diff --git a/lib/cancan.rb b/lib/cancan.rb
index 61ae361..855e31d 100644
--- a/lib/cancan.rb
+++ b/lib/cancan.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module CanCan
   class AccessDenied < StandardError; end
 end
 
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/cancan/ability'
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/cancan/controller_resource'
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/cancan/resource_authorization'
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/cancan/controller_additions'
+require 'cancan/ability'
+require 'cancan/controller_resource'
+require 'cancan/resource_authorization'
+require 'cancan/controller_additions'
diff --git a/spec/cancan/ability_spec.rb b/spec/cancan/ability_spec.rb
index e436b79..d986fcb 100644
--- a/spec/cancan/ability_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/cancan/ability_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper'
+require "spec_helper"
 
 describe CanCan::Ability do
   before(:each) do
diff --git a/spec/cancan/controller_additions_spec.rb b/spec/cancan/controller_additions_spec.rb
index ac5bbd8..1460177 100644
--- a/spec/cancan/controller_additions_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/cancan/controller_additions_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper'
+require "spec_helper"
 
 describe CanCan::ControllerAdditions do
   before(:each) do
diff --git a/spec/cancan/controller_resource_spec.rb b/spec/cancan/controller_resource_spec.rb
index 89b07f9..aba66f2 100644
--- a/spec/cancan/controller_resource_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/cancan/controller_resource_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper'
+require "spec_helper"
 
 describe CanCan::ControllerResource do
   before(:each) do
diff --git a/spec/cancan/resource_authorization_spec.rb b/spec/cancan/resource_authorization_spec.rb
index d2cdf3a..dedd37c 100644
--- a/spec/cancan/resource_authorization_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/cancan/resource_authorization_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper'
+require "spec_helper"
 
 describe CanCan::ResourceAuthorization do
   before(:each) do
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 72a56f5..d500c42 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ require 'active_support'
 require 'active_record'
 require 'action_controller'
 require 'action_view'
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../lib/cancan.rb'
+require 'cancan'
 
 Spec::Runner.configure do |config|
   config.mock_with :rr