diff --git a/test/ruby/test_jit.rb b/test/ruby/test_jit.rb
index 026cc086e7..e981562c73 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_jit.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_jit.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 require 'test/unit'
-require 'shellwords'
 
 # Test for --jit option
 class TestJIT < Test::Unit::TestCase