diff --git a/lib/puma.rb b/lib/puma.rb
index ce143e9194..1e098bffc0 100644
--- a/lib/puma.rb
+++ b/lib/puma.rb
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 
 require 'thread'
 
-require_relative 'puma/puma_http11'
-require_relative 'puma/detect'
+require 'puma/puma_http11'
+require 'puma/detect'
 
 module Puma
   autoload :Const, 'puma/const'