diff --git a/spec/google/api_client/discovery_spec.rb b/spec/google/api_client/discovery_spec.rb
index 616248725..fdf1734b1 100644
--- a/spec/google/api_client/discovery_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/google/api_client/discovery_spec.rb
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ require 'signet/oauth_1/client'
 
 require 'google/api_client'
 require 'google/api_client/version'
-require 'google/api_client/parsers/json_parser'
 
 describe Google::APIClient do
   before do
diff --git a/spec/google/api_client_spec.rb b/spec/google/api_client_spec.rb
index ee25dab9d..9ac14fe36 100644
--- a/spec/google/api_client_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/google/api_client_spec.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ require 'signet/oauth_1/client'
 
 require 'google/api_client'
 require 'google/api_client/version'
-require 'google/api_client/parsers/json_parser'
 
 shared_examples_for 'configurable user agent' do
   it 'should allow the user agent to be modified' do