diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index b88f9caa8a..3230dd9cad 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ group :test do
   gem 'rack-test', '~> 0.6.2'
   gem 'shoulda-context', '~> 1.2'
   gem 'launchy', '~> 2.3.0'
-  gem 'factory_girl_rails', '~> 4.5'
+  gem 'factory_girl_rails', '~> 4.5', require: false
   gem 'cucumber-rails', '~> 1.4.2', require: false
   gem 'rack_session_access'
   gem 'database_cleaner', '~> 1.4.1'
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ group :test do
   gem 'rb-readline', '~> 0.5.1' # ruby on CI needs this
   # why in Gemfile? see: https://github.com/guard/guard-test
   gem 'ruby-prof'
-  gem 'simplecov', '0.8.0.pre'
+  gem 'simplecov', '0.8.0.pre', require: false
   gem 'shoulda-matchers', '~> 2.8', require: nil
   gem 'json_spec'
   gem 'activerecord-tableless', '~> 1.0'
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index df3bbed408..1dcf4b57a8 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ require 'shoulda/matchers'
 require 'rspec/example_disabler'
 require 'capybara/rails'
 require 'capybara-screenshot/rspec'
+require 'factory_girl_rails'
 
 Capybara.register_driver :selenium do |app|
   require 'selenium/webdriver'
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ end
 Rails.application.config.plugins_to_test_paths.each do |dir|
   ['disable_specs.rb', 'config_spec_helper.rb'].each do |file_name|
     file = File.join(dir, 'spec', file_name)
-    
+
     if File.exists?(file)
       puts "Loading #{file}"
       require file