diff --git a/lib/tasks/gettext.rake b/lib/tasks/gettext.rake
index f7f2fa2f14c08a40d0ddb28ab9cd7dc721f13a19..35ba729c15616ecd7d6260b071ba22e6afbc1342 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gettext.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/gettext.rake
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 require "gettext_i18n_rails/tasks"
-require 'simple_po_parser'
 
 namespace :gettext do
   # Customize list of translatable files
@@ -23,6 +22,8 @@ namespace :gettext do
 
   desc 'Lint all po files in `locale/'
   task lint: :environment do
+    require 'simple_po_parser'
+
     FastGettext.silence_errors
     files = Dir.glob(Rails.root.join('locale/*/gitlab.po'))