diff --git a/lib/arel.rb b/lib/arel.rb
index 30b2741eae..706c5af93b 100644
--- a/lib/arel.rb
+++ b/lib/arel.rb
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ require 'active_support/inflector'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/module/delegation'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/class/attribute_accessors'
 
-require 'active_record'
-require 'active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/quoting'
-
 module Arel
   require 'arel/algebra'
   require 'arel/engines'