diff --git a/src/ruby/lib/grpc/generic/active_call.rb b/src/ruby/lib/grpc/generic/active_call.rb
index c982e0fcc5870f861357ffb49cf6de7dafbb55b2..7fe588bd4c8af679c72e8dd3828d3054497c6427 100644
--- a/src/ruby/lib/grpc/generic/active_call.rb
+++ b/src/ruby/lib/grpc/generic/active_call.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 require 'forwardable'
 require 'weakref'
 require_relative 'bidi_call'
-require_relative '../signals'
 
 class Struct
   # BatchResult is the struct returned by calls to call#start_batch.
diff --git a/src/ruby/lib/grpc/generic/rpc_server.rb b/src/ruby/lib/grpc/generic/rpc_server.rb
index b548d3cf26f3a3cb6ede8621cf745254f3c3b9ca..e1496d491af57f9cb08be2424c8e8c41e52e8397 100644
--- a/src/ruby/lib/grpc/generic/rpc_server.rb
+++ b/src/ruby/lib/grpc/generic/rpc_server.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 # OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 require_relative '../grpc'
-require_relative '../signals'
 require_relative 'active_call'
 require_relative 'service'
 require 'thread'