diff --git a/git-commit-notifier.gemspec b/git-commit-notifier.gemspec
index 4c3c5d6..f6f0a6c 100644
--- a/git-commit-notifier.gemspec
+++ b/git-commit-notifier.gemspec
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_development_dependency(%q<rspec-core>, [">= 0"])
   s.add_development_dependency(%q<rspec-expectations>, [">= 0"])
   s.add_development_dependency(%q<rr>, ["~> 1.0"])
-  s.add_development_dependency(%q<faker>, ["~> 1.1.1"])
+  s.add_development_dependency(%q<faker>, ["~> 1.1.2"])
   s.add_development_dependency(%q<yard>, ["~> 0.8.1"])
   s.add_development_dependency(%q<redcarpet>, ["~> 2.1"])
 end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index a292ca9..f222463 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -11,15 +11,6 @@
   Encoding.default_internal = "utf-8"
 end
 
-# Faker ruby 1.8 compatibility issue #157
-unless Symbol.respond_to?(:downcase)
-  Symbol.class_eval do
-    def downcase
-      to_s.downcase.intern
-    end
-  end
-end
-
 require 'rubygems'
 require 'faker'
 require 'rspec/core'