1 files changed, 2 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/finder_methods.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/finder_methods.rb
index b83032e2a0..435cef901b 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/finder_methods.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/finder_methods.rb
@@ -280,8 +280,8 @@ module ActiveRecord
 
       return false if !conditions
 
-      relation = apply_join_dependency(self, construct_join_dependency_for_exists)
-      return false if ActiveRecord::NullRelation === relation || limit_value == 0
+      relation = apply_join_dependency(self, construct_join_dependency)
+      return false if ActiveRecord::NullRelation === relation
 
       relation = relation.except(:select, :order).select(ONE_AS_ONE).limit(1)
 
@@ -359,11 +359,6 @@ module ActiveRecord
       ActiveRecord::Associations::JoinDependency.new(@klass, including, joins)
     end
 
-    def construct_join_dependency_for_exists
-      including = (eager_load_values + includes_values) & references_values.map(&:to_sym)
-      ActiveRecord::Associations::JoinDependency.new(@klass, including, [])
-    end
-
     def construct_relation_for_association_calculations
       from = arel.froms.first
       if Arel::Table === from