diff --git a/lib/rubygems.rb b/lib/rubygems.rb
index e46dac0fd7..4eb67c7a16 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems.rb
@@ -1303,6 +1303,7 @@ An Array (#{env.inspect}) was passed in from #{caller[3]}
   autoload :NameTuple,          File.expand_path('rubygems/name_tuple', __dir__)
   autoload :PathSupport,        File.expand_path('rubygems/path_support', __dir__)
   autoload :RequestSet,         File.expand_path('rubygems/request_set', __dir__)
+  autoload :Requirement,        File.expand_path('rubygems/requirement', __dir__)
   autoload :Resolver,           File.expand_path('rubygems/resolver', __dir__)
   autoload :Source,             File.expand_path('rubygems/source', __dir__)
   autoload :SourceList,         File.expand_path('rubygems/source_list', __dir__)
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/specification.rb b/lib/rubygems/specification.rb
index b0045ba511..5d94efe5bc 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/specification.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/specification.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ require_relative 'deprecate'
 require_relative 'basic_specification'
 require_relative 'stub_specification'
 require_relative 'platform'
-require_relative 'requirement'
 require_relative 'util/list'
 
 ##
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/version.rb b/lib/rubygems/version.rb
index c59501ad5d..c57bf7d6d5 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/version.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/version.rb
@@ -153,8 +153,6 @@ require_relative "deprecate"
 # a zero to give a sensible result.
 
 class Gem::Version
-  autoload :Requirement, File.expand_path('requirement', __dir__)
-
   include Comparable
 
   VERSION_PATTERN = '[0-9]+(?>\.[0-9a-zA-Z]+)*(-[0-9A-Za-z-]+(\.[0-9A-Za-z-]+)*)?'.freeze # :nodoc: