diff --git a/lib/gitlab/git/blame.rb b/lib/gitlab/git/blame.rb
index 2913230e979..58193391926 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/git/blame.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/git/blame.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require_relative 'encoding_helper'
-
 module Gitlab
   module Git
     class Blame
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/git/blob.rb b/lib/gitlab/git/blob.rb
index 4a623311c14..b742d9e1e4b 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/git/blob.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/git/blob.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-require_relative 'encoding_helper'
-require_relative 'path_helper'
-
 module Gitlab
   module Git
     class Blob
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/git/repository.rb b/lib/gitlab/git/repository.rb
index 79b23d59b3a..7068e68a855 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/git/repository.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/git/repository.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # Gitlab::Git::Repository is a wrapper around native Rugged::Repository object
-require_relative 'encoding_helper'
-require_relative 'path_helper'
 require 'forwardable'
 require 'tempfile'
 require 'forwardable'