diff --git a/actions/apistatusnetconfig.php b/actions/apistatusnetconfig.php
index dc1ab8685b..296376d195 100644
--- a/actions/apistatusnetconfig.php
+++ b/actions/apistatusnetconfig.php
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ if (!defined('STATUSNET')) {
     exit(1);
 }
 
-require_once INSTALLDIR . '/lib/api.php';
-
 /**
  * Gives a full dump of configuration variables for this instance
  * of StatusNet, minus variables that may be security-sensitive (like
diff --git a/actions/twitapisearchatom.php b/actions/twitapisearchatom.php
index e389ddec84..24aa619bd7 100644
--- a/actions/twitapisearchatom.php
+++ b/actions/twitapisearchatom.php
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ if (!defined('STATUSNET') && !defined('LACONICA')) {
     exit(1);
 }
 
-require_once INSTALLDIR.'/lib/api.php';
-
 /**
  * Action for outputting search results in Twitter compatible Atom
  * format.
diff --git a/actions/twitapisearchjson.php b/actions/twitapisearchjson.php
index 741ed78d63..b5c006aa7b 100644
--- a/actions/twitapisearchjson.php
+++ b/actions/twitapisearchjson.php
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ if (!defined('STATUSNET') && !defined('LACONICA')) {
     exit(1);
 }
 
-require_once INSTALLDIR.'/lib/api.php';
 require_once INSTALLDIR.'/lib/jsonsearchresultslist.php';
 
 /**
diff --git a/actions/twitapitrends.php b/actions/twitapitrends.php
index 779405e6d6..5a04569a22 100644
--- a/actions/twitapitrends.php
+++ b/actions/twitapitrends.php
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ if (!defined('STATUSNET') && !defined('LACONICA')) {
     exit(1);
 }
 
-require_once INSTALLDIR.'/lib/api.php';
-
 /**
  *  Returns the top ten queries that are currently trending
  *
diff --git a/lib/apiauth.php b/lib/apiauth.php
index 25e2196cf2..5090871cfe 100644
--- a/lib/apiauth.php
+++ b/lib/apiauth.php
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ if (!defined('STATUSNET')) {
     exit(1);
 }
 
-require_once INSTALLDIR . '/lib/api.php';
 require_once INSTALLDIR . '/lib/apioauth.php';
 
 /**
diff --git a/plugins/Mapstraction/map.php b/plugins/Mapstraction/map.php
index a33dfc7360..b809c1b8e2 100644
--- a/plugins/Mapstraction/map.php
+++ b/plugins/Mapstraction/map.php
@@ -142,8 +142,6 @@ class MapAction extends OwnerDesignAction
         // of refactoring from within a plugin, so I'm just abusing
         // the ApiAction method. Don't do this unless you're me!
 
-        require_once(INSTALLDIR.'/lib/api.php');
-
         $act = new ApiAction('/dev/null');
 
         $arr = $act->twitterStatusArray($notice, true);
diff --git a/plugins/Realtime/RealtimePlugin.php b/plugins/Realtime/RealtimePlugin.php
index 6c212453e4..2b3cb35f1d 100644
--- a/plugins/Realtime/RealtimePlugin.php
+++ b/plugins/Realtime/RealtimePlugin.php
@@ -244,8 +244,6 @@ class RealtimePlugin extends Plugin
         // of refactoring from within a plugin, so I'm just abusing
         // the ApiAction method. Don't do this unless you're me!
 
-        require_once(INSTALLDIR.'/lib/api.php');
-
         $act = new ApiAction('/dev/null');
 
         $arr = $act->twitterStatusArray($notice, true);