diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index d979add5b3..8a5119de8d 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ gem "mysql", ">= 2.8.1"
 
 # AP
 gem "rack", "1.0.1", :git => "git://github.com/rails/rack.git"
+gem "rack-test", "0.5.3"
 gem "RedCloth", ">= 4.2.2"
 
 if ENV['CI']
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/test_help.rb b/railties/lib/rails/test_help.rb
index b89b7b5c27..2601765065 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/test_help.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/test_help.rb
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 # so fixtures are loaded to the right database
 silence_warnings { RAILS_ENV = "test" }
 
-require 'rubygems'
-gem "rack", "~> 1.0.0"
-gem "rack-test", "~> 0.5.0"
+require 'rack'
+require 'rack/test'
 
 require 'test/unit'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/kernel/requires'