diff --git a/lib/rubygems/net-http/lib/net/http.rb b/lib/rubygems/net-http/lib/net/http.rb
index 0b8135c13f..a82ef828a4 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/net-http/lib/net/http.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/net-http/lib/net/http.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 # See Gem::Net::HTTP for an overview and examples.
 #
 
-require_relative '../../../net-protocol/lib/net/protocol'
+require_relative '../../../vendor/net-protocol/lib/net/protocol'
 require_relative '../../../vendor/uri/lib/uri'
 require_relative '../../../vendor/resolv/lib/resolv'
 autoload :OpenSSL, 'openssl'
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/net-protocol/.document b/lib/rubygems/vendor/net-protocol/.document
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/rubygems/net-protocol/.document
rename to lib/rubygems/vendor/net-protocol/.document
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/net-protocol/lib/net/protocol.rb b/lib/rubygems/vendor/net-protocol/lib/net/protocol.rb
similarity index 99%
rename from lib/rubygems/net-protocol/lib/net/protocol.rb
rename to lib/rubygems/vendor/net-protocol/lib/net/protocol.rb
index 53d34d8d98..b9d15f7d51 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/net-protocol/lib/net/protocol.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/vendor/net-protocol/lib/net/protocol.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #
 
 require 'socket'
-require_relative '../../../timeout/lib/timeout'
+require_relative '../../../../timeout/lib/timeout'
 require 'io/wait'
 
 module Gem::Net # :nodoc: