diff --git a/lib/gollum.rb b/lib/gollum.rb
index e354e90c..41cd566c 100644
--- a/lib/gollum.rb
+++ b/lib/gollum.rb
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ require 'grit'
 require 'github/markup'
 require 'sanitize'
 
-# ruby 1.8 compatibility
-require 'gollum/ruby1.8'
-
 # internal
 require 'gollum/git_access'
 require 'gollum/committer'
diff --git a/lib/gollum/ruby1.8.rb b/lib/gollum/ruby1.8.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index d24d5f29..00000000
--- a/lib/gollum/ruby1.8.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-class String
-  alias :lines :to_a if defined?(RUBY_VERSION) && RUBY_VERSION < '1.9'
-end