diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/tab.rb b/Library/Homebrew/tab.rb
index 35b40ec41f..d35f69f8ad 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/tab.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/tab.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 require 'ostruct'
-require 'formula'
 require 'options'
 require 'vendor/multi_json'