diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/conversions.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/conversions.rb
index b41ad5b686..f6c870035b 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/conversions.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/conversions.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 require 'active_support/inflector'
-require 'active_support/core_ext/time/conversions'
-require 'active_support/core_ext/date_time/conversions'
-require 'active_support/values/time_zone'
 
 class Date
   DATE_FORMATS = {
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb
index 8e8f9022c1..3c15056c41 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require 'active_support/core_ext/module/delegation'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/object/instance_variables'
 require 'active_support/deprecation'
 
-require 'active_support/time_with_zone'
+require 'active_support/time'
 
 # Hack to load json gem first so we can overwrite its to_json.
 begin
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/time.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/time.rb
index 1362f6997c..0f421421d0 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/time.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/time.rb
@@ -29,3 +29,6 @@ require 'active_support/core_ext/date_time/acts_like'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/date_time/conversions'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/date_time/zones'
+
+require 'active_support/core_ext/integer/time'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/numeric/time'
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/time_with_zone.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/time_with_zone.rb
index a64128e49e..8cd5c1de63 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/time_with_zone.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/time_with_zone.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
-require 'active_support/duration'
-require 'active_support/values/time_zone'
-require 'active_support/core_ext/numeric/time'
-require 'active_support/core_ext/integer/time'
-require 'active_support/core_ext/time/conversions'
-require 'active_support/core_ext/date/conversions'
-require 'active_support/core_ext/date_time/conversions'
-
 module ActiveSupport
   # A Time-like class that can represent a time in any time zone. Necessary because standard Ruby Time instances are
   # limited to UTC and the system's <tt>ENV['TZ']</tt> zone.
diff --git a/activesupport/test/core_ext/range_ext_test.rb b/activesupport/test/core_ext/range_ext_test.rb
index 2565c56b8a..5701eeef28 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/core_ext/range_ext_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/core_ext/range_ext_test.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require 'abstract_unit'
+require 'active_support/time'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/range'
-require 'active_support/core_ext/date/conversions'
 
 class RangeTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def test_to_s_from_dates
diff --git a/activesupport/test/json/decoding_test.rb b/activesupport/test/json/decoding_test.rb
index 7b5a4d0416..8fcb16abfb 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/json/decoding_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/json/decoding_test.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # encoding: UTF-8
 require 'abstract_unit'
 require 'active_support/json'
+require 'active_support/time'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/kernel/reporting'
 
 class TestJSONDecoding < ActiveSupport::TestCase
diff --git a/activesupport/test/message_encryptor_test.rb b/activesupport/test/message_encryptor_test.rb
index ed3461571a..5c2b44f188 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/message_encryptor_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/message_encryptor_test.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require 'abstract_unit'
+require 'active_support/time'
 
 class MessageEncryptorTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def setup
diff --git a/activesupport/test/message_verifier_test.rb b/activesupport/test/message_verifier_test.rb
index ef300e4e26..714a3b3a39 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/message_verifier_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/message_verifier_test.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ rescue LoadError, NameError
   $stderr.puts "Skipping MessageVerifier test: broken OpenSSL install"
 else
 
+require 'active_support/time'
+
 class MessageVerifierTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def setup
     @verifier = ActiveSupport::MessageVerifier.new("Hey, I'm a secret!")