diff --git a/lib/thin.rb b/lib/thin.rb
index a2e818cb..d42a6978 100644
--- a/lib/thin.rb
+++ b/lib/thin.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 require 'time'
 require 'forwardable'
 
-require 'rubygems'
 require 'openssl'
 require 'eventmachine'