diff --git a/spec/integration/attack_vectors_spec.rb b/spec/integration/attack_vectors_spec.rb
index 398297428..7e7f9f126 100644
--- a/spec/integration/attack_vectors_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/attack_vectors_spec.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 
-def receive(post, opts)
+def receive_post(post, opts)
   sender = opts.fetch(:from)
   receiver = opts.fetch(:by)
   salmon_xml = sender.salmon(post).xml_for(receiver.person)
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def temporary_post(user, &block)
 end
 
 def expect_error(partial_message, &block)# DOES NOT REQUIRE ERROR!!
-  begin 
+  begin
     yield
   rescue => e
     e.message.should match partial_message
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ end
     #returns the message
 def legit_post_from_user1_to_user2(user1, user2)
   original_message = user1.post(:status_message, :text => 'store this!', :to => user1.aspects.find_by_name("generic").id)
-  receive(original_message, :from => user1, :by => user2)
+  receive_post(original_message, :from => user1, :by => user2)
   original_message
 end
 
@@ -126,9 +126,9 @@ describe "attack vectors" do
 
         expect {
           expect {
-            receive(profile, :from => alice, :by => bob)
+            receive_post(profile, :from => alice, :by => bob)
           }.to raise_error Diaspora::AuthorXMLAuthorMismatch
-        }.to_not change(eve.profile, :first_name) 
+        }.to_not change(eve.profile, :first_name)
       end
     end
 
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ describe "attack vectors" do
         malicious_message = FactoryGirl.build(:status_message, :id => original_message.id, :guid => original_message.guid, :author => alice.person)
 
         expect{
-          receive(malicious_message, :from => alice, :by => bob)
+          receive_post(malicious_message, :from => alice, :by => bob)
         }.to_not change(original_message, :author_id)
       end
 
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ describe "attack vectors" do
         malicious_message = FactoryGirl.build( :status_message, :id => original_message.id, :text => 'BAD!!!', :author => eve.person)
 
         expect {
-          receive(malicious_message, :from => eve, :by => bob)
+          receive_post(malicious_message, :from => eve, :by => bob)
         }.to_not change(original_message, :text)
       end
     end
@@ -175,14 +175,14 @@ describe "attack vectors" do
     it "ignores retractions on a post not owned by the retraction's sender" do
       original_message = legit_post_from_user1_to_user2(eve, bob)
 
-      ret = bogus_retraction do |retraction| 
+      ret = bogus_retraction do |retraction|
         retraction.post_guid = original_message.guid
         retraction.diaspora_handle = alice.person.diaspora_handle
         retraction.type = original_message.class.to_s
       end
 
       expect {
-        receive(ret, :from => alice, :by => bob)
+        receive_post(ret, :from => alice, :by => bob)
       }.to_not change(StatusMessage, :count)
     end
 
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ describe "attack vectors" do
                             end
                           end
        expect{
-        receive(bogus_retraction, :from => alice, :by => bob)
+        receive_post(bogus_retraction, :from => alice, :by => bob)
       }.to_not raise_error
     end
 
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ describe "attack vectors" do
 
       expect {
         expect {
-          receive(retraction, :from => alice, :by => bob)
+          receive_post(retraction, :from => alice, :by => bob)
         }.to raise_error Diaspora::AuthorXMLAuthorMismatch
       }.to_not change(bob.visible_shareables(Post), :count)
 
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ describe "attack vectors" do
       end
 
       expect{
-        receive(retraction, :from => alice, :by => bob)
+        receive_post(retraction, :from => alice, :by => bob)
       }.to_not change{bob.reload.contacts.count}
     end
 
@@ -240,14 +240,14 @@ describe "attack vectors" do
 
       expect{
         expect {
-          receive(retraction, :from => alice, :by => bob)
+          receive_post(retraction, :from => alice, :by => bob)
         }.to raise_error Diaspora::AuthorXMLAuthorMismatch
       }.to_not change(bob.contacts, :count)
     end
 
     it 'does not let another user update other persons post' do
       original_message = eve.post(:photo, :user_file => uploaded_photo, :text => "store this!", :to => eves_aspect.id)
-      receive(original_message, :from => eve, :by => bob)
+      receive_post(original_message, :from => eve, :by => bob)
 
       #is this testing two things?
       new_message = original_message.dup
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ describe "attack vectors" do
       new_message.text = "bad bad bad"
 
       expect{
-        receive(new_message, :from => alice, :by => bob)
+        receive_post(new_message, :from => alice, :by => bob)
        }.to_not change(original_message, :text)
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/models/reshare_spec.rb b/spec/models/reshare_spec.rb
index aedb365d5..20a50682a 100644
--- a/spec/models/reshare_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/reshare_spec.rb
@@ -23,26 +23,27 @@ describe Reshare do
   end
 
   describe "#receive" do
-    let(:receive) {@reshare.receive(@root.author.owner, @reshare.author)}
+    let(:receive_reshare) { @reshare.receive(@root.author.owner, @reshare.author) }
+
     before do
       @reshare = FactoryGirl.create(:reshare, :root => FactoryGirl.build(:status_message, :author => bob.person, :public => true))
       @root = @reshare.root
     end
 
     it 'increments the reshare count' do
-      receive
+      receive_reshare
       @root.resharers.count.should == 1
     end
 
     it 'adds the resharer to the re-sharers of the post' do
-      receive
+      receive_reshare
       @root.resharers.should include(@reshare.author)
     end
     it 'does not error if the root author has a contact for the resharer' do
       bob.share_with @reshare.author, bob.aspects.first
       proc {
         Timeout.timeout(5) do
-          receive #This doesn't ever terminate on my machine before it was fixed.
+          receive_reshare #This doesn't ever terminate on my machine before it was fixed.
         end
       }.should_not raise_error
     end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index ceef36105..2f375e9e4 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 #   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.  See
 #   the COPYRIGHT file.
 
-require 'rubygems'
-
 prefork = proc do
   # Loading more in this block will cause your tests to run faster. However,
   # if you change any configuration or code from libraries loaded here, you'll
@@ -13,7 +11,7 @@ prefork = proc do
   #Spork.trap_method(Rails::Application::RoutesReloader, :reload!)
 
   ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= 'test'
-  require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'config', 'environment') unless defined?(Rails)
+  require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'config', 'environment')
   require Rails.root.join('spec', 'helper_methods')
   require Rails.root.join('spec', 'spec-doc')
   require 'rspec/rails'
@@ -112,6 +110,6 @@ RSpec.configure do |config|
     DeferredGarbageCollection.start
   end
   config.after(:all) do
-    DeferredGarbageCollection.reconsider 
+    DeferredGarbageCollection.reconsider
   end
 end