diff --git a/testing/lisp/test-ob-sqlite.el b/testing/lisp/test-ob-sqlite.el
index f6ffa6ab4..e330bd2b7 100644
--- a/testing/lisp/test-ob-sqlite.el
+++ b/testing/lisp/test-ob-sqlite.el
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 ;;; Code:
 (org-test-for-executable "sqlite3")
-(require 'ob-sqlite)
 (unless (featurep 'ob-sqlite)
   (signal 'missing-test-dependency "Support for sqlite code blocks"))