diff --git a/lib/puppet/network/http_pool.rb b/lib/puppet/network/http_pool.rb
index d4ec48d22..8baf48c77 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/network/http_pool.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/network/http_pool.rb
@@ -1,49 +1,48 @@
 require 'puppet/ssl/host'
 require 'net/https'
-require 'puppet/util/cacher'
 
 module Puppet::Network; end
 
 module Puppet::Network::HttpPool
   # Use the global localhost instance.
   def self.ssl_host
     Puppet::SSL::Host.localhost
   end
 
   # Use cert information from a Puppet client to set up the http object.
   def self.cert_setup(http)
     # Just no-op if we don't have certs.
     return false unless FileTest.exist?(Puppet[:hostcert]) and FileTest.exist?(Puppet[:localcacert])
 
     http.cert_store = ssl_host.ssl_store
     http.ca_file = Puppet[:localcacert]
     http.cert = ssl_host.certificate.content
     http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER
     http.key = ssl_host.key.content
   end
 
   # Retrieve a cached http instance if caching is enabled, else return
   # a new one.
   def self.http_instance(host, port, reset = false)
     args = [host, port]
     if Puppet[:http_proxy_host] == "none"
       args << nil << nil
     else
       args << Puppet[:http_proxy_host] << Puppet[:http_proxy_port]
     end
     http = Net::HTTP.new(*args)
 
     # Pop open the http client a little; older versions of Net::HTTP(s) didn't
     # give us a reader for ca_file... Grr...
     class << http; attr_accessor :ca_file; end
 
     http.use_ssl = true
     # Use configured timeout (#1176)
     http.read_timeout = Puppet[:configtimeout]
     http.open_timeout = Puppet[:configtimeout]
 
     cert_setup(http)
 
     http
   end
 end