diff --git a/lib/penchant.rb b/lib/penchant.rb
index 63aa66a..0b75569 100644
--- a/lib/penchant.rb
+++ b/lib/penchant.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ module Penchant
   autoload :FileProcessor, 'penchant/file_processor'
   autoload :PenchantFile, 'penchant/penchant_file'
   autoload :Defaults, 'penchant/defaults'
-  autoload :Properties, 'penchant/properties'
   autoload :CustomProperty, 'penchant/custom_property'
   autoload :PropertyStack, 'penchant/property_stack'
   autoload :PropertyStackBuilder, 'penchant/property_stack_builder'
diff --git a/lib/penchant/file_processor.rb b/lib/penchant/file_processor.rb
index 6a42916..747f229 100644
--- a/lib/penchant/file_processor.rb
+++ b/lib/penchant/file_processor.rb
@@ -131,8 +131,6 @@ module Penchant
     end
 
     def process_options(gem_name, template = {})
-      properties = Properties.new(template)
-
       original_properties = process_option_stack(gem_name, property_stack)
 
       if @_strip_pathing_options
diff --git a/lib/penchant/properties.rb b/lib/penchant/properties.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 940bbdd..0000000
--- a/lib/penchant/properties.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-module Penchant
-  class Properties
-    def initialize(template)
-      @properties = {}
-
-      @template = template.to_a
-    end
-
-    def process
-
-    end
-  end
-end
-
diff --git a/lib/penchant/property.rb b/lib/penchant/property.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/lib/penchant/property_stack.rb b/lib/penchant/property_stack.rb
index c97d702..9609c14 100644
--- a/lib/penchant/property_stack.rb
+++ b/lib/penchant/property_stack.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 module Penchant
   class PropertyStack
+    PATHING_OPTIONS = [ :git, :branch, :path ].freeze
+
     def initialize(builder, property_stack, strip_pathing_options)
       @builder, @property_stack, @strip_pathing_options = builder, property_stack.dup, strip_pathing_options
     end
@@ -12,7 +14,7 @@ module Penchant
       properties = processor.process(gem_name, @property_stack)
 
       if @strip_pathing_options
-        [ :git, :branch, :path ].each { |key| properties.delete(key) }
+        PATHING_OPTIONS.each { |key| properties.delete(key) }
       end
 
       properties = processor.process(gem_name, @builder.defaults[gem_name].merge(additional_env)).merge(properties)
diff --git a/lib/penchant/property_stack_builder.rb b/lib/penchant/property_stack_builder.rb
index 7a0a3d2..656e6a8 100644
--- a/lib/penchant/property_stack_builder.rb
+++ b/lib/penchant/property_stack_builder.rb
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ module Penchant
     end
   end
 end
+