diff --git a/lib/rubygems.rb b/lib/rubygems.rb
index 68b50611da..75122ed088 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems.rb
@@ -1333,8 +1333,6 @@ An Array (#{env.inspect}) was passed in from #{caller[3]}
   autoload :Specification,      File.expand_path('rubygems/specification', __dir__)
   autoload :Util,               File.expand_path('rubygems/util', __dir__)
   autoload :Version,            File.expand_path('rubygems/version', __dir__)
-
-  require "rubygems/specification"
 end
 
 require 'rubygems/exceptions'
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/dependency.rb b/lib/rubygems/dependency.rb
index 461c828d5c..8634d71a72 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/dependency.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/dependency.rb
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 ##
 # The Dependency class holds a Gem name and a Gem::Requirement.
 
-require "rubygems/bundler_version_finder"
-require "rubygems/requirement"
-
 class Gem::Dependency
   ##
   # Valid dependency types.
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/gem_runner.rb b/lib/rubygems/gem_runner.rb
index 48b8cdd13f..a36674503e 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/gem_runner.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/gem_runner.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 require 'rubygems'
 require 'rubygems/command_manager'
-require 'rubygems/config_file'
 require 'rubygems/deprecate'
 
 ##
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/name_tuple.rb b/lib/rubygems/name_tuple.rb
index a3fbe950a5..cb5604e8dd 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/name_tuple.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/name_tuple.rb
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 # Represents a gem of name +name+ at +version+ of +platform+. These
 # wrap the data returned from the indexes.
 
-require 'rubygems/platform'
-
 class Gem::NameTuple
   def initialize(name, version, platform="ruby")
     @name = name
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/package.rb b/lib/rubygems/package.rb
index 46485f8c81..426d33cdcf 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/package.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/package.rb
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 
 require "rubygems"
 require 'rubygems/security'
-require 'rubygems/specification'
 require 'rubygems/user_interaction'
 require 'zlib'
 
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/requirement.rb b/lib/rubygems/requirement.rb
index c8c96646e3..65bc83777e 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/requirement.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/requirement.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
-require "rubygems/version"
 require "rubygems/deprecate"
 
 ##
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/specification.rb b/lib/rubygems/specification.rb
index 138e5cbae0..ddcd0aa327 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/specification.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/specification.rb
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@
 # See LICENSE.txt for permissions.
 #++
 
-require 'rubygems/version'
-require 'rubygems/requirement'
-require 'rubygems/platform'
 require 'rubygems/deprecate'
 require 'rubygems/basic_specification'
 require 'rubygems/stub_specification'