diff --git a/lib/linguist/blob_helper.rb b/lib/linguist/blob_helper.rb
index 27c4b3dd..ff2c097c 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/blob_helper.rb
+++ b/lib/linguist/blob_helper.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 require 'linguist/generated'
-require 'linguist/language'
 
 require 'charlock_holmes'
 require 'escape_utils'
diff --git a/lib/linguist/language.rb b/lib/linguist/language.rb
index fa1551cb..4b251834 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/language.rb
+++ b/lib/linguist/language.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ require 'linguist/classifier'
 require 'linguist/heuristics'
 require 'linguist/samples'
 require 'linguist/file_blob'
+require 'linguist/blob_helper'
 
 module Linguist
   # Language names that are recognizable by GitHub. Defined languages