diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/create.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/create.rb
index 9ba3e72040ebe5701dbd5f04d28d1a3733fbf135..b111f118af97df68b057612498070ba876f24d93 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/create.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/create.rb
@@ -117,8 +117,6 @@ class FormulaCreator
   end
 
   def template; <<-EOS.undent
-    require "formula"
-
     # Documentation: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/blob/master/share/doc/homebrew/Formula-Cookbook.md
     #                #{HOMEBREW_CONTRIB}/example-formula.rb
     # PLEASE REMOVE ALL GENERATED COMMENTS BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR PULL REQUEST!