diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 1fbf59fe8e..5977d0adec 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ end
 Rake::TestTask.new(:normal_test) do |t|
   t.verbose = true
   t.deps = :generate
-  t.libs << "test/lib"
-  t.ruby_opts << "-rhelper"
   t.test_files = FileList["test/**/test_*.rb"].exclude("test/rdoc/test_rdoc_rubygems_hook.rb")
 end
 
diff --git a/test/rdoc/support/test_case.rb b/test/rdoc/support/test_case.rb
index d98dbe0d7b..de5885ee02 100644
--- a/test/rdoc/support/test_case.rb
+++ b/test/rdoc/support/test_case.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 require 'tmpdir'
 require 'stringio'
 
+require_relative '../../lib/helper'
 require_relative '../../../lib/rdoc'
 
 ##