diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 93ad1f8c..405d759e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 ### Changed
 
 - Using `permit` matcher without a surrouding `permissions` block now raises a useful error. (#834)
+- Explicitly require less of `active_support` (#834)
 
 ## 2.4.0 (2024-08-26)
 
diff --git a/lib/pundit.rb b/lib/pundit.rb
index 85292526..d56349b3 100644
--- a/lib/pundit.rb
+++ b/lib/pundit.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
+require "active_support"
+
 require "pundit/version"
 require "pundit/policy_finder"
-require "active_support/concern"
-require "active_support/core_ext/string/inflections"
-require "active_support/core_ext/object/blank"
-require "active_support/core_ext/module/introspection"
-require "active_support/dependencies/autoload"
 require "pundit/authorization"
 require "pundit/context"
 require "pundit/cache_store/null_store"
diff --git a/lib/pundit/policy_finder.rb b/lib/pundit/policy_finder.rb
index b63e7276..e1884dd5 100644
--- a/lib/pundit/policy_finder.rb
+++ b/lib/pundit/policy_finder.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
+# String#safe_constantize, String#demodulize, String#underscore, String#camelize
+require "active_support/core_ext/string/inflections"
+
 module Pundit
   # Finds policy and scope classes for given object.
   # @api public
diff --git a/lib/pundit/rspec.rb b/lib/pundit/rspec.rb
index 4e9c5654..c5e488aa 100644
--- a/lib/pundit/rspec.rb
+++ b/lib/pundit/rspec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
+# Array#to_sentence
+require "active_support/core_ext/array/conversions"
+
 module Pundit
   module RSpec
     module Matchers
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 1282d64c..a1953057 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
 
 require "pundit"
 require "pundit/rspec"
-require "active_support"
-require "active_model"
+require "active_model/naming"
 
 # Load all supporting files: models, policies, etc.
 require "zeitwerk"
@@ -20,3 +19,5 @@
 loader.push_dir(File.expand_path("support/lib", __dir__))
 loader.setup
 loader.eager_load
+
+puts $LOADED_FEATURES.grep(%r{active_support/core_ext}).join("\n")