diff --git a/lib/puppet/feature/telnet.rb b/lib/puppet/feature/telnet.rb
index cd6aceeb60a..48fb4114af6 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/feature/telnet.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/feature/telnet.rb
@@ -2,8 +2,4 @@
 
 require_relative '../../puppet/util/feature'
 
-Puppet.features.add :telnet do
-  require 'net/telnet'
-rescue LoadError
-  false
-end
+Puppet.features.add(:telnet, :libs => %(net/telnet))