diff --git a/lib/acts-as-taggable-on/taggable/core.rb b/lib/acts-as-taggable-on/taggable/core.rb
index a4a1ba8d..f3451616 100644
--- a/lib/acts-as-taggable-on/taggable/core.rb
+++ b/lib/acts-as-taggable-on/taggable/core.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-require_relative 'tagged_with_query'
-require_relative 'tag_list_type'
-
 module ActsAsTaggableOn
   module Taggable
     module Core
diff --git a/lib/acts-as-taggable-on/taggable/tagged_with_query.rb b/lib/acts-as-taggable-on/taggable/tagged_with_query.rb
index c74f164e..5a7d6a34 100644
--- a/lib/acts-as-taggable-on/taggable/tagged_with_query.rb
+++ b/lib/acts-as-taggable-on/taggable/tagged_with_query.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-require_relative 'tagged_with_query/query_base'
-require_relative 'tagged_with_query/exclude_tags_query'
-require_relative 'tagged_with_query/any_tags_query'
-require_relative 'tagged_with_query/all_tags_query'
-
 module ActsAsTaggableOn
   module Taggable
     module TaggedWithQuery