diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/plugin_new_generator.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/plugin_new_generator.rb
index b514554da7..e464279af6 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/plugin_new_generator.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/plugin_new_generator.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 require 'active_support/core_ext/hash/slice'
-require 'rails/generators/app_base'
 require "rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator"
 
 module Rails