Simplify ActiveRecord::Base#update_attribute

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations.rb
index c97aafb126..c4e370d017 100755
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations.rb
@@ -277,7 +277,6 @@ module ActiveRecord
       base.class_eval do
         alias_method_chain :save, :validation
         alias_method_chain :save!, :validation
-        alias_method_chain :update_attribute, :validation_skipping
       end
 
       base.send :include, ActiveSupport::Callbacks
@@ -914,14 +913,6 @@ module ActiveRecord
       end
     end
 
-    # Updates a single attribute and saves the record without going through the normal validation procedure.
-    # This is especially useful for boolean flags on existing records. The regular +update_attribute+ method
-    # in Base is replaced with this when the validations module is mixed in, which it is by default.
-    def update_attribute_with_validation_skipping(name, value)
-      send(name.to_s + '=', value)
-      save(false)
-    end
-
     # Runs +validate+ and +validate_on_create+ or +validate_on_update+ and returns true if no errors were added otherwise false.
     def valid?
       errors.clear