 
 begin
   require 'puppet/version'
 rescue LoadError
   $LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.expand_path("../lib", __FILE__))
   require 'puppet/version'
 end
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = "puppet"
   version = Puppet.version
   mdata = version.match(/(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)/)
   s.version = mdata ? mdata[1] : version
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new("> 1.3.1") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["Puppet Labs"]
   s.date = "2012-08-17"
   s.description = "Puppet, an automated configuration management tool"
   s.email = "puppet@puppetlabs.com"
   s.executables = ["puppet"]
   s.files = ["bin/puppet"]
   s.homepage = "http://puppetlabs.com"
   s.rdoc_options = ["--title", "Puppet - Configuration Management", "--main", "README", "--line-numbers"]
   s.require_paths = ["lib"]
   s.rubyforge_project = "puppet"
-  s.rubygems_version = "1.8.24"
   s.summary = "Puppet, an automated configuration management tool"
 
   if s.respond_to? :specification_version then
     s.specification_version = 3
 
     if Gem::Version.new(Gem::VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then
       s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<facter>, [">= 1.7", "< 3"])
       s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<hiera>, [">= 1.0", "< 3"])
     else
       s.add_dependency(%q<facter>, [">= 1.7", "< 3"])
       s.add_dependency(%q<hiera>, [">= 1.0", "< 3"])
     end
   else
     s.add_dependency(%q<facter>, [">= 1.7", "< 3"])
     s.add_dependency(%q<hiera>, [">= 1.0", "< 3"])
   end
 end