diff --git a/ldpath.gemspec b/ldpath.gemspec
index 082c151..de5bc5f 100644
--- a/ldpath.gemspec
+++ b/ldpath.gemspec
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
   spec.add_dependency "parslet"
-  spec.add_dependency "linkeddata"
+  spec.add_dependency "rdf", '~> 3.0'
+  spec.add_dependency "nokogiri", "~> 1.8"
 
   # spec.add_development_dependency "bixby", "~> 1.0.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "bundler", "~> 2.0"
diff --git a/lib/ldpath.rb b/lib/ldpath.rb
index b6e55a5..c7d7155 100644
--- a/lib/ldpath.rb
+++ b/lib/ldpath.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 require "ldpath/version"
-require 'linkeddata'
 require 'logger'
+require 'nokogiri'
+require 'rdf'
+# require rdf/ntriples may not be necessary, may only really be necessary
+# for ldpath_program_spec.rb tests, but I'm not certain, and I don't think it hurts
+# to do it here.
+require 'rdf/ntriples'
 
 module Ldpath
   require 'ldpath/field_mapping'