diff --git a/railties/builtin/rails_info/rails/info.rb b/railties/builtin/rails_info/rails/info.rb
index 5f8e01c1c3..1bd063896a 100644
--- a/railties/builtin/rails_info/rails/info.rb
+++ b/railties/builtin/rails_info/rails/info.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'rails_version'
-
 module Rails
   module Info
     mattr_accessor :properties