1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb
index 93e7d6954c..7bbff0450a 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ module ActionController
         options[:html] = ERB::Util.html_escape(options[:html])
       end
 
-      if options.delete(:nothing) || _any_render_format_is_nil?(options)
-        options[:body] = " "
+      if options.delete(:nothing)
+        options[:body] = nil
       end
 
       if options[:status]
@@ -86,10 +86,6 @@ module ActionController
       end
     end
 
-    def _any_render_format_is_nil?(options)
-      RENDER_FORMATS_IN_PRIORITY.any? { |format| options.key?(format) && options[format].nil? }
-    end
-
     # Process controller specific options, as status, content-type and location.
     def _process_options(options) #:nodoc:
       status, content_type, location = options.values_at(:status, :content_type, :location)