diff --git a/lib/polecat.rb b/lib/polecat.rb
index a15bbcc..2204385 100644
--- a/lib/polecat.rb
+++ b/lib/polecat.rb
@@ -8,5 +8,4 @@ module Polecat
   require 'polecat/index_searcher'
   require 'polecat/query'
   require 'polecat/term'
-  require 'polecat/stemmer'
 end
diff --git a/lib/polecat/stemmer/simple.rb b/lib/polecat/stemmer/simple.rb
index dbeacf1..a12f911 100644
--- a/lib/polecat/stemmer/simple.rb
+++ b/lib/polecat/stemmer/simple.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module Polecat
   # This class can be used for cleaning strings in the most simple way. If it
   # does not do, what you intent it to do, inherit from Polecat::Stemmer and
   # implement your own.
-  class SimpleStemmer < Polecat::Stemmer
+  class SimpleStemmer
     def stem word
       if word.class == Array
         word.each {|w| self.stem w }
diff --git a/spec/simple_stemmer/new_spec.rb b/spec/simple_stemmer/new_spec.rb
index 0c4536d..f7a9e74 100644
--- a/spec/simple_stemmer/new_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/simple_stemmer/new_spec.rb
@@ -5,8 +5,4 @@ describe Polecat::SimpleStemmer do
   it "creates a new SimpleStemmer" do
     subject.class.should be(Polecat::SimpleStemmer)
   end
-
-  it "is a stemmer" do
-    subject.kind_of?(Polecat::Stemmer).should be(true)
-  end
 end