diff --git a/app/modules/app_defaults.php b/app/modules/app_defaults.php
index 51eef12ea9..d643c54736 100644
--- a/app/modules/app_defaults.php
+++ b/app/modules/app_defaults.php
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 
 //use the module class to get the list of modules from the db and add any missing modules
 	if ($domains_processed == 1) {
-		require_once "resources/classes/modules.php";
 		$mod = new switch_modules;
 		$mod->db = $db;
 		$mod->dir = $_SESSION['switch']['mod']['dir'];
diff --git a/app/modules/modules.php b/app/modules/modules.php
index d2247d6d51..e80db61e01 100644
--- a/app/modules/modules.php
+++ b/app/modules/modules.php
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ if (strlen($_GET["a"]) > 0) {
 }
 
 //use the module class to get the list of modules from the db and add any missing modules
-	require_once "resources/classes/modules.php";
 	$mod = new switch_modules;
 	$mod->db = $db;
 	$mod->dir = $_SESSION['switch']['mod']['dir'];