diff --git a/grunt.js b/grunt.js
index 223225a8d5..ee1e8397f6 100644
--- a/grunt.js
+++ b/grunt.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ function createBanner( files ) {
 
 // a working grunt.loadNpmTasks replacement
 // gets us csslint and cssmin tasks
-require('grunt-css')(grunt);
+grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-css');
 
 // allow access from banner template
 global.stripDirectory = stripDirectory;