--- rabbit.orig/bin/rabbirc
+++ rabbit/bin/rabbirc
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
 # -*- ruby -*-
 
-require 'rubygems'
 require 'net/irc'
 require 'drb'
 require 'nkf'
--- rabbit.orig/lib/rabbit/gettext.rb
+++ rabbit/lib/rabbit/gettext.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 begin
-  begin
-    require "gettext"
-  rescue LoadError
-    require "rubygems"
-    require "gettext"
-  end
+  require "gettext"
   module GetText
     if ::GetText::TextDomainManager.respond_to?(:textdomain)
       alias _gettext gettext
