diff --git a/lib/gpgme.rb b/lib/gpgme.rb
index 77f8c25..ad52cc3 100644
--- a/lib/gpgme.rb
+++ b/lib/gpgme.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-$:.push File.expand_path("../..", __FILE__) # C extension is in the root
-
 require 'gpgme_n'
 
 # TODO without this call one can't GPGME::Ctx.new, find out why