diff --git a/lib/rubygems/indexer.rb b/lib/rubygems/indexer.rb
index 9f4bd12c46ba..31285ca962fa 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/indexer.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/indexer.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 require 'rubygems'
 require 'rubygems/package'
-require 'time'
 require 'tmpdir'
 
 ##
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/package.rb b/lib/rubygems/package.rb
index 0bf0877fb3ae..0587cd212b71 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/package.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/package.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 require "rubygems"
 require 'rubygems/security'
 require 'rubygems/user_interaction'
-require 'zlib'
 
 class Gem::Package
   include Gem::UserInteraction
@@ -186,6 +185,8 @@ def self.raw_spec(path, security_policy = nil)
   # Creates a new package that will read or write to the file +gem+.
 
   def initialize(gem, security_policy) # :notnew:
+    require 'zlib'
+
     @gem = gem
 
     @build_time      = Gem.source_date_epoch
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb b/lib/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb
index 40ac0e95c084..b8716b5181aa 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ def self.fetcher
   def initialize(proxy=nil, dns=nil, headers={})
     require 'net/http'
     require 'stringio'
-    require 'time'
     require 'uri'
 
     Socket.do_not_reverse_lookup = true
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/request.rb b/lib/rubygems/request.rb
index 75f9e9979a62..f1a23f5ec954 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/request.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/request.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 require 'net/http'
-require 'time'
 require 'rubygems/user_interaction'
 
 class Gem::Request
@@ -143,6 +142,7 @@ def fetch
     request.add_field 'Keep-Alive', '30'
 
     if @last_modified
+      require 'time'
       request.add_field 'If-Modified-Since', @last_modified.httpdate
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/uri_formatter.rb b/lib/rubygems/uri_formatter.rb
index ab5cc78e67ec..3bda896875bc 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/uri_formatter.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/uri_formatter.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
-require 'cgi'
 
 ##
 # The UriFormatter handles URIs from user-input and escaping.
@@ -18,6 +17,8 @@ class Gem::UriFormatter
   # Creates a new URI formatter for +uri+.
 
   def initialize(uri)
+    require 'cgi'
+
     @uri = uri
   end
 
diff --git a/util/create_certs.rb b/util/create_certs.rb
index 6790737e2665..86545fe3ead9 100644
--- a/util/create_certs.rb
+++ b/util/create_certs.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 require 'openssl'
-require 'time'
 
 class CertificateBuilder
   attr_reader :start