diff --git a/lib/geocoder/models/base.rb b/lib/geocoder/models/base.rb
index c063c8ea24d3084df005a7e13d78342da03d60d5..1f8c6fab58b0522dbe77afd5aab95670c1a65348 100644
--- a/lib/geocoder/models/base.rb
+++ b/lib/geocoder/models/base.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'geocoder'
-
 module Geocoder
 
   ##
@@ -39,4 +37,3 @@ module Geocoder
     end
   end
 end
-
diff --git a/lib/geocoder/railtie.rb b/lib/geocoder/railtie.rb
index e39eb9d95755635d41da0f579475d0d9bad3c746..bd7cfb296ebcb8b61a2befb70826d435411ca2b1 100644
--- a/lib/geocoder/railtie.rb
+++ b/lib/geocoder/railtie.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require 'geocoder'
 require 'geocoder/models/active_record'
 
 module Geocoder
diff --git a/lib/geocoder/request.rb b/lib/geocoder/request.rb
index 06d04c4a6f2825c3942b95410bd593b7e6da4090..3017b479140e3a5eaf7f0ec21f8058077e031385 100644
--- a/lib/geocoder/request.rb
+++ b/lib/geocoder/request.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'geocoder'
-
 module Geocoder
   module Request