diff --git a/artisan b/artisan
index df630d0d6..5c23e2e24 100755
--- a/artisan
+++ b/artisan
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env php
 <?php
 
+define('LARAVEL_START', microtime(true));
+
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 | Register The Auto Loader
@@ -13,7 +15,7 @@
 |
 */
 
-require __DIR__.'/bootstrap/autoload.php';
+require __DIR__.'/vendor/autoload.php';
 
 $app = require_once __DIR__.'/bootstrap/app.php';
 
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ $status = $kernel->handle(
 | Shutdown The Application
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 |
-| Once Artisan has finished running. We will fire off the shutdown events
+| Once Artisan has finished running, we will fire off the shutdown events
 | so that any final work may be done by the application before we shut
 | down the process. This is the last thing to happen to the request.
 |
diff --git a/bootstrap/autoload.php b/bootstrap/autoload.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 72354a655..000000000
--- a/bootstrap/autoload.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-define('LARAVEL_START', microtime(true));
-
-/*
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-| Register The Composer Auto Loader
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-|
-| Composer provides a convenient, automatically generated class loader
-| for our application. We just need to utilize it! We'll require it
-| into the script here so that we do not have to worry about the
-| loading of any our classes "manually". Feels great to relax.
-|
-*/
-
-require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';