--- a/config/initializers/1_settings.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/1_settings.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-require_relative '../settings'
-require_relative '../object_store_settings'
+require '/usr/share/gitlab/config/settings'
+require '/usr/share/gitlab/config/object_store_settings'
 
 # Default settings
 Settings['ldap'] ||= Settingslogic.new({})
--- a/config/environment.rb
+++ b/config/environment.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Load the rails application
 
-require_relative 'application'
+require '/usr/share/gitlab/config/application'
 
 # Initialize the rails application
 Rails.application.initialize!
--- a/config/settings.rb
+++ b/config/settings.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # full Rails environment being loaded. We can not use `require_relative` either,
 # as Rails uses `load` for `require_dependency` (used when loading the Rails
 # environment). This could then lead to this file being loaded twice.
-require_dependency File.expand_path('../lib/gitlab', __dir__)
+require ('/usr/share/gitlab/lib/gitlab')
 
 class Settings < Settingslogic
   source ENV.fetch('GITLAB_CONFIG') { Pathname.new(File.expand_path('gitlab.yml', __dir__)) }