diff --git a/simple_oauth.gemspec b/simple_oauth.gemspec
index acbf11d..8758b4f 100644
--- a/simple_oauth.gemspec
+++ b/simple_oauth.gemspec
@@ -11,11 +11,9 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.authors = ['Steve Richert', 'Erik Michaels-Ober']
   spec.description = 'Simply builds and verifies OAuth headers'
   spec.email = ['steve.richert@gmail.com', 'sferik@gmail.com']
-  spec.extra_rdoc_files = ['README.rdoc']
   spec.files = `git ls-files`.split("\n")
   spec.homepage = 'http://github.com/laserlemon/simple_oauth'
   spec.name = 'simple_oauth'
-  spec.rdoc_options = ['--charset=UTF-8']
   spec.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new('>= 1.3.6') if spec.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   spec.summary = spec.description
   spec.test_files = `git ls-files -- test/**/*_test.rb`.split("\n")