1 files changed, 4 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/builder/has_and_belongs_to_many.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/builder/has_and_belongs_to_many.rb
index 30fc44b4c2..f3391eba13 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/builder/has_and_belongs_to_many.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/builder/has_and_belongs_to_many.rb
@@ -15,14 +15,10 @@ module ActiveRecord::Associations::Builder
 
       def define_destroy_hook
         name = self.name
-        model.send(:include, Module.new {
-          class_eval <<-RUBY, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1
-            def destroy_associations
-              association(#{name.to_sym.inspect}).delete_all
-              super
-            end
-          RUBY
-        })
+        mixin.send(:define_method, :destroy_associations) do
+          association(name).delete_all
+          super()
+        end
       end
 
       # TODO: These checks should probably be moved into the Reflection, and we should not be