diff --git a/lib/react_on_rails.rb b/lib/react_on_rails.rb
index 0692ed994..e506aa43a 100644
--- a/lib/react_on_rails.rb
+++ b/lib/react_on_rails.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 require "rails"
 
 require "react_on_rails/version"
+require "react_on_rails/version_checker"
 require "react_on_rails/configuration"
 require "react_on_rails/server_rendering_pool"
 require "react_on_rails/engine"
+require "react_on_rails/version_syntax_converter"
 require "react_on_rails/ensure_assets_compiled"
 
 module ReactOnRails
diff --git a/lib/react_on_rails/engine.rb b/lib/react_on_rails/engine.rb
index d3c9579b2..13aab0d9f 100644
--- a/lib/react_on_rails/engine.rb
+++ b/lib/react_on_rails/engine.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require_relative "version_checker"
-
 module ReactOnRails
   class Engine < ::Rails::Engine
     config.to_prepare do
diff --git a/lib/react_on_rails/version_checker.rb b/lib/react_on_rails/version_checker.rb
index 4acd72422..d2f91767f 100644
--- a/lib/react_on_rails/version_checker.rb
+++ b/lib/react_on_rails/version_checker.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-require_relative "version"
-require_relative "version_syntax_converter"
-
 module ReactOnRails
   # Responsible for checking versions of rubygem versus npm node package
   # against each otherat runtime.