diff --git a/.rspec b/.rspec
index 7882dc0f..4e1e0d2f 100644
--- a/.rspec
+++ b/.rspec
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
 --color
---format documentation
---profile
diff --git a/script/ci.sh b/script/ci.sh
index f9a15a36..ddf41ba8 100755
--- a/script/ci.sh
+++ b/script/ci.sh
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export JRUBY_OPTS='-X-C' # disable JIT since these processes are so short lived
 # idea taken from https://github.com/jruby/jruby/wiki/Improving-startup-time
 export JAVA_OPTS='-client -XX:+TieredCompilation -XX:TieredStopAtLevel=1'
 
-export SPEC_OPTS="--backtrace"
+export SPEC_OPTS="--backtrace --profile"
 
 BUNDLE_GEMFILE=gemfiles/typhoeus_old.gemfile fold "typhoeus-old" \
   run script/test spec/lib/vcr/library_hooks/typhoeus_0.4_spec.rb