diff --git a/logstash-core/lib/logstash/util/byte_value.rb b/logstash-core/lib/logstash/util/byte_value.rb
index bc189a438..36a8c6c83 100644
--- a/logstash-core/lib/logstash/util/byte_value.rb
+++ b/logstash-core/lib/logstash/util/byte_value.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # encoding: utf-8
 require "logstash/namespace"
-require "logstash/util"
 
 module LogStash; module Util; module ByteValue
   module_function