gistfile1.patch

diff --git a/lib/rubygems/specification.rb b/lib/rubygems/specification.rb
index 3c6d942..1ac5c06 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/specification.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/specification.rb
@@ -2186,11 +2186,6 @@ class Gem::Specification
             "invalid value for attribute name: \"#{name.inspect}\""
     end
 
-    if require_paths.empty? then
-      raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
-            'specification must have at least one require_path'
-    end
-
     @files.delete_if            { |x| File.directory?(x) }
     @test_files.delete_if       { |x| File.directory?(x) }
     @executables.delete_if      { |x| File.directory?(File.join(@bindir, x)) }
diff --git a/test/rubygems/test_gem_specification.rb b/test/rubygems/test_gem_specification.rb
index 5e4609e..ab51e1d 100644
--- a/test/rubygems/test_gem_specification.rb
+++ b/test/rubygems/test_gem_specification.rb
@@ -1146,22 +1146,6 @@ end
     assert_equal "#{w}:  bin/exec is missing #! line\n", @ui.error, 'error'
   end
 
-  def test_validate_empty_require_paths
-    if win_platform? then
-      skip 'test_validate_empty_require_paths skipped on MS Windows (symlink)'
-    else
-      util_setup_validate
-
-      @a1.require_paths = []
-      e = assert_raises Gem::InvalidSpecificationException do
-        @a1.validate
-      end
-
-      assert_equal 'specification must have at least one require_path',
-                   e.message
-    end
-  end
-
   def test_validate_files
     skip 'test_validate_files skipped on MS Windows (symlink)' if win_platform?
     util_setup_validate