diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/testing/strict_warnings.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/testing/strict_warnings.rb
index e80adff9271..946618a90ee 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/testing/strict_warnings.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/testing/strict_warnings.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ module ActiveSupport
     PROJECT_ROOT = File.expand_path("../../../../", __dir__)
     ALLOWED_WARNINGS = Regexp.union(
       /circular require considered harmful.*delayed_job/, # Bug in delayed job.
-      /circular require considered harmful.*rails-html-sanitizer/, # Bug when sprockets-rails is not required.
 
       # Expected non-verbose warning emitted by Rails.
       /Ignoring .*\.yml because it has expired/,
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb b/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb
index 4ae7ebf6421..fe98cb834be 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb
@@ -308,12 +308,12 @@ module Rails
           end
 
           if respond_to?(:action_view)
-            require "rails-html-sanitizer"
+            require "action_view/helpers"
             action_view.sanitizer_vendor = Rails::HTML::Sanitizer.best_supported_vendor
           end
 
           if respond_to?(:action_text)
-            require "rails-html-sanitizer"
+            require "action_view/helpers"
             action_text.sanitizer_vendor = Rails::HTML::Sanitizer.best_supported_vendor
           end
         when "7.2"