diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/i18n_railtie.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/i18n_railtie.rb
index 23cd6716e3d3e0ce32dc53d0ed8f62985a2310d7..a45f0098599ae33aa70db7f5389146b1217ccffd 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/i18n_railtie.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/i18n_railtie.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require "active_support"
 require "active_support/file_update_checker"
 require "active_support/core_ext/array/wrap"
 
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/railtie.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/railtie.rb
index 133aa6a05426b2f6e76b0db5e013a3cf2712da5a..6d09ad4bd4d83980c6e1238362b504953282125d 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/railtie.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/railtie.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require "active_support"
 require "active_support/i18n_railtie"
 
 module ActiveSupport
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/time.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/time.rb
index 92a593965eed2590f6691118e9976770859263ec..ea2d3391bdc13736540154d97e0a843c17e461fa 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/time.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/time.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'active_support'
-
 module ActiveSupport
   autoload :Duration, 'active_support/duration'
   autoload :TimeWithZone, 'active_support/time_with_zone'