diff --git a/Formula/openssl.rb b/Formula/openssl.rb
index dcbb30e4ae993..3ab6518760cab 100644
--- a/Formula/openssl.rb
+++ b/Formula/openssl.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require "formula"
-
 class Openssl < Formula
   homepage "https://openssl.org"
   url "https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.1j.tar.gz"