diff --git a/lib/lifeform/form.rb b/lib/lifeform/form.rb
index c0d0b9f..0ecca95 100644
--- a/lib/lifeform/form.rb
+++ b/lib/lifeform/form.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 require "hash_with_dot_access"
+require "sequel/model/default_inflections"
+require "sequel/model/inflections"
 
 module Lifeform
   FieldDefinition = Struct.new(:type, :library, :parameters)
diff --git a/lib/lifeform/helpers.rb b/lib/lifeform/helpers.rb
index b042b63..32cacdf 100644
--- a/lib/lifeform/helpers.rb
+++ b/lib/lifeform/helpers.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-require "sequel/model/default_inflections"
-require "sequel/model/inflections"
-
 module Lifeform
   module Helpers
     # Below is pretty much verbatim copied over from Bridgetown
@@ -79,7 +76,7 @@ def encode(...)
 
     def text(callback)
       (callback.is_a?(Proc) ? html(callback) : callback).to_s.then do |str|
-        next str if str.respond_to?(:html_safe) && str.html_safe?
+        next str if str.html_safe?
 
         str.encode(xml: :attr).gsub(%r{\A"|"\Z}, "")
       end