2 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/abstract/layouts.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/abstract/layouts.rb
index 9ff8e9beb1..2ac4e6068a 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/abstract/layouts.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/abstract/layouts.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ module AbstractController
     end
 
     module ClassMethods
+      def inherited(klass)
+        super
+        klass._write_layout_method
+      end
+
       # Specify the layout to use for this class.
       #
       # If the specified layout is a:
@@ -78,6 +83,7 @@ module AbstractController
             end
           ruby_eval
         end
+        self.class_eval { private :_layout }
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base/base.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base/base.rb
index e8fc153578..e541d24e31 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base/base.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base/base.rb
@@ -71,12 +71,6 @@ module ActionController
       @subclasses ||= []
     end
 
-    def self.app_loaded!
-      @subclasses.each do |subclass|
-        subclass.constantize._write_layout_method
-      end
-    end
-
     def _normalize_options(action = nil, options = {}, &blk)
       if action.is_a?(Hash)
         options, action = action, nil