--- fastri-0.3.1/lib/fastri/util.rb
+++ fastri-0.3.1/lib/fastri/util.rb
@@ -32,11 +32,7 @@ unless defined? ::Gem
     end
   end
 end
-# don't let rdoc/ri/ri_paths load rubygems.rb, that takes ~100ms !
-emulation = $".all?{|x| /rubygems\.rb$/ !~ x} # 1.9 compatibility
-$".unshift "rubygems.rb" if emulation
 require 'rdoc/ri/ri_paths'
-$".delete "rubygems.rb" if emulation
 require 'rdoc/ri/ri_writer'
 
 module FastRI