diff --git a/lib/rouge/formatters/html_gitlab.rb b/lib/rouge/formatters/html_gitlab.rb
index 723bac574dd33a6e472134ad3e5469ac2a7fb36c..31533fc3b8ceef7b017acca33dc1fbbb39a77ae0 100644
--- a/lib/rouge/formatters/html_gitlab.rb
+++ b/lib/rouge/formatters/html_gitlab.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'cgi'
-
 module Rouge
   module Formatters
     class HTMLGitlab < Rouge::Formatters::HTML