diff --git a/ext/syck/lib/syck/syck.rb b/ext/syck/lib/syck/syck.rb
index 2bd44e9f2a..10e5023f46 100644
--- a/ext/syck/lib/syck/syck.rb
+++ b/ext/syck/lib/syck/syck.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # YAML::Syck module
 # .. glues syck and yaml.rb together ..
 #
-require 'syck'
 require 'syck/basenode'
 
 module Syck