diff --git a/lib/prawn/fonts.rb b/lib/prawn/fonts.rb
index 8f15256c9..1beb7dc59 100644
--- a/lib/prawn/fonts.rb
+++ b/lib/prawn/fonts.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ module Fonts
   end
 end
 
-require_relative 'font'
 require_relative 'fonts/afm'
 require_relative 'fonts/ttf'
 require_relative 'fonts/dfont'