diff --git a/spring.gemspec b/spring.gemspec
index ae6fb21c..110726b4 100644
--- a/spring.gemspec
+++ b/spring.gemspec
@@ -1,21 +1,17 @@
-# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
-lib = File.expand_path('../lib', __FILE__)
-$LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib)
-require 'spring/version'
+require './lib/spring/version'
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.name          = "spring"
   gem.version       = Spring::VERSION
   gem.authors       = ["Jon Leighton"]
   gem.email         = ["j@jonathanleighton.com"]
-  gem.description   = %q{Rails application preloader}
-  gem.summary       = %q{Rails application preloader}
-  gem.homepage      = "http://github.com/rails/spring"
+  gem.summary       = "Rails application preloader"
+  gem.description   = "Preloads your application so things like console, rake and tests run faster"
+  gem.homepage      = "https://github.com/rails/spring"
   gem.license       = "MIT"
 
   gem.files         = Dir["LICENSE.txt", "README.md", "lib/**/*", "bin/*"]
   gem.executables   = gem.files.grep(%r{^bin/}).map{ |f| File.basename(f) }
-  gem.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
   gem.add_development_dependency 'activesupport', '~> 4.2.0'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'rake'