diff --git a/lisp/oc-basic.el b/lisp/oc-basic.el
index 691e284bd..1a01ea408 100644
--- a/lisp/oc-basic.el
+++ b/lisp/oc-basic.el
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@
 (require 'bibtex)
 (require 'json)
 (require 'oc)
-(require 'org)
 (require 'seq)
 
 (declare-function org-open-at-point "org" (&optional arg))
diff --git a/lisp/org.el b/lisp/org.el
index 4bee49654..15ac423fa 100644
--- a/lisp/org.el
+++ b/lisp/org.el
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
 (require 'org-keys)
 (require 'ol)
 (require 'oc)
+(require 'oc-basic)
 (require 'org-table)
 
 ;; `org-outline-regexp' ought to be a defconst but is let-bound in