Only require pygments where it's needed.

lib/jekyll.rb

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ require 'English'
 # 3rd party
 require 'liquid'
 require 'maruku'
-require 'pygments'
 require 'colorator'
 
 # internal requires

lib/jekyll/converters/markdown/redcarpet_parser.rb

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ module Jekyll
           @config['redcarpet']['extensions'].each { |e| @redcarpet_extensions[e.to_sym] = true }
 
           @renderer ||= Class.new(Redcarpet::Render::HTML) do
+            require 'pygments'
+
             def block_code(code, lang)
               lang = lang && lang.split.first || "text"
               output = add_code_tags(

lib/jekyll/tags/highlight.rb

@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ eos
       end
 
       def render_pygments(context, code)
+        require 'pygments'
+
         @options[:encoding] = 'utf-8'
 
         output = add_code_tags(