diff --git a/changelog/fix_recover_slow_running_rubocop.md b/changelog/fix_recover_slow_running_rubocop.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dd2cb9b66e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/fix_recover_slow_running_rubocop.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+* [#10750](https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop/pull/10750): Recover 7x slow running `rubocop`. ([@koic][])
diff --git a/lib/rubocop/formatter.rb b/lib/rubocop/formatter.rb
index 85e626b0531..4fdf87d787c 100644
--- a/lib/rubocop/formatter.rb
+++ b/lib/rubocop/formatter.rb
@@ -2,30 +2,30 @@
 
 module RuboCop
   module Formatter
-    autoload :BaseFormatter, 'rubocop/formatter/base_formatter'
-    autoload :SimpleTextFormatter, 'rubocop/formatter/simple_text_formatter'
+    require_relative 'formatter/text_util'
+
+    require_relative 'formatter/base_formatter'
+    require_relative 'formatter/simple_text_formatter'
     # relies on simple text
-    autoload :ClangStyleFormatter, 'rubocop/formatter/clang_style_formatter'
-    autoload :DisabledConfigFormatter, 'rubocop/formatter/disabled_config_formatter'
-    autoload :EmacsStyleFormatter, 'rubocop/formatter/emacs_style_formatter'
-    autoload :FileListFormatter, 'rubocop/formatter/file_list_formatter'
-    autoload :FuubarStyleFormatter, 'rubocop/formatter/fuubar_style_formatter'
-    autoload :GitHubActionsFormatter, 'rubocop/formatter/git_hub_actions_formatter'
-    autoload :HTMLFormatter, 'rubocop/formatter/html_formatter'
-    autoload :JSONFormatter, 'rubocop/formatter/json_formatter'
-    autoload :JUnitFormatter, 'rubocop/formatter/junit_formatter'
-    autoload :MarkdownFormatter, 'rubocop/formatter/markdown_formatter'
-    autoload :OffenseCountFormatter, 'rubocop/formatter/offense_count_formatter'
-    autoload :ProgressFormatter, 'rubocop/formatter/progress_formatter'
-    autoload :QuietFormatter, 'rubocop/formatter/quiet_formatter'
-    autoload :TapFormatter, 'rubocop/formatter/tap_formatter'
-    autoload :WorstOffendersFormatter, 'rubocop/formatter/worst_offenders_formatter'
-    autoload :PacmanFormatter, 'rubocop/formatter/pacman_formatter'
+    require_relative 'formatter/clang_style_formatter'
+    require_relative 'formatter/disabled_config_formatter'
+    require_relative 'formatter/emacs_style_formatter'
+    require_relative 'formatter/file_list_formatter'
+    require_relative 'formatter/fuubar_style_formatter'
+    require_relative 'formatter/git_hub_actions_formatter'
+    require_relative 'formatter/html_formatter'
+    require_relative 'formatter/json_formatter'
+    require_relative 'formatter/junit_formatter'
+    require_relative 'formatter/markdown_formatter'
+    require_relative 'formatter/offense_count_formatter'
+    require_relative 'formatter/progress_formatter'
+    require_relative 'formatter/quiet_formatter'
+    require_relative 'formatter/tap_formatter'
+    require_relative 'formatter/worst_offenders_formatter'
+    require_relative 'formatter/pacman_formatter'
     # relies on progress formatter
-    autoload :AutoGenConfigFormatter, 'rubocop/formatter/auto_gen_config_formatter'
-    autoload :Colorizable, 'rubocop/formatter/colorizable'
+    require_relative 'formatter/auto_gen_config_formatter'
 
     require_relative 'formatter/formatter_set'
-    require_relative 'formatter/text_util'
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/rubocop/formatter/simple_text_formatter.rb b/lib/rubocop/formatter/simple_text_formatter.rb
index 0f1f09df885..4c311360003 100644
--- a/lib/rubocop/formatter/simple_text_formatter.rb
+++ b/lib/rubocop/formatter/simple_text_formatter.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
+require_relative 'colorizable'
+
 module RuboCop
   module Formatter
     # A basic formatter that displays only files with offenses.