diff --git a/google-api-client.gemspec b/google-api-client.gemspec
index ae0ebb384..b9c43ff4d 100644
--- a/google-api-client.gemspec
+++ b/google-api-client.gemspec
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
                        .reject { |f| f.match(%r{^(spec|script)/|^api_names_out}) }
 
   spec.executables   = spec.files.grep(%r{^bin/}) { |f| File.basename(f) }
-  spec.require_paths = %w[lib generated third_party]
+  spec.require_paths = %w[lib generated]
 
   spec.required_ruby_version = '~> 2.0'
 
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper/load_path_spec.rb b/spec/spec_helper/load_path_spec.rb
index 9f6c70ad3..7ee236bbc 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper/load_path_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper/load_path_spec.rb
@@ -26,8 +26,4 @@ RSpec.describe $LOAD_PATH do
   it('should contain GENERATED_DIR') do
     expect($LOAD_PATH).to include(GENERATED_DIR)
   end
-
-  it('should contain THIRD_PARTY_DIR') do
-    expect($LOAD_PATH).to include(THIRD_PARTY_DIR)
-  end
 end