1 files changed, 1 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/lib/rss/parser.rb b/lib/rss/parser.rb
index e272978992..96be12f748 100644
--- a/lib/rss/parser.rb
+++ b/lib/rss/parser.rb
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 require "forwardable"
-begin
-  require "open-uri"
-rescue LoadError
-  require "uri"
-end
-unless Kernel.methods.include?("URI")
-  module Kernel
-    def URI(uri_str) # :doc:
-      URI.parse(uri_str)
-    end
-    module_function :URI
-  end
-end
+require "open-uri"
 
 require "rss/rss"