diff --git a/lib/puppet/feature/require_relative.rb b/lib/puppet/feature/require_relative.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a677f0..0000000
--- a/lib/puppet/feature/require_relative.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-require 'puppet/util/feature'
-
-# Support require_relative under Ruby 1.8.7.
-Puppet.features.add(:require_relative, :libs => ['backports/1.9.1/kernel/require_relative'])
diff --git a/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/pops/yard_statement.rb b/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/pops/yard_statement.rb
index 317ea4b..ac2fe4c 100644
--- a/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/pops/yard_statement.rb
+++ b/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/pops/yard_statement.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require 'ostruct'
 require 'puppet/pops'
 
-require_relative '../../strings'
+require 'puppetx/puppetlabs/strings'
 
 module Puppetx::PuppetLabs::Strings::Pops
   # An adapter class that conforms a Pops model instance + adapters to the
diff --git a/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/pops/yard_transformer.rb b/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/pops/yard_transformer.rb
index 5d1d82a..3cb57cb 100644
--- a/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/pops/yard_transformer.rb
+++ b/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/pops/yard_transformer.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 require 'puppet/pops'
-
-require_relative '../../strings'
-require_relative 'yard_statement'
+require 'puppetx/puppetlabs/strings'
+require 'puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/pops/yard_statement'
 
 module Puppetx::PuppetLabs::Strings::Pops
   # Loosely based on the TreeDumper classes in Pops::Model. The responsibility of
diff --git a/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/code_objects.rb b/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/code_objects.rb
index b87b4ad..b483541 100644
--- a/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/code_objects.rb
+++ b/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/code_objects.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-require_relative 'code_objects/puppet_namespace_object'
-require_relative 'code_objects/defined_type_object'
-require_relative 'code_objects/host_class_object'
+require 'puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/code_objects/puppet_namespace_object'
+require 'puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/code_objects/defined_type_object'
+require 'puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/code_objects/host_class_object'
diff --git a/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/code_objects/defined_type_object.rb b/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/code_objects/defined_type_object.rb
index f6a4c7f..aaafc92 100644
--- a/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/code_objects/defined_type_object.rb
+++ b/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/code_objects/defined_type_object.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require 'puppet/pops'
 
-require_relative 'puppet_namespace_object'
+require 'puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/code_objects/puppet_namespace_object'
 
 module Puppetx::PuppetLabs::Strings::YARD::CodeObjects
   class DefinedTypeObject < PuppetNamespaceObject
diff --git a/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/code_objects/host_class_object.rb b/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/code_objects/host_class_object.rb
index 3d94267..1cc5022 100644
--- a/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/code_objects/host_class_object.rb
+++ b/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/code_objects/host_class_object.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require_relative 'defined_type_object'
+require 'puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/code_objects/defined_type_object'
 
 module Puppetx::PuppetLabs::Strings::YARD::CodeObjects
   class HostClassObject < DefinedTypeObject
diff --git a/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/code_objects/puppet_namespace_object.rb b/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/code_objects/puppet_namespace_object.rb
index 1dd0517..4fd0f47 100644
--- a/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/code_objects/puppet_namespace_object.rb
+++ b/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/code_objects/puppet_namespace_object.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 require 'yard'
-
-require_relative '../../../strings'
+require 'puppetx/puppetlabs/strings'
 
 module Puppetx::PuppetLabs::Strings::YARD::CodeObjects
   class PuppetNamespaceObject < YARD::CodeObjects::NamespaceObject
diff --git a/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/handlers.rb b/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/handlers.rb
index 3e3f694..19cc4ea 100644
--- a/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/handlers.rb
+++ b/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/handlers.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-require_relative 'handlers/base'
-require_relative 'handlers/defined_type_handler'
-require_relative 'handlers/host_class_handler'
+require 'puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/handlers/base'
+require 'puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/handlers/defined_type_handler'
+require 'puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/handlers/host_class_handler'
 
-require_relative 'handlers/puppet_3x_function_handler'
-require_relative 'handlers/puppet_4x_function_handler'
+require 'puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/handlers/puppet_3x_function_handler'
+require 'puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/handlers/puppet_4x_function_handler'
diff --git a/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/handlers/base.rb b/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/handlers/base.rb
index f0be1f6..2b637da 100644
--- a/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/handlers/base.rb
+++ b/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/handlers/base.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 require 'yard'
 require 'puppet/pops'
 
-require_relative '../../../strings'
-require_relative '../code_objects'
+require 'puppetx/puppetlabs/strings'
+require 'puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/code_objects'
 
 module Puppetx::PuppetLabs::Strings::YARD::Handlers
   class Base < YARD::Handlers::Base
diff --git a/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/handlers/defined_type_handler.rb b/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/handlers/defined_type_handler.rb
index 9b4ac50..74297a7 100644
--- a/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/handlers/defined_type_handler.rb
+++ b/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/handlers/defined_type_handler.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require_relative 'base'
+require 'puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/handlers/base'
 
 module Puppetx::PuppetLabs::Strings::YARD::Handlers
   class DefinedTypeHandler < Base
diff --git a/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/handlers/host_class_handler.rb b/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/handlers/host_class_handler.rb
index 7a1e395..405acee 100644
--- a/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/handlers/host_class_handler.rb
+++ b/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/handlers/host_class_handler.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require_relative 'base'
+require 'puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/handlers/base'
 
 module Puppetx::PuppetLabs::Strings::YARD::Handlers
   class HostClassHandler < Base
diff --git a/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/handlers/puppet_3x_function_handler.rb b/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/handlers/puppet_3x_function_handler.rb
index 8c174cf..8b4bfb3 100644
--- a/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/handlers/puppet_3x_function_handler.rb
+++ b/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/handlers/puppet_3x_function_handler.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # This utility library contains some tools for working with Puppet docstrings.
 require 'puppet/util/docs'
-
-require_relative '../code_objects'
+require 'puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/code_objects'
 
 module Puppetx::PuppetLabs::Strings::YARD::Handlers
   class Puppet3xFunctionHandler < YARD::Handlers::Ruby::Base
diff --git a/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/handlers/puppet_4x_function_handler.rb b/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/handlers/puppet_4x_function_handler.rb
index f52edb8..94c4fd5 100644
--- a/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/handlers/puppet_4x_function_handler.rb
+++ b/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/handlers/puppet_4x_function_handler.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require_relative '../code_objects'
+require 'puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/code_objects'
 
 module Puppetx::PuppetLabs::Strings::YARD::Handlers
   # Handles `dispatch` calls within a future parser function declaration. For
diff --git a/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/parser.rb b/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/parser.rb
index 50923bd..0245540 100644
--- a/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/parser.rb
+++ b/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/parser.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 require 'yard'
 require 'puppet/pops'
 
-require_relative '../../strings'
-require_relative '../pops/yard_transformer'
+require 'puppetx/puppetlabs/strings'
+require 'puppetx/puppetlabs/strings//pops/yard_transformer'
 
 module Puppetx::PuppetLabs::Strings::YARD
   class PuppetParser < YARD::Parser::Base
diff --git a/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/plugin.rb b/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/plugin.rb
index 58fd0da..b71e05e 100644
--- a/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/plugin.rb
+++ b/lib/puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/plugin.rb
@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
-# TODO: Decide if supporting 1.8.7 is really worth it.
-if RUBY_VERSION < '1.9'
-  require 'backports/1.9.1/kernel/require_relative'
-end
-
 require 'puppet'
-
-require_relative 'monkey_patches'
-require_relative 'parser'
-require_relative 'handlers'
+require 'puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/monkey_patches'
+require 'puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/parser'
+require 'puppetx/puppetlabs/strings/yard/handlers'
 
 YARD::Parser::SourceParser.register_parser_type(:puppet,
   Puppetx::PuppetLabs::Strings::YARD::PuppetParser,