--- a/escape_utils.gemspec
+++ b/escape_utils.gemspec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   s.authors = ["Brian Lopez"]
   s.email = %q{seniorlopez@gmail.com}
   s.extensions = ["ext/escape_utils/extconf.rb"]
-  s.files = `git ls-files`.split("\n")
+  s.files = Dir["lib/**/*", "ext/**/*"]
   s.homepage = %q{https://github.com/brianmario/escape_utils}
   s.license = %q{MIT}
   s.rdoc_options = ["--charset=UTF-8"]
@@ -14,18 +14,10 @@
   s.rubygems_version = %q{1.4.2}
   s.summary = %q{Faster string escaping routines for your web apps}
   s.description = %q{Quickly perform HTML, URL, URI and Javascript escaping/unescaping}
-  s.test_files = `git ls-files test`.split("\n")
 
   s.required_ruby_version = ">= 1.9.3"
 
   # tests
   s.add_development_dependency 'rake-compiler', ">= 0.7.5"
   s.add_development_dependency 'minitest', ">= 5.0.0"
-  # benchmarks
-  s.add_development_dependency 'benchmark-ips'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'rack'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'haml'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'fast_xs'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'actionpack'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'url_escape'
 end