diff --git a/plugins/discourse-narrative-bot/plugin.rb b/plugins/discourse-narrative-bot/plugin.rb
index fa652aecd5..0cf53ee3b1 100644
--- a/plugins/discourse-narrative-bot/plugin.rb
+++ b/plugins/discourse-narrative-bot/plugin.rb
@@ -131,17 +131,13 @@ after_initialize do
     end
   end
 
-  require_dependency "user"
-
-  User.class_eval do
-    def enqueue_narrative_bot_job?
-      SiteSetting.discourse_narrative_bot_enabled &&
-        self.id > 0 &&
-        !self.anonymous? &&
-        !self.user_option.mailing_list_mode &&
-        !self.staged &&
-        !SiteSetting.discourse_narrative_bot_ignored_usernames.split('|'.freeze).include?(self.username)
-    end
+  self.add_to_class(:user, :enqueue_narrative_bot_job?) do
+    SiteSetting.discourse_narrative_bot_enabled &&
+      self.id > 0 &&
+      !self.anonymous? &&
+      !self.user_option.mailing_list_mode &&
+      !self.staged &&
+      !SiteSetting.discourse_narrative_bot_ignored_usernames.split('|'.freeze).include?(self.username)
   end
 
   self.on(:post_created) do |post, options|