diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 63be8f1..e6e03aa 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ GEM
       builder (~> 2.1.2)
       i18n (~> 0.5.0)
     activesupport (3.0.6)
-    bouncy-castle-java (1.5.0145.2)
     builder (2.1.2)
     couchrest (1.1.0.pre2)
       json (~> 1.5.1)
@@ -37,12 +36,9 @@ GEM
     erubis (2.6.6)
       abstract (>= 1.0.0)
     i18n (0.5.0)
-    jruby-openssl (0.7.3)
-      bouncy-castle-java
     json (1.5.1)
-    json (1.5.1-java)
     mime-types (1.16)
-    rack (1.2.1)
+    rack (1.2.2)
     rack-mount (0.6.14)
       rack (>= 1.0.0)
     rack-test (0.5.7)
@@ -55,28 +51,21 @@ GEM
     rake (0.8.7)
     rest-client (1.6.1)
       mime-types (>= 1.16)
-    rspec (2.2.0)
-      rspec-core (~> 2.2)
-      rspec-expectations (~> 2.2)
-      rspec-mocks (~> 2.2)
-    rspec-core (2.3.0)
-    rspec-expectations (2.3.0)
+    rspec (2.5.0)
+      rspec-core (~> 2.5.0)
+      rspec-expectations (~> 2.5.0)
+      rspec-mocks (~> 2.5.0)
+    rspec-core (2.5.1)
+    rspec-expectations (2.5.0)
       diff-lcs (~> 1.1.2)
-    rspec-mocks (2.3.0)
+    rspec-mocks (2.5.0)
     thor (0.14.6)
     tzinfo (0.3.26)
 
 PLATFORMS
-  java
   ruby
 
 DEPENDENCIES
-  activemodel (~> 3.0.0)
-  couchrest (= 1.1.0.pre2)
   couchrest_model!
-  jruby-openssl (>= 0.7.3)
-  mime-types (~> 1.15)
   rack-test (>= 0.5.7)
-  railties (~> 3.0.0)
   rspec (>= 2.0.0)
-  tzinfo (~> 0.3.22)
diff --git a/couchrest_model.gemspec b/couchrest_model.gemspec
index 5396663..af8ceca 100644
--- a/couchrest_model.gemspec
+++ b/couchrest_model.gemspec
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency(%q<railties>, "~> 3.0.0")
   s.add_development_dependency(%q<rspec>, ">= 2.0.0")
   s.add_development_dependency(%q<rack-test>, ">= 0.5.7")
-  s.add_development_dependency("jruby-openssl", ">= 0.7.3")
+  # s.add_development_dependency("jruby-openssl", ">= 0.7.3")
 end
 
diff --git a/lib/couchrest/model/design_doc.rb b/lib/couchrest/model/design_doc.rb
index 3b76819..011ae9f 100644
--- a/lib/couchrest/model/design_doc.rb
+++ b/lib/couchrest/model/design_doc.rb
@@ -103,12 +103,6 @@ module CouchRest
           design_doc
         end
 
-        # Return true if the two views match
-        def compare_views(orig, repl)
-          return false if orig.nil? or repl.nil?
-          (orig['map'].to_s.strip == repl['map'].to_s.strip) && (orig['reduce'].to_s.strip == repl['reduce'].to_s.strip)
-        end
-
       end # module ClassMethods
 
     end
diff --git a/lib/couchrest/model/support/couchrest.rb b/lib/couchrest/model/support/couchrest.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d36894..0000000
--- a/lib/couchrest/model/support/couchrest.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-
-module CouchRest
-
-  class Database
-
-    alias :delete_orig! :delete!
-    def delete!
-      clear_model_fresh_cache
-      delete_orig!
-    end
-
-    # If the database is deleted, ensure that the design docs will be refreshed.
-    def clear_model_fresh_cache
-      ::CouchRest::Model::Base.subclasses.each{|klass| klass.req_design_doc_refresh if klass.respond_to?(:req_design_doc_refresh)}
-    end
-
-  end
-
-end
diff --git a/lib/couchrest/model/support/couchrest_design.rb b/lib/couchrest/model/support/couchrest_design.rb
index 45f3d79..d91adbc 100644
--- a/lib/couchrest/model/support/couchrest_design.rb
+++ b/lib/couchrest/model/support/couchrest_design.rb
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ CouchRest::Design.class_eval do
     base.delete('_rev')
     result = nil
     flatten =
-      lambda{|v|
-        v.is_a?(Hash) ? v.flatten.map{|v| flatten.call(v)}.flatten : v
+      lambda {|v|
+        v.is_a?(Hash) ? v.flatten.map{|v| flatten.call(v)}.flatten : v.to_s
       }
     Digest::MD5.hexdigest(flatten.call(base).sort.join(''))
   end
diff --git a/lib/couchrest/model/views.rb b/lib/couchrest/model/views.rb
index a72d5da..568a416 100644
--- a/lib/couchrest/model/views.rb
+++ b/lib/couchrest/model/views.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module CouchRest
   module Model
     module Views
       extend ActiveSupport::Concern
-      
+
       module ClassMethods
         # Define a CouchDB view. The name of the view will be the concatenation
         # of <tt>by</tt> and the keys joined by <tt>_and_</tt>
diff --git a/spec/couchrest/base_spec.rb b/spec/couchrest/base_spec.rb
index 9af6037..79c0b67 100644
--- a/spec/couchrest/base_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/couchrest/base_spec.rb
@@ -246,7 +246,6 @@ describe "Model Base" do
   
   describe "finding all instances of a model" do
     before(:all) do
-      WithTemplateAndUniqueID.req_design_doc_refresh
       WithTemplateAndUniqueID.all.map{|o| o.destroy}
       WithTemplateAndUniqueID.database.bulk_delete
       WithTemplateAndUniqueID.new('important-field' => '1').save
@@ -254,11 +253,6 @@ describe "Model Base" do
       WithTemplateAndUniqueID.new('important-field' => '3').save
       WithTemplateAndUniqueID.new('important-field' => '4').save
     end
-    it "should make the design doc" do
-      WithTemplateAndUniqueID.all
-      d = WithTemplateAndUniqueID.design_doc
-      d['views']['all']['map'].should include('WithTemplateAndUniqueID')
-    end
     it "should find all" do
       rs = WithTemplateAndUniqueID.all 
       rs.length.should == 4
@@ -268,7 +262,7 @@ describe "Model Base" do
   describe "counting all instances of a model" do
     before(:each) do
       @db = reset_test_db!
-      WithTemplateAndUniqueID.req_design_doc_refresh
+      # WithTemplateAndUniqueID.req_design_doc_refresh
     end
     
     it ".count should return 0 if there are no docuemtns" do
@@ -287,17 +281,11 @@ describe "Model Base" do
   describe "finding the first instance of a model" do
     before(:each) do      
       @db = reset_test_db!
-      # WithTemplateAndUniqueID.req_design_doc_refresh # Removed by Sam Lown, design doc should be loaded automatically
       WithTemplateAndUniqueID.new('important-field' => '1').save
       WithTemplateAndUniqueID.new('important-field' => '2').save
       WithTemplateAndUniqueID.new('important-field' => '3').save
       WithTemplateAndUniqueID.new('important-field' => '4').save
     end
-    it "should make the design doc" do
-      WithTemplateAndUniqueID.all
-      d = WithTemplateAndUniqueID.design_doc
-      d['views']['all']['map'].should include('WithTemplateAndUniqueID')
-    end
     it "should find first" do
       rs = WithTemplateAndUniqueID.first
       rs['important-field'].should == "1"
@@ -308,21 +296,6 @@ describe "Model Base" do
     end
   end
 
-  describe "lazily refreshing the design document" do
-    before(:all) do
-      @db = reset_test_db!
-      WithTemplateAndUniqueID.new('important-field' => '1').save
-    end
-    it "should not save the design doc twice" do
-      WithTemplateAndUniqueID.all
-      WithTemplateAndUniqueID.req_design_doc_refresh
-      WithTemplateAndUniqueID.refresh_design_doc
-      rev = WithTemplateAndUniqueID.design_doc['_rev']
-      WithTemplateAndUniqueID.req_design_doc_refresh
-      WithTemplateAndUniqueID.refresh_design_doc
-      WithTemplateAndUniqueID.design_doc['_rev'].should eql(rev)
-    end
-  end
   
   describe "getting a model with a subobject field" do
     before(:all) do
diff --git a/spec/couchrest/view_spec.rb b/spec/couchrest/view_spec.rb
index c276b56..3216174 100644
--- a/spec/couchrest/view_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/couchrest/view_spec.rb
@@ -56,35 +56,6 @@ describe "Model views" do
         written_at += 24 * 3600
       end
     end
-    it "should have a design doc" do
-      Article.design_doc["views"]["by_date"].should_not be_nil
-    end
-    it "should save the design doc" do
-      Article.by_date #rescue nil
-      doc = Article.database.get Article.design_doc.id
-      doc['views']['by_date'].should_not be_nil
-    end
-    it "should save design doc if a view changed" do
-      Article.by_date
-      orig = Article.stored_design_doc
-      orig['views']['by_date']['map'] = "function() { }"
-      Article.database.save_doc(orig)
-      rev = Article.stored_design_doc['_rev']
-      Article.req_design_doc_refresh # prepare for re-load
-      Article.by_date
-      orig = Article.stored_design_doc
-      orig['views']['by_date']['map'].should eql(Article.design_doc['views']['by_date']['map'])
-      orig['_rev'].should_not eql(rev)
-    end
-    it "should not save design doc if not changed" do
-      Article.by_date
-      orig = Article.stored_design_doc['_rev']
-      Article.req_design_doc_refresh
-      Article.by_date
-      Article.stored_design_doc['_rev'].should eql(orig)
-    end
-
-
     it "should return the matching raw view result" do
       view = Article.by_date :raw => true
       view['rows'].length.should == 4
@@ -107,9 +78,8 @@ describe "Model views" do
       Article.view_by :title
       lambda{Article.by_title}.should_not raise_error 
     end
-   
   end
-  
+
   describe "another model with a simple view" do
     before(:all) do
       reset_test_db!
@@ -240,7 +210,6 @@ describe "Model views" do
       lambda{Unattached.all}.should raise_error
     end
     it "should query all" do
-      # Unattached.cleanup_design_docs!(@db)
       rs = Unattached.all :database => @db
       rs.length.should == 4
     end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 3a865b5..8b234ac 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ RSpec.configure do |config|
     cr = TEST_SERVER
     test_dbs = cr.databases.select { |db| db =~ /^#{TESTDB}/ }
     test_dbs.each do |db|
-      cr.database(db).delete! rescue nil
+      # cr.database(db).delete! rescue nil
     end
   end
 end