diff --git a/runtime/lua/man.lua b/runtime/lua/man.lua
index 82ed0305f7..f0306f4871 100644
--- a/runtime/lua/man.lua
+++ b/runtime/lua/man.lua
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require('vim.compat')
-
 local api, fn = vim.api, vim.fn
 
 local find_arg = '-w'
diff --git a/runtime/lua/vim/compat.lua b/test/compat.lua
similarity index 100%
rename from runtime/lua/vim/compat.lua
rename to test/compat.lua
diff --git a/test/helpers.lua b/test/helpers.lua
index 499b91488b..a7eda60f87 100644
--- a/test/helpers.lua
+++ b/test/helpers.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require('vim.compat')
+require('test.compat')
 local shared = require('vim.shared')
 local assert = require('luassert')
 local luv = require('luv')