Browser#initialize causes infinite loop

[jbielick]

Gemfile

...
group :test do
  gem 'rspec-rails'
  gem 'rspec-activemodel-mocks'
  gem 'rspec-collection_matchers'
  gem 'rspec_junit_formatter', '0.2.2'
  gem 'ruby-prof'
  gem 'rdoc'
  gem 'simplecov', '>= 0.4.0', require: false
  gem 'test_after_commit'

  gem 'cucumber-rails', require: false
  gem 'page-object'
  gem 'faker'
  gem 'factory_girl'
  gem 'database_cleaner'
  gem 'watir-rails'
  gem 'watir-scroll'
end

require 'watir/rails'

browser = Watir::Browser.new(:chrome)

Causes:

.../2.2.0/gems/watir-rails-1.2.0/lib/watir/browser.rb:10:in `initialize'
.../2.2.0/gems/watir-5.0.0/lib/watir/loader.rb:9:in `initialize'
.../2.2.0/gems/watir-rails-1.2.0/lib/watir/browser.rb:53:in `block in initialize_rails_with_watir'
.../2.2.0/gems/watir-rails-1.2.0/lib/watir/browser.rb:36:in `call'
.../2.2.0/gems/watir-rails-1.2.0/lib/watir/browser.rb:36:in `override_and_preserve_original_methods'
.../2.2.0/gems/watir-rails-1.2.0/lib/watir/browser.rb:53:in `initialize_rails_with_watir'
.../2.2.0/gems/watir-rails-1.2.0/lib/watir/browser.rb:10:in `initialize'
.../2.2.0/gems/watir-5.0.0/lib/watir/loader.rb:9:in `initialize'
.../2.2.0/gems/watir-rails-1.2.0/lib/watir/browser.rb:53:in `block in initialize_rails_with_watir'
.../2.2.0/gems/watir-rails-1.2.0/lib/watir/browser.rb:36:in `call'
.../2.2.0/gems/watir-rails-1.2.0/lib/watir/browser.rb:36:in `override_and_preserve_original_methods'
.../2.2.0/gems/watir-rails-1.2.0/lib/watir/browser.rb:53:in `initialize_rails_with_watir'
.../2.2.0/gems/watir-rails-1.2.0/lib/watir/browser.rb:10:in `initialize'

watir-rails aliases initialize but this module has no idea (apparently). Both seem to be caught in an infinite loop of aliased initialize.