diff --git a/lib/rdoc/markup/to_html.rb b/lib/rdoc/markup/to_html.rb
index 9499118120..b32722fce8 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/markup/to_html.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/markup/to_html.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 require 'cgi/escape'
 require 'cgi/util' unless defined?(CGI::EscapeExt)
 require 'prism'
-require 'rdoc/parser/ruby_colorizer'
 
 ##
 # Outputs RDoc markup as HTML.
diff --git a/lib/rdoc/parser.rb b/lib/rdoc/parser.rb
index 6884145cac..f118e19622 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/parser.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/parser.rb
@@ -293,5 +293,5 @@ def handle_tab_width(body)
 require_relative 'parser/changelog'
 require_relative 'parser/markdown'
 require_relative 'parser/rd'
-
 require_relative 'parser/ruby'
+require_relative 'parser/ruby_colorizer'
diff --git a/lib/rdoc/parser/ruby.rb b/lib/rdoc/parser/ruby.rb
index b6f7f05d0a..62e529c685 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/parser/ruby.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/parser/ruby.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 require 'prism'
-require_relative 'ruby_colorizer'
 
 # Parse and collect document from Ruby source code.
 
diff --git a/test/rdoc/parser/ruby_colorizer_test.rb b/test/rdoc/parser/ruby_colorizer_test.rb
index b3fd1b71de..4b4b3b0502 100644
--- a/test/rdoc/parser/ruby_colorizer_test.rb
+++ b/test/rdoc/parser/ruby_colorizer_test.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 require_relative '../helper'
-require 'rdoc/parser/ruby_colorizer'
+require 'prism'
 
 class RDocParserRubyColorizerTest < RDoc::TestCase
   def token(kind, text)