1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index ec5e62c..219744a 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
  # -*- encoding: binary -*-
+autoload :Gem, 'rubygems'
  
  # most tasks are in the GNUmakefile which offers better parallelism
  
@@ -89,8 +90,6 @@ end
  
  desc "print release notes for Rubyforge"
  task :release_notes do
-  require 'rubygems'
-
    spec = Gem::Specification.load('rainbows.gemspec')
    puts spec.description.strip
    puts ""
@@ -121,7 +120,6 @@ end
  
  desc "post to RAA"
  task :raa_update do
-  require 'rubygems'
    require 'net/http'
    require 'net/netrc'
    rc = Net::Netrc.locate('rainbows-raa') or abort "~/.netrc not found"