diff --git a/lisp/emulation/viper-mous.el b/lisp/emulation/viper-mous.el
index 1aae14400c5..dd727cd5f84 100644
--- a/lisp/emulation/viper-mous.el
+++ b/lisp/emulation/viper-mous.el
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@
 (if noninteractive
     (eval-when-compile
       (let ((load-path (cons (expand-file-name ".") load-path)))
-	(or (featurep 'viper-util)
-	    (load "viper-util.el" nil t 'nosuffix))
 	(or (featurep 'viper-cmd)
 	    (load "viper-cmd.el" nil t 'nosuffix))
 	)))