diff --git a/spec/find_spec_utils.rb b/spec/find_spec_utils.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index fa92d513b..000000000
--- a/spec/find_spec_utils.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-def find_puppet_spec()
-  puppetdir = $LOAD_PATH.detect do |file|
-    File.directory?(File.join(file, 'puppet')) &&
-      File.directory?(File.join(file, '../spec/lib'))
-  end
-  raise Exception, "could not find puppet spec lib" unless puppetdir
-  $LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.join(puppetdir, '../spec/lib'))
-  $LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.join(puppetdir, '../spec'))
-  require File.join(puppetdir, '../spec/spec_helper')
-end
-find_puppet_spec
-require 'puppet_spec/files'
-include PuppetSpec
-include PuppetSpec::Files
diff --git a/spec/unit/type/nova_config_spec.rb b/spec/unit/type/nova_config_spec.rb
index aa9d7c124..a905d7b1e 100644
--- a/spec/unit/type/nova_config_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/type/nova_config_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '../../find_spec_utils.rb')
 require 'puppet'
 require 'puppet/type/nova_config'
 describe 'Puppet::Type.type(:nova_config)' do