diff --git a/lib/middleman-blog/blog_article.rb b/lib/middleman-blog/blog_article.rb
index 3cda121..f9c3cf4 100644
--- a/lib/middleman-blog/blog_article.rb
+++ b/lib/middleman-blog/blog_article.rb
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ module Blog
     module BlogArticle
       extend Gem::Deprecate
 
-      ##
-      #
-      ##
       def self.extended(base)
         base.class.send(:attr_accessor, :blog_controller)
       end
diff --git a/lib/middleman-blog/blog_data.rb b/lib/middleman-blog/blog_data.rb
index 7174dfb..0979816 100644
--- a/lib/middleman-blog/blog_data.rb
+++ b/lib/middleman-blog/blog_data.rb
@@ -218,9 +218,6 @@ def permalink_options(resource, extra = {})
           .merge(extra)
       end
 
-      ##
-      #
-      ##
       def convert_to_article(resource)
         return resource if resource.is_a?(BlogArticle)
 
@@ -234,9 +231,6 @@ def convert_to_article(resource)
         resource
       end
 
-      ##
-      #
-      ##
       def template_path(template, article, extras = {})
         apply_uri_template template, permalink_options(article, extras)
       end
diff --git a/middleman-blog.gemspec b/middleman-blog.gemspec
index e0439ed..123b2d2 100644
--- a/middleman-blog.gemspec
+++ b/middleman-blog.gemspec
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do | s |
   s.license       = "MIT"
   s.files         = `git ls-files -z`.split( "\0" )
   s.test_files    = `git ls-files -z -- {fixtures,features}/*`.split( "\0" )
-  s.require_paths = [ "lib" ]
   s.add_dependency("middleman-core", ">= 4.0.0")
   s.add_dependency("tzinfo", ">= 0.3.0")
   s.add_dependency("addressable", "~> 2.3")