diff --git a/lib/bundler.rb b/lib/bundler.rb
index 4176d3a8b4d..59878c03ea2 100644
--- a/lib/bundler.rb
+++ b/lib/bundler.rb
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def configure
     end
 
     def ui
-      @ui ||= UI.new
+      @ui ||= UI::Silent.new
     end
 
     # Returns absolute path of where gems are installed on the filesystem.
diff --git a/lib/bundler/ui.rb b/lib/bundler/ui.rb
index 19495121dda..af325afba86 100644
--- a/lib/bundler/ui.rb
+++ b/lib/bundler/ui.rb
@@ -1,45 +1,7 @@
 module Bundler
-  class UI
+  module UI
     autoload :RGProxy, 'bundler/ui/rg_proxy'
     autoload :Shell,   'bundler/ui/shell'
-
-    def info(message, newline = nil)
-    end
-
-    def confirm(message, newline = nil)
-    end
-
-    def warn(message, newline = nil)
-    end
-
-    def error(message, newline = nil)
-    end
-
-    def debug(message, newline = nil)
-    end
-
-    def debug?
-      false
-    end
-
-    def quiet?
-      false
-    end
-
-    def ask(message)
-    end
-
-    def level=(name)
-    end
-
-    def level(name = nil)
-    end
-
-    def trace(message, newline = nil)
-    end
-
-    def silence
-      yield
-    end
+    autoload :Silent,  'bundler/ui/silent'
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/bundler/ui/rg_proxy.rb b/lib/bundler/ui/rg_proxy.rb
index 669b8f59f02..33c6a4129fb 100644
--- a/lib/bundler/ui/rg_proxy.rb
+++ b/lib/bundler/ui/rg_proxy.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 require 'rubygems/user_interaction'
 
 module Bundler
-  class UI
+  module UI
     class RGProxy < ::Gem::SilentUI
       def initialize(ui)
         @ui = ui
diff --git a/lib/bundler/ui/shell.rb b/lib/bundler/ui/shell.rb
index 8b0d56fca21..0f0e161fea2 100644
--- a/lib/bundler/ui/shell.rb
+++ b/lib/bundler/ui/shell.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-require 'bundler/ui'
-
 module Bundler
-  class UI
-    class Shell < UI
+  module UI
+    class Shell
       LEVELS = %w(silent error warn confirm info debug)
 
       attr_writer :shell
diff --git a/lib/bundler/ui/silent.rb b/lib/bundler/ui/silent.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3dec380ab38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/bundler/ui/silent.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+module Bundler
+  module UI
+    class Silent
+      def info(message, newline = nil)
+      end
+
+      def confirm(message, newline = nil)
+      end
+
+      def warn(message, newline = nil)
+      end
+
+      def error(message, newline = nil)
+      end
+
+      def debug(message, newline = nil)
+      end
+
+      def debug?
+        false
+      end
+
+      def quiet?
+        false
+      end
+
+      def ask(message)
+      end
+
+      def level=(name)
+      end
+
+      def level(name = nil)
+      end
+
+      def trace(message, newline = nil)
+      end
+
+      def silence
+        yield
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
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