diff --git a/lisp/eshell/esh-var.el b/lisp/eshell/esh-var.el
index f91fb89412e..7a80cd86877 100644
--- a/lisp/eshell/esh-var.el
+++ b/lisp/eshell/esh-var.el
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@
 (require 'esh-io)
 
 (require 'pcomplete)
-(require 'env)
 (require 'ring)
 
 (defgroup eshell-var nil
diff --git a/lisp/man.el b/lisp/man.el
index bd55d7eff06..07af5ea0ff0 100644
--- a/lisp/man.el
+++ b/lisp/man.el
@@ -1109,7 +1109,6 @@ Return the buffer in which the manpage will appear."
 	 (buffer  (get-buffer bufname)))
     (if buffer
 	(Man-notify-when-ready buffer)
-      (require 'env)
       (message "Invoking %s %s in the background" manual-program man-args)
       (setq buffer (generate-new-buffer bufname))
       (with-current-buffer buffer