5 files changed, 6 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
index dbc418bef3..a4f2a7e16a 100644
--- a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
+++ b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
@@ -10,10 +10,9 @@ require 'active_support/core_ext/object/misc'
 require 'set'
 require 'uri'
 
-module ActiveResource
-  autoload :Formats, 'active_resource/formats'
-  autoload :Connection, 'active_resource/connection'
+require 'active_resource/exceptions'
 
+module ActiveResource
   # ActiveResource::Base is the main class for mapping RESTful resources as models in a Rails application.
   #
   # For an outline of what Active Resource is capable of, see link:files/vendor/rails/activeresource/README.html.
@@ -1085,7 +1084,8 @@ module ActiveResource
         end
       end
   end
-end
 
-require 'active_resource/validations'
-require 'active_resource/custom_methods'
+  class Base
+    include CustomMethods, Validations
+  end
+end
diff --git a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/connection.rb b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/connection.rb
index 6661469c5b..fb3fde59d6 100644
--- a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/connection.rb
+++ b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/connection.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'active_resource/exceptions'
-require 'active_resource/formats'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/benchmark'
 require 'net/https'
 require 'date'
diff --git a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/custom_methods.rb b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/custom_methods.rb
index 0d05d06035..4647e8342c 100644
--- a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/custom_methods.rb
+++ b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/custom_methods.rb
@@ -117,8 +117,4 @@ module ActiveResource
         end
     end
   end
-
-  class Base
-    include CustomMethods
-  end
 end
diff --git a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/http_mock.rb b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/http_mock.rb
index aae2d6508c..e5891300a6 100644
--- a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/http_mock.rb
+++ b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/http_mock.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require 'active_resource/connection'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/kernel/reporting'
 
 module ActiveResource
diff --git a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/validations.rb b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/validations.rb
index 95c5467647..e029076079 100644
--- a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/validations.rb
+++ b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/validations.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require 'active_resource/exceptions'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/array/wrap'
 
 module ActiveResource
@@ -80,8 +79,4 @@ module ActiveResource
       @errors ||= Errors.new(self)
     end
   end
-
-  class Base
-    include Validations
-  end
 end