diff --git a/lib/load.php b/lib/load.php
index 7772cac90e15e..ad56b7651e7ef 100644
--- a/lib/load.php
+++ b/lib/load.php
@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ function gutenberg_is_experiment_enabled( $name ) {
 if ( ! class_exists( 'WP_Block_Template ' ) ) {
 	require __DIR__ . '/full-site-editing/class-wp-block-template.php';
 }
+
+// These are used by some FSE features
+// as well as global styles.
+require __DIR__ . '/class-wp-theme-json.php';
+require __DIR__ . '/class-wp-theme-json-resolver.php';
+
 require __DIR__ . '/full-site-editing/full-site-editing.php';
 require __DIR__ . '/full-site-editing/block-templates.php';
 require __DIR__ . '/full-site-editing/default-template-types.php';
@@ -109,8 +115,6 @@ function gutenberg_is_experiment_enabled( $name ) {
 require __DIR__ . '/navigation.php';
 require __DIR__ . '/navigation-page.php';
 require __DIR__ . '/experiments-page.php';
-require __DIR__ . '/class-wp-theme-json.php';
-require __DIR__ . '/class-wp-theme-json-resolver.php';
 require __DIR__ . '/global-styles.php';
 require __DIR__ . '/query-utils.php';