diff --git a/lisp/org.el b/lisp/org.el
index 0e12e4b15..9b7e98202 100644
--- a/lisp/org.el
+++ b/lisp/org.el
@@ -4975,8 +4975,6 @@ the rounding returns a past time."
 
 ;;;; Font-Lock stuff, including the activators
 
-(require 'font-lock)
-
 (defconst org-match-sexp-depth 3
   "Number of stacked braces for sub/superscript matching.")