diff --git a/ext/ripper/lib/ripper/core.rb b/ext/ripper/lib/ripper/core.rb
index 54c741a62b5744..b4d456b49d371a 100644
--- a/ext/ripper/lib/ripper/core.rb
+++ b/ext/ripper/lib/ripper/core.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 if RUBY_ENGINE == 'jruby'
   require 'ripper.jar'
-  org.jruby.ext.ripper.RipperLibrary.new.load(JRuby.runtime, false)
 else
   require 'ripper.so'
 end