diff --git a/lib/webmock/http_lib_adapters/em_http_request_adapter.rb b/lib/webmock/http_lib_adapters/em_http_request_adapter.rb
index ec0b89f5..8a4eecb9 100644
--- a/lib/webmock/http_lib_adapters/em_http_request_adapter.rb
+++ b/lib/webmock/http_lib_adapters/em_http_request_adapter.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
+return if Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('3.4.0')
+
 begin
   require 'em-http-request'
 rescue LoadError
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/em_http_request/em_http_request_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/em_http_request/em_http_request_spec.rb
index 04b4320a..e7218116 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/em_http_request/em_http_request_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/em_http_request/em_http_request_spec.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
   describe "EM::HttpRequest" do
     include EMHttpRequestSpecHelper
 
+    before(:all) do
+      skip 'em-http-request is not supported on Ruby >= 3.4' if Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('3.4.0')
+    end
+
     include_context "with WebMock", :no_status_message
 
     #functionality only supported for em-http-request 1.x
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 9c7bc842..97ff95f2 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 unless RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /java/
   require 'curb'
   require 'patron'
-  require 'em-http'
   require 'typhoeus'
 end
 if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /java/