diff --git a/lib/jekyll.rb b/lib/jekyll.rb
index de6b6c69..686aad3b 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ end
 require 'rubygems'
 
 # stdlib
+require 'forwardable'
 require 'fileutils'
 require 'time'
 require 'English'
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/excerpt.rb b/lib/jekyll/excerpt.rb
index 36fcd11b..f5884d68 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/excerpt.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/excerpt.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'forwardable'
-
 module Jekyll
   class Excerpt
     extend Forwardable