2 files changed, 13 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/activemodel/lib/active_model/validations/helper_methods.rb b/activemodel/lib/active_model/validations/helper_methods.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a22b699d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activemodel/lib/active_model/validations/helper_methods.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+module ActiveModel
+  module Validations
+    module HelperMethods
+      private
+        def _merge_attributes(attr_names)
+          options = attr_names.extract_options!.symbolize_keys
+          attr_names.flatten!
+          options[:attributes] = attr_names
+          options
+        end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/activemodel/lib/active_model/validations/with.rb b/activemodel/lib/active_model/validations/with.rb
index a2531327bf..6de01b3392 100644
--- a/activemodel/lib/active_model/validations/with.rb
+++ b/activemodel/lib/active_model/validations/with.rb
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 module ActiveModel
   module Validations
-    module HelperMethods
-      private
-        def _merge_attributes(attr_names)
-          options = attr_names.extract_options!.symbolize_keys
-          attr_names.flatten!
-          options[:attributes] = attr_names
-          options
-        end
-    end
-
     class WithValidator < EachValidator # :nodoc:
       def validate_each(record, attr, val)
         method_name = options[:with]