diff --git a/lib/google/api_client/request.rb b/lib/google/api_client/request.rb
index 3e90ea718..71cfa0b48 100644
--- a/lib/google/api_client/request.rb
+++ b/lib/google/api_client/request.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 
 require 'faraday'
 require 'faraday/utils'
-require 'faraday/options'
 require 'faraday/request/multipart'
 require 'multi_json'
 require 'compat/multi_json'