diff --git a/codegen/projections/rails_json/lib/rails_json.rb b/codegen/projections/rails_json/lib/rails_json.rb
index 7eb8aa06..051d2b80 100644
--- a/codegen/projections/rails_json/lib/rails_json.rb
+++ b/codegen/projections/rails_json/lib/rails_json.rb
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@
 require_relative 'rails_json/builders'
 require_relative 'rails_json/client'
 require_relative 'rails_json/config'
-begin
-  require_relative 'rails_json/customizations'
-rescue LoadError; end
 require_relative 'rails_json/errors'
 require_relative 'rails_json/endpoint'
 require_relative 'rails_json/middleware'
@@ -26,6 +23,9 @@
 require_relative 'rails_json/types'
 require_relative 'rails_json/validators'
 require_relative 'rails_json/waiters'
+begin
+  require_relative 'rails_json/customizations'
+rescue LoadError; end
 
 module RailsJson
   VERSION = File.read(File.expand_path('../VERSION', __dir__)).strip
diff --git a/codegen/projections/rpcv2_cbor/lib/rpcv2_cbor.rb b/codegen/projections/rpcv2_cbor/lib/rpcv2_cbor.rb
index 2e7e2263..58995bdf 100644
--- a/codegen/projections/rpcv2_cbor/lib/rpcv2_cbor.rb
+++ b/codegen/projections/rpcv2_cbor/lib/rpcv2_cbor.rb
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@
 require_relative 'rpcv2_cbor/builders'
 require_relative 'rpcv2_cbor/client'
 require_relative 'rpcv2_cbor/config'
-begin
-  require_relative 'rpcv2_cbor/customizations'
-rescue LoadError; end
 require_relative 'rpcv2_cbor/errors'
 require_relative 'rpcv2_cbor/endpoint'
 require_relative 'rpcv2_cbor/middleware'
@@ -26,6 +23,9 @@
 require_relative 'rpcv2_cbor/types'
 require_relative 'rpcv2_cbor/validators'
 require_relative 'rpcv2_cbor/waiters'
+begin
+  require_relative 'rpcv2_cbor/customizations'
+rescue LoadError; end
 
 module Rpcv2Cbor
   VERSION = File.read(File.expand_path('../VERSION', __dir__)).strip
diff --git a/codegen/projections/white_label/lib/white_label.rb b/codegen/projections/white_label/lib/white_label.rb
index 9bfcbcf8..32ee6ff2 100644
--- a/codegen/projections/white_label/lib/white_label.rb
+++ b/codegen/projections/white_label/lib/white_label.rb
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@
 require_relative 'white_label/builders'
 require_relative 'white_label/client'
 require_relative 'white_label/config'
-begin
-  require_relative 'white_label/customizations'
-rescue LoadError; end
 require_relative 'white_label/errors'
 require_relative 'white_label/endpoint'
 require_relative 'white_label/middleware'
@@ -27,6 +24,9 @@
 require_relative 'white_label/validators'
 require_relative 'white_label/waiters'
 require_relative 'white_label/event_stream'
+begin
+  require_relative 'white_label/customizations'
+rescue LoadError; end
 
 module WhiteLabel
   VERSION = File.read(File.expand_path('../VERSION', __dir__)).strip
diff --git a/codegen/smithy-ruby-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/ruby/codegen/generators/ModuleGenerator.java b/codegen/smithy-ruby-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/ruby/codegen/generators/ModuleGenerator.java
index 68da831a..7d798168 100644
--- a/codegen/smithy-ruby-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/ruby/codegen/generators/ModuleGenerator.java
+++ b/codegen/smithy-ruby-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/ruby/codegen/generators/ModuleGenerator.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class ModuleGenerator {
             Logger.getLogger(ModuleGenerator.class.getName());
 
     private static final String[] DEFAULT_REQUIRES = {
-        "auth", "builders", "client", "config", "customizations", "errors", "endpoint", "middleware",
+        "auth", "builders", "client", "config", "errors", "endpoint", "middleware",
         "paginators", "params", "parsers", "stubs", "telemetry", "types", "validators", "waiters"
     };
 
@@ -71,20 +71,18 @@ public void render() {
             }));
 
             for (String require : DEFAULT_REQUIRES) {
-                if (require.equals("customizations")) {
-                    writer
-                            .openBlock("begin")
-                            .write("require_relative '$L/customizations'", settings.getGemName())
-                            .closeBlock("rescue LoadError; end");
-                } else {
-                    writer.write("require_relative '$L/$L'", settings.getGemName(), require);
-                }
+                writer.write("require_relative '$L/$L'", settings.getGemName(), require);
             }
 
             if (context.eventStreamTransport().isPresent()) {
                 writer.write("require_relative '$L/event_stream'", settings.getGemName());
             }
 
+            writer
+                    .openBlock("begin")
+                    .write("require_relative '$L/customizations'", settings.getGemName())
+                    .closeBlock("rescue LoadError; end");
+
             for (String require : additionalFiles) {
                 writer.write("require_relative '$L'", require);
             }