2 files changed, 3 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/join_dependency.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/join_dependency.rb
index 2fdb1970e1..e2d4cf4378 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/join_dependency.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/join_dependency.rb
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ module ActiveRecord
       end
 
       def join_relation(relation)
-        join_root.inject(relation) do |rel,association|
-          association.join_relation(rel)
-        end
+        nodes = join_root.drop 1
+        nodes.each { |n| n.join_type = Arel::OuterJoin }
+        relation.joins(nodes)
       end
 
       def join_constraints
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/join_dependency/join_association.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/join_dependency/join_association.rb
index fe915c7730..3af613d2d1 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/join_dependency/join_association.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/join_dependency/join_association.rb
@@ -125,11 +125,6 @@ module ActiveRecord
           constraint
         end
 
-        def join_relation(joining_relation)
-          self.join_type = Arel::OuterJoin
-          joining_relation.joins(self)
-        end
-
         def table
           tables.last
         end