diff --git a/lib/linguist/sample.rb b/lib/linguist/sample.rb
index 20d76732..4b838626 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/sample.rb
+++ b/lib/linguist/sample.rb
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
-require 'linguist/classifier'
-require 'linguist/language'
-
 module Linguist
   # Model for accessing classifier training data.
-  class Sample
+  module Sample
     # Samples live in test/ for now, we'll eventually move them out
     PATH = File.expand_path("../../../samples", __FILE__)
 
-    # Public: Iterate over each Sample.
+    # Public: Iterate over each sample.
     #
     # &block - Yields Sample to block
     #
@@ -20,14 +17,10 @@ module Linguist
         # Possibly reconsider this later
         next if category == 'text' || category == 'binary'
 
-        # Map directory name to a Language alias
-        language = Linguist::Language.find_by_alias(category)
-        raise "No language for #{category.inspect}" unless language
-
         dirname = File.join(PATH, category)
         Dir.entries(dirname).each do |filename|
           next if filename == '.' || filename == '..'
-          yield new(File.join(dirname, filename), language)
+          yield({ :path => File.join(dirname, filename), :language => category })
         end
       end
 
@@ -38,37 +31,16 @@ module Linguist
     #
     # Returns trained Classifier.
     def self.classifier
+      require 'linguist/classifier'
+      require 'linguist/language'
+
       classifier = Classifier.new
-      each { |sample| classifier.train(sample.language.name, sample.data) }
+      each { |sample|
+        language = Language.find_by_alias(sample[:language])
+        data     = File.read(sample[:path])
+        classifier.train(language.name, data)
+      }
       classifier.gc
     end
-
-    # Internal: Initialize Sample.
-    #
-    # Samples should be initialized by Sample.each.
-    #
-    # path     - String full path to file.
-    # language - Language of sample.
-    def initialize(path, language)
-      @path     = path
-      @language = language
-    end
-
-    # Public: Get full path to file.
-    #
-    # Returns String.
-    attr_reader :path
-
-    # Public: Get sample language.
-    #
-    # Returns Language.
-    attr_reader :language
-
-    # Public: Read file contents.
-    #
-    # Returns String.
-    def data
-      File.read(path)
-    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/test_blob.rb b/test/test_blob.rb
index df13fc4b..fc62349d 100644
--- a/test/test_blob.rb
+++ b/test/test_blob.rb
@@ -276,8 +276,9 @@ class TestBlob < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
   def test_language
     Sample.each do |sample|
-      blob = blob(sample.path)
-      assert_equal sample.language, blob.language, blob.name
+      blob     = blob(sample[:path])
+      language = Linguist::Language.find_by_alias(sample[:language])
+      assert_equal language, blob.language, blob.name
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/test/test_classifier.rb b/test/test_classifier.rb
index 33de385a..80df7e77 100644
--- a/test/test_classifier.rb
+++ b/test/test_classifier.rb
@@ -69,14 +69,15 @@ class TestClassifier < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
   def test_classify_ambiguous_languages
     Sample.each do |sample|
-      next unless sample.language.overrides.any?
+      language = Linguist::Language.find_by_alias(sample[:language])
+      next unless language.overrides.any?
 
-      extname   = File.extname(sample.path)
+      extname   = File.extname(sample[:path])
       languages = Language.all.select { |l| l.extensions.include?(extname) }.map(&:name)
       next unless languages.length > 1
 
-      results = Classifier.instance.classify(sample.data, languages)
-      assert_equal sample.language.name, results.first[0], "#{sample.path}\n#{results.inspect}"
+      results = Classifier.instance.classify(File.read(sample[:path]), languages)
+      assert_equal language.name, results.first[0], "#{sample[:path]}\n#{results.inspect}"
     end
   end
 end