diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index e92684c..65a54b5 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ group :development do
   gem "guard-rspec"
   gem "rb-readline", "~> 0.5.0"
   gem "jeweler", ">= 1.6.2"
-  gem "rcov", :platforms => :mri_18
-  gem "simplecov", :platforms => :mri_19
+  gem "simplecov"
   gem "test_construct"
   gem "capture-output", "~> 1.0.0"
   if RbConfig::CONFIG['host_os'] =~ /linux|freebsd|openbsd|sunos|solaris/
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 5e5868d..52dbf41 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+require 'simplecov'
+SimpleCov.start
+
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__))
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'lib'))
 require 'homesick'