2 files changed, 7 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/activemodel/lib/active_model/validations.rb b/activemodel/lib/active_model/validations.rb
index cef107bb4d..64343f7a5c 100644
--- a/activemodel/lib/active_model/validations.rb
+++ b/activemodel/lib/active_model/validations.rb
@@ -82,10 +82,7 @@ module ActiveModel
     # Runs all the specified validations and returns true if no errors were added otherwise false.
     def valid?
       errors.clear
-
       run_callbacks(:validate)
-      validate if respond_to?(:validate)
-
       errors.empty?
     end
 
@@ -97,12 +94,6 @@ module ActiveModel
     def get_attribute_value(attribute)
       respond_to?(attribute.to_sym) ? send(attribute.to_sym) : instance_variable_get(:"@#{attribute}")
     end
-
-    protected
-    
-    # Overwrite this method for validation checks on all saves and use <tt>Errors.add(field, msg)</tt> for invalid attributes.
-    def validate
-    end
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/activemodel/test/models/reply.rb b/activemodel/test/models/reply.rb
index cfe256034c..acfd801674 100644
--- a/activemodel/test/models/reply.rb
+++ b/activemodel/test/models/reply.rb
@@ -4,9 +4,13 @@ class Reply < Topic
   validate :errors_on_empty_content
   validate_on_create :title_is_wrong_create
 
+  validate :check_empty_title
+  validate_on_create :check_content_mismatch
+  validate_on_update :check_wrong_update
+
   attr_accessible :title, :author_name, :author_email_address, :written_on, :content, :last_read
 
-  def validate
+  def check_empty_title
     errors[:title] << "Empty" unless attribute_present?("title")
   end
 
@@ -14,7 +18,7 @@ class Reply < Topic
     errors[:content] << "Empty" unless attribute_present?("content")
   end
 
-  def validate_on_create
+  def check_content_mismatch
     if attribute_present?("title") && attribute_present?("content") && content == "Mismatch"
       errors[:title] << "is Content Mismatch"
     end
@@ -24,7 +28,7 @@ class Reply < Topic
     errors[:title] << "is Wrong Create" if attribute_present?("title") && title == "Wrong Create"
   end
 
-  def validate_on_update
+  def check_wrong_update
     errors[:title] << "is Wrong Update" if attribute_present?("title") && title == "Wrong Update"
   end
 end