diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5aa4ac065cf5c1ea9763bfe31ca195f6dcb6b583..65bfeb458bb3e8d4131a439e228708f87a25e749 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ It requires the following CPAN distributions:
 * Mojolicious-Plugin-TemplateToolkit
 * Rose-DB-Object
 * Template-Toolkit
-* UNIVERSAL-require
 * XML-LibXML
 
 Installation follows the usual autotools-based procedure:
diff --git a/lib/AccountManager/App.pm b/lib/AccountManager/App.pm
index 8eae7b58a935a8db8d11d31329c83b34898e2333..37d16e73319dd346e7eabf49dfaf8a9ce373a12f 100644
--- a/lib/AccountManager/App.pm
+++ b/lib/AccountManager/App.pm
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ use Mojo::Base qw(Mojolicious);
 use English qw(-no_match_vars);
 use Template::Constants qw(:chomp);
 use Syntax::Keyword::Try;
-use UNIVERSAL::require;
 
 use constant {
     ACCESSCHECK_VERSION => '1.2.0'