diff --git a/lib/buffer.js b/lib/buffer.js
index f31d69e85c6..e48dfada8f1 100644
--- a/lib/buffer.js
+++ b/lib/buffer.js
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 // USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
 var SlowBuffer = process.binding('buffer').SlowBuffer;
-var IEEE754 = require('buffer_ieee754');
 var assert = require('assert');
 
 
@@ -741,7 +740,7 @@ Buffer.prototype.readFloat = function(offset, endian) {
   assert.ok(offset + 3 < buffer.length,
     'Trying to read beyond buffer length');
 
-  return IEEE754.readIEEE754(buffer, offset, endian, 23, 4);
+  return require('buffer_ieee754').readIEEE754(buffer, offset, endian, 23, 4);
 };
 
 Buffer.prototype.readDouble = function(offset, endian) {
@@ -759,7 +758,7 @@ Buffer.prototype.readDouble = function(offset, endian) {
   assert.ok(offset + 7 < buffer.length,
     'Trying to read beyond buffer length');
 
-  return IEEE754.readIEEE754(buffer, offset, endian, 52, 8);
+  return require('buffer_ieee754').readIEEE754(buffer, offset, endian, 52, 8);
 };
 
 
@@ -1035,7 +1034,7 @@ Buffer.prototype.writeFloat = function(value, offset, endian) {
     'Trying to write beyond buffer length');
 
   verifIEEE754(value, 3.4028234663852886e+38, -3.4028234663852886e+38);
-  IEEE754.writeIEEE754(buffer, value, offset, endian, 23, 4);
+  require('buffer_ieee754').writeIEEE754(buffer, value, offset, endian, 23, 4);
 };
 
 
@@ -1058,6 +1057,6 @@ Buffer.prototype.writeDouble = function(value, offset, endian) {
     'Trying to write beyond buffer length');
 
   verifIEEE754(value, 1.7976931348623157E+308, -1.7976931348623157E+308);
-  IEEE754.writeIEEE754(buffer, value, offset, endian, 52, 8);
+  require('buffer_ieee754').writeIEEE754(buffer, value, offset, endian, 52, 8);
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/tty_posix.js b/lib/tty_posix.js
index 6b12204169c..66afe14cd0e 100644
--- a/lib/tty_posix.js
+++ b/lib/tty_posix.js
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 
 var binding = process.binding('stdio'),
     net = require('net_legacy'), // FIXME
-    inherits = require('util').inherits,
-    spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
+    inherits = require('util').inherits;
 
 
 exports.open = function(path, args) {
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ exports.open = function(path, args) {
   stream.resume();
 
 
-  child = spawn(path, args, {
+  child = require('child_process').spawn(path, args, {
     env: env,
     customFds: [masterFD, masterFD, masterFD],
     setsid: true
diff --git a/test/simple/test-module-load-list.js b/test/simple/test-module-load-list.js
index a8b35a7344d..7fcae2bf2e8 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-module-load-list.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-module-load-list.js
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ var expected = [
   'NativeModule events',
   'NativeModule buffer',
   'Binding buffer',
-  'NativeModule buffer_ieee754', // FIXME should not be loading
   'NativeModule assert',
   'NativeModule util',
   'Binding stdio',
@@ -70,8 +69,6 @@ expected = expected.concat([
   'Binding io_watcher',
   'NativeModule tty',
   'NativeModule tty_posix', // FIXME branch on win32 here.
-  'NativeModule child_process', // FIXME should not be loading
-  'Binding child_process' // FIXME should not be loading
 ]);
 
 checkExpected();