diff --git a/libexec/syntax_suggest b/libexec/syntax_suggest
index a54c690d2b..3dc8eb94d1 100755
--- a/libexec/syntax_suggest
+++ b/libexec/syntax_suggest
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
 
-begin
-  require_relative "../lib/syntax_suggest/api"
-rescue LoadError
-  # for default gems
-  require "syntax_suggest/api"
-end
+require "syntax_suggest/api"
 
 SyntaxSuggest::Cli.new(
   argv: ARGV