diff --git a/lisp/auth-source.el b/lisp/auth-source.el
index 89a468570ac..452165a68b6 100644
--- a/lisp/auth-source.el
+++ b/lisp/auth-source.el
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 (require 'json)
 (require 'password-cache)
 
-(eval-when-compile (require 'cl-lib))
+(require 'cl-lib)
 (require 'eieio)
 
 (autoload 'secrets-create-item "secrets")