diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 30cbd1bf..6317e894 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 source "https://rubygems.org"
 gemspec
 
+if 'Integration test (cucumber) suite is 1.9+ only'.respond_to? :encoding
+  gem 'aruba', '~> 0.5.1'
+  gem 'capybara', '~> 2.0'
+  gem 'poltergeist', '~> 1.1.0'
+  gem 'phantomjs', '~> 1.8.1'
+  gem 'cucumber', '>= 1.1.0'
+end
+
 # Uncomment this to use local copy of simplecov-html in development when checked out
 # gem 'simplecov-html', :path => ::File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../simplecov-html'
 
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 0b8d8930..e2cdd05d 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@ Rake::TestTask.new(:test) do |test|
   test.warning = true
 end
 
-require 'cucumber/rake/task'
-Cucumber::Rake::Task.new
+# Cucumber integration test suite is for impls that work with simplecov only - a.k.a. 1.9+
+if '1.9+'.respond_to? :encoding
+  require 'cucumber/rake/task'
+  Cucumber::Rake::Task.new
+  task :default => [:test, :cucumber]
+else
+  task :default => [:test]
+end
 
-task :default => [:test, :cucumber]
diff --git a/gemfiles/multi_json_legacy.gemfile b/gemfiles/multi_json_legacy.gemfile
index b0cd16ad..9fced124 100644
--- a/gemfiles/multi_json_legacy.gemfile
+++ b/gemfiles/multi_json_legacy.gemfile
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 source "https://rubygems.org"
 
+gem "aruba", "~> 0.5.1"
+gem "capybara", "~> 2.0"
+gem "poltergeist", "~> 1.1.0"
+gem "phantomjs", "~> 1.8.1"
+gem "cucumber", ">= 1.1.0"
 gem "multi_json", "~> 1.0.0"
 
 gemspec :path=>"../"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gemfiles/multi_json_new.gemfile b/gemfiles/multi_json_new.gemfile
index a9a640fe..601cf2a6 100644
--- a/gemfiles/multi_json_new.gemfile
+++ b/gemfiles/multi_json_new.gemfile
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 source "https://rubygems.org"
 
+gem "aruba", "~> 0.5.1"
+gem "capybara", "~> 2.0"
+gem "poltergeist", "~> 1.1.0"
+gem "phantomjs", "~> 1.8.1"
+gem "cucumber", ">= 1.1.0"
 gem "multi_json", ">= 1.3.4"
 
 gemspec :path=>"../"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/simplecov.gemspec b/simplecov.gemspec
index 034e4605..72857167 100644
--- a/simplecov.gemspec
+++ b/simplecov.gemspec
@@ -16,12 +16,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.add_dependency 'multi_json'
   gem.add_dependency 'simplecov-html', '~> 0.7.1'
 
-  gem.add_development_dependency 'aruba', '~> 0.5.1'
-  gem.add_development_dependency 'capybara', '~> 2.0'
-  gem.add_development_dependency 'poltergeist', '~> 1.1.0'
-  gem.add_development_dependency 'phantomjs', '~> 1.8.1'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'appraisal', '~> 0.5.1'
-  gem.add_development_dependency 'cucumber', '>= 1.1.0'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 10.0.3'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '~> 2.13.0'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'shoulda', '~> 3.4.0'