diff -ur apache-mod_rails-3.0.0-o//Rakefile apache-mod_rails-3.0.0/Rakefile
--- apache-mod_rails-3.0.0-o//Rakefile	2010-10-18 14:08:19.000000000 +0200
+++ apache-mod_rails-3.0.0/Rakefile	2010-11-25 01:20:28.000000000 +0100
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 require 'build/apache2'
 require 'build/nginx'
 require 'build/documentation'
-require 'build/packaging'
 require 'build/test_basics'
 require 'build/oxt_tests'
 require 'build/cxx_tests'
diff -ur apache-mod_rails-3.0.0-o//build/basics.rb apache-mod_rails-3.0.0/build/basics.rb
--- apache-mod_rails-3.0.0-o//build/basics.rb	2010-10-18 14:08:19.000000000 +0200
+++ apache-mod_rails-3.0.0/build/basics.rb	2010-11-25 01:20:28.000000000 +0100
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #  with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 #  51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
 
-require 'rubygems'
 require 'pathname'
 require 'phusion_passenger'
 require 'phusion_passenger/packaging'
@@ -32,8 +31,6 @@
 include PhusionPassenger
 include PhusionPassenger::PlatformInfo
 
-require 'build/packagetask'
-require 'build/gempackagetask'
 require 'build/rake_extensions'
 require 'build/cplusplus_support'
 
diff -ur apache-mod_rails-3.0.0-o//helper-scripts/passenger-spawn-server apache-mod_rails-3.0.0/helper-scripts/passenger-spawn-server
--- apache-mod_rails-3.0.0-o//helper-scripts/passenger-spawn-server	2010-10-18 14:08:19.000000000 +0200
+++ apache-mod_rails-3.0.0/helper-scripts/passenger-spawn-server	2010-11-25 01:22:03.000000000 +0100
@@ -72,7 +72,10 @@
 	
 	source_root = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/..")
 	$LOAD_PATH.unshift("#{source_root}/lib")
-	require 'rubygems' rescue nil
+	begin
+		require 'rubygems' 
+	rescue LoadError
+	end
 	require 'phusion_passenger'
 	require 'phusion_passenger/debug_logging'
 	require 'phusion_passenger/utils/tmpdir'
Only in apache-mod_rails-3.0.0/helper-scripts: passenger-spawn-server~
diff -ur apache-mod_rails-3.0.0-o//lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb apache-mod_rails-3.0.0/lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb
--- apache-mod_rails-3.0.0-o//lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb	2010-10-18 14:08:19.000000000 +0200
+++ apache-mod_rails-3.0.0/lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb	2010-11-25 01:22:28.000000000 +0100
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
 				# the associated file descriptors have just been closed. This can
 				# result in mysterious 'EBADFD' errors. So we force RubyGems to
 				# clear all open file handles.
-				Gem.clear_paths
+				Gem.clear_paths if defined? Gem
 				
 				# Reseed pseudo-random number generator for security reasons.
 				srand
Only in apache-mod_rails-3.0.0/lib/phusion_passenger: abstract_server.rb~
diff -ur apache-mod_rails-3.0.0-o//lib/phusion_passenger/app_process.rb apache-mod_rails-3.0.0/lib/phusion_passenger/app_process.rb
--- apache-mod_rails-3.0.0-o//lib/phusion_passenger/app_process.rb	2010-10-18 14:08:19.000000000 +0200
+++ apache-mod_rails-3.0.0/lib/phusion_passenger/app_process.rb	2010-11-25 01:20:28.000000000 +0100
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@
 #  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
 #  THE SOFTWARE.
 
-require 'rubygems'
+begin
+	require 'rubygems'
+rescue LoadError
+end
 require 'phusion_passenger/exceptions'
 module PhusionPassenger
 
@@ -63,6 +66,7 @@
 			return :vendor
 		end
 		
+		return nil if !defined? Gem
 		environment_rb = File.read("#{app_root}/config/environment.rb")
 		environment_rb =~ /^[^#]*RAILS_GEM_VERSION\s*=\s*["']([!~<>=]*\s*[\d.]+)["']/
 		gem_version_spec = $1
diff -ur apache-mod_rails-3.0.0-o//lib/phusion_passenger/spawn_manager.rb apache-mod_rails-3.0.0/lib/phusion_passenger/spawn_manager.rb
--- apache-mod_rails-3.0.0-o//lib/phusion_passenger/spawn_manager.rb	2010-10-18 14:08:19.000000000 +0200
+++ apache-mod_rails-3.0.0/lib/phusion_passenger/spawn_manager.rb	2010-11-25 01:20:28.000000000 +0100
@@ -282,12 +282,12 @@
 				send_error_page(client, 'database_error', :error => e,
 					:app_root => app_root, :app_name => app_name(app_type),
 					:app_type => app_type)
-			elsif load_error?(e)
+			elsif load_error?(e) and defined? Gem
 				# A source file failed to load, maybe because of a
 				# missing gem. If that's the case then the sysadmin
 				# will install probably the gem. So we clear RubyGems's
 				# cache so that it can detect new gems.
-				Gem.clear_paths
+				Gem.clear_paths if defined? Gem
 				send_error_page(client, 'load_error', :error => e, :app_root => app_root,
 					:app_name => app_name(app_type))
 			elsif e.child_exception.is_a?(SystemExit)
diff -ur apache-mod_rails-3.0.0-o//lib/phusion_passenger/utils.rb apache-mod_rails-3.0.0/lib/phusion_passenger/utils.rb
--- apache-mod_rails-3.0.0-o//lib/phusion_passenger/utils.rb	2010-10-18 14:08:19.000000000 +0200
+++ apache-mod_rails-3.0.0/lib/phusion_passenger/utils.rb	2010-11-25 01:20:28.000000000 +0100
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@
 #  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
 #  THE SOFTWARE.
 
-require 'rubygems'
+begin
+  require 'rubygems'
+rescue LoadError
+end
 require 'thread'
 if (!defined?(RUBY_ENGINE) || RUBY_ENGINE == "ruby") && RUBY_VERSION < "1.8.7"
 	require 'fastthread'
@@ -244,7 +247,7 @@
 		# Make sure RubyGems uses any new environment variable values
 		# that have been set now (e.g. $HOME, $GEM_HOME, etc) and that
 		# it is able to detect newly installed gems.
-		Gem.clear_paths
+		Gem.clear_paths if defined? Gem
 		
 		# Because spawned app processes exit using #exit!, #at_exit
 		# blocks aren't called. Here we ninja patch Kernel so that