diff --git a/lib/spree/core.rb b/lib/spree/core.rb
index 5a7d98dbd2..f0943bef92 100644
--- a/lib/spree/core.rb
+++ b/lib/spree/core.rb
@@ -40,14 +40,12 @@ module Spree
   end
 end
 
-require 'spree/core/version'
 require 'spree/core/engine'
 
 require 'spree/i18n'
 require 'spree/money'
 
 require 'spree/core/delegate_belongs_to'
-require 'spree/core/ext/active_record'
 require 'spree/core/permalinks'
 require 'spree/core/token_resource'
 require 'spree/core/calculated_adjustments'