1 files changed, 7 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/activeresource/lib/active_resource.rb b/activeresource/lib/active_resource.rb
index 18347457aa..db9007060f 100644
--- a/activeresource/lib/active_resource.rb
+++ b/activeresource/lib/active_resource.rb
@@ -21,16 +21,13 @@
 # WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 #++
 
-$:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__)) unless
-  $:.include?(File.dirname(__FILE__)) || $:.include?(File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__)))
-
-unless defined?(ActiveSupport)
-  begin
-    $:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../../activesupport/lib")  
+begin
+  require 'active_support'
+rescue LoadError
+  activesupport_path = "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../../activesupport/lib"
+  if File.directory?(activesupport_path)
+    $:.unshift activesupport_path
     require 'active_support'
-  rescue LoadError
-    require 'rubygems'
-    gem 'activesupport'
   end
 end
 
@@ -44,4 +41,4 @@ module ActiveResource
     include Validations
     include CustomMethods
   end
-end
-\ No newline at end of file
+end