diff --git a/lib/twitter_api.rb b/lib/twitter_api.rb
index 8b5cac53af9..c6eac18e27b 100644
--- a/lib/twitter_api.rb
+++ b/lib/twitter_api.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # lightweight Twitter api calls
-require_dependency 'rinku'
-
 class TwitterApi
 
   class << self