diff --git a/instrumentation/active_job/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/active_job/subscriber.rb b/instrumentation/active_job/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/active_job/subscriber.rb
index 1965a2965..b0d2ba42f 100644
--- a/instrumentation/active_job/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/active_job/subscriber.rb
+++ b/instrumentation/active_job/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/active_job/subscriber.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-require 'active_support/subscriber'
-
 module OpenTelemetry
   module Instrumentation
     module ActiveJob