diff --git a/railties/lib/rails.rb b/railties/lib/rails.rb
index 3a3c11d8b3..ea82327365 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ require 'active_support/core_ext/array/extract_options'
 
 require 'rails/application'
 require 'rails/version'
-require 'rails/deprecation'
 
 require 'active_support/railtie'
 require 'action_dispatch/railtie'
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/configuration.rb b/railties/lib/rails/configuration.rb
index 15d13d5f28..c694513960 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/configuration.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/configuration.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require 'active_support/deprecation'
 require 'active_support/ordered_options'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/object'
 require 'rails/paths'
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/active_model.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/active_model.rb
index b6f8687d49..6183944bb0 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/active_model.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/active_model.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'active_support/deprecation'
-
 module Rails
   module Generators
     # ActiveModel is a class to be implemented by each ORM to allow Rails to
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/test_unit/testing.rake b/railties/lib/rails/test_unit/testing.rake
index e35eccc2eb..3aa33d1bba 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/test_unit/testing.rake
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/test_unit/testing.rake
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 require 'rbconfig'
 require 'rake/testtask'
 require 'rails/test_unit/sub_test_task'
-require 'active_support/deprecation'
 
 task default: :test