diff --git a/lib/rack-emstream/version.rb b/lib/rack-emstream/version.rb
index 526154b..722ab32 100644
--- a/lib/rack-emstream/version.rb
+++ b/lib/rack-emstream/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'rack-emstream'
-
 module Rack
   class EMStream
     VERSION = "0.1.0"