diff --git a/addon/utils/utils.js b/addon/utils/utils.js
index 5099c311..d5fe85ff 100644
--- a/addon/utils/utils.js
+++ b/addon/utils/utils.js
@@ -4,14 +4,9 @@
  */
 
 import Ember from 'ember';
-import require from 'require';
 
-export function hasEmberData() {
-  return require.has('ember-data');
-}
-
-export function getEmberData() {
-  return hasEmberData() ? require('ember-data')['default'] : undefined;
+export function requireModule(module) {
+  return self.requirejs.has(module) ? self.require(module).default : undefined;
 }
 
 export function unwrapString(input) {
diff --git a/addon/validations/internal-result-object.js b/addon/validations/internal-result-object.js
index b354daa4..f2c66d3d 100644
--- a/addon/validations/internal-result-object.js
+++ b/addon/validations/internal-result-object.js
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 
 import Ember from 'ember';
 import ValidationError from './error';
-import { getEmberData } from '../utils/utils';
+import { requireModule } from '../utils/utils';
 
-const DS = getEmberData();
+const DS = requireModule('ember-data');
 
 const {
   get,
diff --git a/addon/validators/date.js b/addon/validators/date.js
index 1209de4a..a42b7e5d 100755
--- a/addon/validators/date.js
+++ b/addon/validators/date.js
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@
 
 import Ember from 'ember';
 import Base from 'ember-cp-validations/validators/base';
-const moment = (self.requirejs.entries.moment || self.requirejs.entries['moment/index']) && self.require('moment').default;
+import { requireModule } from 'ember-cp-validations/utils/utils';
 
-if (typeof moment === 'undefined') {
+const moment = requireModule('moment');
+
+if (!moment) {
   throw new Error('MomentJS is required to use the Date validator. The easiest way to install moment.js is to install ember-moment.\n' +
     'Installation instructions and documentation can be found at https://github.com/stefanpenner/ember-moment');
 }
diff --git a/addon/validators/ds-error.js b/addon/validators/ds-error.js
index db44e729..d8b7175a 100755
--- a/addon/validators/ds-error.js
+++ b/addon/validators/ds-error.js
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 
 import Ember from 'ember';
 import Base from 'ember-cp-validations/validators/base';
-import { getEmberData } from 'ember-cp-validations/utils/utils';
+import { requireModule } from 'ember-cp-validations/utils/utils';
 
-const DS = getEmberData();
+const DS = requireModule('ember-data');
 
 if (!DS) {
   throw new Error('Ember-Data is required to use the DS Error validator.');