diff --git a/lisp/browse-url.el b/lisp/browse-url.el
index 8b00ac2603e..7e8381af064 100644
--- a/lisp/browse-url.el
+++ b/lisp/browse-url.el
@@ -752,8 +752,6 @@ in an Xterm window."
   (interactive (browse-url-interactive-arg "Lynx URL: "))
   (start-process (concat "lynx" url) nil "xterm" "-e" "lynx" url))
 
-(eval-when-compile (require 'term))
-
 ;; --- Lynx in an Emacs "term" window ---
 
 ;;;###autoload