diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/dynamic_matchers.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/dynamic_matchers.rb
index 12b3700695f0f..3bac31c6aad84 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/dynamic_matchers.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/dynamic_matchers.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'active_record/deprecated_finders'
-
 module ActiveRecord
   module DynamicMatchers #:nodoc:
     # This code in this file seems to have a lot of indirection, but the indirection