diff --git a/enc/prelude.rb b/enc/prelude.rb
index a70e82ba7a..be7c0c9445 100644
--- a/enc/prelude.rb
+++ b/enc/prelude.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,3 @@
-%w'enc/encdb.so enc/trans/transdb.so'.each do |init|
-  begin
-    require(init)
-  rescue LoadError
-  end
-end
-
 begin
   require 'unicode_normalize'
 rescue LoadError