diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 468baf467e8..46ade1df6db 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ require_dependency "admin_constraint"
 require_dependency "staff_constraint"
 require_dependency "homepage_constraint"
 require_dependency "permalink_constraint"
-require_dependency "route_format"
 
 Discourse::Application.routes.draw do
 
diff --git a/lib/discourse.rb b/lib/discourse.rb
index 18231f3d0a3..66ce5c3d76b 100644
--- a/lib/discourse.rb
+++ b/lib/discourse.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require 'cache'
 require 'open3'
+require_dependency 'route_format'
 require_dependency 'plugin/instance'
 require_dependency 'auth/default_current_user_provider'
 require_dependency 'version'