diff --git a/collects/compiler/main.rkt b/collects/compiler/main.rkt
index 11ceb9051e..f0cb223311 100644
--- a/collects/compiler/main.rkt
+++ b/collects/compiler/main.rkt
@@ -356,7 +356,6 @@
                ,(if (assume-primitives)
                     '(void)
                     '(namespace-require/copy 'scheme))
-               (require compiler/cffi)
                ,@(map (lambda (s) `(load ,s)) prefixes)
                (void)))))))
    (list "file/directory/collection")))