1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_through_association.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_through_association.rb
index aeb77e2753..35ad512537 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_through_association.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_through_association.rb
@@ -130,13 +130,13 @@ module ActiveRecord
           end
         end
 
+        def delete_or_nullify_all_records(method)
+          delete_records(load_target, method)
+        end
+
         def delete_records(records, method)
           ensure_not_nested
 
-          # This is unoptimised; it will load all the target records
-          # even when we just want to delete everything.
-          records = load_target if records == :all
-
           scope = through_association.scope
           scope.where! construct_join_attributes(*records)