diff --git a/lib/oauth/client/action_controller_request.rb b/lib/oauth/client/action_controller_request.rb
index f4b6a777..a6a43a0c 100644
--- a/lib/oauth/client/action_controller_request.rb
+++ b/lib/oauth/client/action_controller_request.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require 'oauth/client/helper'
 if defined? ActionDispatch
   require 'oauth/request_proxy/rack_request'
   require 'action_dispatch/testing/test_process'
diff --git a/lib/oauth/client/em_http.rb b/lib/oauth/client/em_http.rb
index c59e5502..f10c19e0 100644
--- a/lib/oauth/client/em_http.rb
+++ b/lib/oauth/client/em_http.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 require 'em-http'
 require 'oauth/helper'
-require 'oauth/client/helper'
 require 'oauth/request_proxy/em_http_request'
 
 # Extensions for em-http so that we can use consumer.sign! with an EventMachine::HttpClient
diff --git a/lib/oauth/client/net_http.rb b/lib/oauth/client/net_http.rb
index 6a476905..0e752de6 100644
--- a/lib/oauth/client/net_http.rb
+++ b/lib/oauth/client/net_http.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 require 'oauth/helper'
-require 'oauth/client/helper'
 require 'oauth/request_proxy/net_http'
 
 class Net::HTTPGenericRequest