diff --git a/lib/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb b/lib/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb
index 717cb5977991..45dca1195e9f 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 require 'rubygems/uri_formatter'
 require 'rubygems/uri_parser'
 require 'rubygems/user_interaction'
-require 'resolv'
 
 ##
 # RemoteFetcher handles the details of fetching gems and gem information from