diff --git a/rubygems/lib/rubygems/package.rb b/rubygems/lib/rubygems/package.rb
index 57b08431dae2..65874d1c1b00 100644
--- a/rubygems/lib/rubygems/package.rb
+++ b/rubygems/lib/rubygems/package.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 require 'yaml'
 require 'yaml/syck'
 require 'fileutils'
+require 'zlib'
+require 'digest/md5'
+require 'fileutils'
+require 'find'
 
 require 'rubygems/specification'
 
@@ -14,7 +18,6 @@ module Gem
 # Wrapper for FileUtils meant to provide logging and additional operations if
 # needed.
 class FileOperations
-    require 'fileutils'
     extend FileUtils
     class << self
             # additional methods not implemented in FileUtils
@@ -464,8 +467,6 @@ class TarInput
     include FSyncDir
     include Enumerable
     attr_reader :metadata
-    require 'zlib'
-    require 'digest/md5'
     class << self; private :new end
 
     def initialize(io)
@@ -580,8 +581,6 @@ def file_class
 end
 
 class TarOutput
-    require 'zlib'
-    require 'yaml'
     
     class << self; private :new end
 
@@ -712,7 +711,6 @@ def dir_class
         end
 
         def find_class
-            require 'find'
             Find
         end
     end
diff --git a/rubygems/lib/rubygems/remote_installer.rb b/rubygems/lib/rubygems/remote_installer.rb
index 0bd813004d96..ba197d1b6e57 100644
--- a/rubygems/lib/rubygems/remote_installer.rb
+++ b/rubygems/lib/rubygems/remote_installer.rb
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ def write_gem_to_file(body, destination_file)
     end
     
     def fetch_size( uri_str )
-      require 'open-uri'
+      require 'rubygems/open-uri'
       size = nil
       begin
         open(uri_str, :proxy => @http_proxy, :content_length_proc => lambda {|t| size = t; raise "break"}) {|i| }
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ def fetch_size( uri_str )
     end
     
     def fetch( uri_str )
-      require 'open-uri'
+      require 'rubygems/open-uri'
       open(uri_str, :proxy => @http_proxy) do |input|
         input.read
       end