diff --git a/test/psych/helper.rb b/test/psych/helper.rb
index 61049d6cf2..fd23c3be07 100644
--- a/test/psych/helper.rb
+++ b/test/psych/helper.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ require 'minitest/autorun'
 require 'stringio'
 require 'tempfile'
 require 'date'
+require 'psych'
 
 module Psych
   class TestCase < MiniTest::Unit::TestCase
@@ -53,11 +54,3 @@ module Psych
     end
   end
 end
-
-require 'psych'
-
-# FIXME: remove this when syck is removed
-o = Object.new
-a = o.method(:psych_to_yaml)
-b = o.method(:to_yaml)
-raise "psych should define to_yaml" unless a == b