3 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/activemodel/test/cases/conversion_test.rb b/activemodel/test/cases/conversion_test.rb
index 373424df2f..7669bf5f65 100644
--- a/activemodel/test/cases/conversion_test.rb
+++ b/activemodel/test/cases/conversion_test.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class ConversionTest < ActiveModel::TestCase
   end
 
   test "to_key default implementation returns the id in an array for persisted records" do
-    assert_equal [1], Contact.new(:new_record => false, :id => 1).to_key
+    assert_equal [1], Contact.new(:id => 1).to_key
   end
 
   test "to_param default implementation returns nil for new records" do
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ class ConversionTest < ActiveModel::TestCase
   end
 
   test "to_param default implementation returns a string of ids for persisted records" do
-    assert_equal "1", Contact.new(:new_record => false, :id => 1).to_param
+    assert_equal "1", Contact.new(:id => 1).to_param
   end
 end
 \ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/activemodel/test/cases/lint_test.rb b/activemodel/test/cases/lint_test.rb
index e4c069e1ab..68372160cd 100644
--- a/activemodel/test/cases/lint_test.rb
+++ b/activemodel/test/cases/lint_test.rb
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ class LintTest < ActiveModel::TestCase
     include ActiveModel::Conversion
 
     def valid?()      true end
-    def new_record?() true end
-    def destroyed?()  true end
+    def persisted?() false end
 
     def errors
       obj = Object.new
diff --git a/activemodel/test/models/contact.rb b/activemodel/test/models/contact.rb
index dbdb8539b7..a583b89aa1 100644
--- a/activemodel/test/models/contact.rb
+++ b/activemodel/test/models/contact.rb
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 class Contact
   include ActiveModel::Conversion
 
-  attr_accessor :id, :name, :age, :created_at, :awesome, :preferences, :new_record
+  attr_accessor :id, :name, :age, :created_at, :awesome, :preferences
 
   def initialize(options = {})
     options.each { |name, value| send("#{name}=", value) }
   end
 
-  def new_record?
-    defined?(@new_record) ? @new_record : true
+  def persisted?
+    id.present?
   end
 end