diff --git a/lib/capsicum.rb b/lib/capsicum.rb
index c38b4b9..7a66e03 100644
--- a/lib/capsicum.rb
+++ b/lib/capsicum.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-require "capsicum/version"
-require "fiddle"
-
 module Capsicum
+  require_relative "capsicum/version"
   require_relative "capsicum/libc"
   module_function
 
diff --git a/lib/capsicum/libc.rb b/lib/capsicum/libc.rb
index 1db2faa..a4a7178 100644
--- a/lib/capsicum/libc.rb
+++ b/lib/capsicum/libc.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # @api private
 module Capsicum::LibC
+  require "fiddle"
   module_function
 
   ##