4 files changed, 8 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/activeresource/test/abstract_unit.rb b/activeresource/test/abstract_unit.rb
index ce9371d050..3398f2dac7 100644
--- a/activeresource/test/abstract_unit.rb
+++ b/activeresource/test/abstract_unit.rb
@@ -5,22 +5,16 @@ gem 'mocha', '>= 0.9.5'
 require 'mocha'
 
 $:.unshift "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../lib"
-$:.unshift "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../../activesupport/lib"
 require 'active_resource'
 require 'active_resource/http_mock'
 
 $:.unshift "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../test"
 require 'setter_trap'
 
+require 'logger'
 ActiveResource::Base.logger = Logger.new("#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/debug.log")
 
-# Show backtraces for deprecated behavior for quicker cleanup.
-ActiveSupport::Deprecation.debug = true
-
-def uses_gem(gem_name, test_name, version = '> 0')
-  gem gem_name.to_s, version
-  require gem_name.to_s
-  yield
+begin
+  require 'ruby-debug'
 rescue LoadError
-  $stderr.puts "Skipping #{test_name} tests. `gem install #{gem_name}` and try again."
 end
diff --git a/activeresource/test/base/custom_methods_test.rb b/activeresource/test/base/custom_methods_test.rb
index 61887f4ec7..2d81549a65 100644
--- a/activeresource/test/base/custom_methods_test.rb
+++ b/activeresource/test/base/custom_methods_test.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 require 'abstract_unit'
 require 'fixtures/person'
 require 'fixtures/street_address'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/hash/conversions'
 
 class CustomMethodsTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def setup
diff --git a/activeresource/test/base/load_test.rb b/activeresource/test/base/load_test.rb
index a475fab34e..035bd965c2 100644
--- a/activeresource/test/base/load_test.rb
+++ b/activeresource/test/base/load_test.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 require 'abstract_unit'
 require "fixtures/person"
 require "fixtures/street_address"
+require 'active_support/core_ext/symbol'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/hash/conversions'
 
 module Highrise
   class Note < ActiveResource::Base
diff --git a/activeresource/test/base_test.rb b/activeresource/test/base_test.rb
index 6ed6f1a406..82d3b2ae96 100644
--- a/activeresource/test/base_test.rb
+++ b/activeresource/test/base_test.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ require "fixtures/person"
 require "fixtures/customer"
 require "fixtures/street_address"
 require "fixtures/beast"
+require 'active_support/core_ext/hash/conversions'
 
 class BaseTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def setup
@@ -853,7 +854,7 @@ class BaseTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def test_to_xml
     matz = Person.find(1)
     xml = matz.encode
-    assert xml.starts_with?('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>')
+    assert xml.include?('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>')
     assert xml.include?('<name>Matz</name>')
     assert xml.include?('<id type="integer">1</id>')
   end