1 files changed, 13 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/user_interaction.rb b/lib/rubygems/user_interaction.rb
index cacd782e08..390d0f2aea 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/user_interaction.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/user_interaction.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
 
 require 'rubygems/util'
 
+begin
+  require 'io/console'
+rescue LoadError
+end
+
 ##
 # Module that defines the default UserInteraction.  Any class including this
 # module will have access to the +ui+ method that returns the default UI.
@@ -309,21 +314,12 @@ class Gem::StreamUI
     password
   end
 
-  def require_io_console
-    @require_io_console ||= begin
-      begin
-        require 'io/console'
-      rescue LoadError
-      end
-      true
-    end
-  end
-
-  def _gets_noecho
-    require_io_console
-    if IO.method_defined?(:noecho) then
+  if IO.method_defined?(:noecho) then
+    def _gets_noecho
       @ins.noecho {@ins.gets}
-    elsif Gem.win_platform?
+    end
+  elsif Gem.win_platform?
+    def _gets_noecho
       require "Win32API"
       password = ''
 
@@ -336,7 +332,9 @@ class Gem::StreamUI
         end
       end
       password
-    else
+    end
+  else
+    def _gets_noecho
       system "stty -echo"
       begin
         @ins.gets