diff --git a/app/serializers/basic_topic_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/basic_topic_serializer.rb
index 38d956510eb1a..ec3456eea38f7 100644
--- a/app/serializers/basic_topic_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/basic_topic_serializer.rb
@@ -2,8 +2,5 @@
 
 # The most basic attributes of a topic that we need to create a link for it.
 class BasicTopicSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
-  include ActionView::Helpers
-
   attributes :id, :fancy_title, :slug
-
 end
diff --git a/app/serializers/listable_topic_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/listable_topic_serializer.rb
index fd8939798475c..5ddf500a9462a 100644
--- a/app/serializers/listable_topic_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/listable_topic_serializer.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 require_dependency 'age_words'
 
 class ListableTopicSerializer < BasicTopicSerializer
-  include ActionView::Helpers
 
   attributes :reply_count,
              :posts_count,