diff --git a/include/EmailNotification.php b/include/EmailNotification.php
index 8861e8f5d..d0872830b 100644
--- a/include/EmailNotification.php
+++ b/include/EmailNotification.php
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?php
 
-require_once('include/email.php');
 
 class EmailNotification {
 	/**
diff --git a/include/enotify.php b/include/enotify.php
index b2d7b7b19..c5925f2e7 100644
--- a/include/enotify.php
+++ b/include/enotify.php
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 <?php
 
-require_once('include/email.php');
-
 function notification($params) {
 
 	logger('notification: entry', LOGGER_DEBUG);
@@ -442,7 +440,6 @@ intval($params['uid']), LOGGER_DEBUG);
 
 }
 
-require_once('include/email.php');
 
 class enotify {
 	/**
diff --git a/mod/item.php b/mod/item.php
index aabfec397..c0907b556 100644
--- a/mod/item.php
+++ b/mod/item.php
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 require_once('include/crypto.php');
 require_once('include/enotify.php');
-require_once('include/email.php');
 require_once('include/items.php');
 
 function item_post(&$a) {