3 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/perl/Git/SVN/Editor.pm b/perl/Git/SVN/Editor.pm
index 4088f13e72..c50176eec9 100644
--- a/perl/Git/SVN/Editor.pm
+++ b/perl/Git/SVN/Editor.pm
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ use warnings;
 use SVN::Core;
 use SVN::Delta;
 use Carp qw/croak/;
-use IO::File;
 use Git qw/command command_oneline command_noisy command_output_pipe
            command_input_pipe command_close_pipe
            command_bidi_pipe command_close_bidi_pipe/;
@@ -586,7 +585,7 @@ The interface will change as git-svn evolves.
 =head1 DEPENDENCIES
 
 Subversion perl bindings,
-the core L<Carp> and L<IO::File> modules,
+the core L<Carp> module,
 and git's L<Git> helper module.
 
 C<Git::SVN::Editor> has not been tested using callers other than
diff --git a/perl/Git/SVN/Fetcher.pm b/perl/Git/SVN/Fetcher.pm
index 613055a3f5..d8c21ad915 100644
--- a/perl/Git/SVN/Fetcher.pm
+++ b/perl/Git/SVN/Fetcher.pm
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ use warnings;
 use SVN::Delta;
 use Carp qw/croak/;
 use File::Basename qw/dirname/;
-use IO::File qw//;
 use Git qw/command command_oneline command_noisy command_output_pipe
            command_input_pipe command_close_pipe
            command_bidi_pipe command_close_bidi_pipe/;
@@ -608,7 +607,7 @@ developing git-svn.
 =head1 DEPENDENCIES
 
 L<SVN::Delta> from the Subversion perl bindings,
-the core L<Carp>, L<File::Basename>, and L<IO::File> modules,
+the core L<Carp> and L<File::Basename> modules,
 and git's L<Git> helper module.
 
 C<Git::SVN::Fetcher> has not been tested using callers other than
diff --git a/perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm b/perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm
index 32e2f19ea4..4a499fcb38 100644
--- a/perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm
+++ b/perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ use vars qw/@ISA $config_dir $_ignore_refs_regex $_log_window_size/;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 use Memoize;
-use SVN::Client;
 use Git::SVN::Utils qw(
 	canonicalize_url
 	canonicalize_path
@@ -42,6 +41,7 @@ END {
 }
 
 sub _auth_providers () {
+	require SVN::Client;
 	my @rv = (
 	  SVN::Client::get_simple_provider(),
 	  SVN::Client::get_ssl_server_trust_file_provider(),
@@ -247,7 +247,10 @@ sub get_log {
 	$ret;
 }
 
+# uncommon, only for ancient SVN (<= 1.4.2)
 sub trees_match {
+	require IO::File;
+	require SVN::Client;
 	my ($self, $url1, $rev1, $url2, $rev2) = @_;
 	my $ctx = SVN::Client->new(auth => _auth_providers);
 	my $out = IO::File->new_tmpfile;