1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/sqlite3/sqlite3_adapter_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/sqlite3/sqlite3_adapter_test.rb
index 328b2adfab..17bde6cb62 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/sqlite3/sqlite3_adapter_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/sqlite3/sqlite3_adapter_test.rb
@@ -142,8 +142,6 @@ module ActiveRecord
       end
 
       def test_quote_binary_column_escapes_it
-        return unless "<3".respond_to?(:encode)
-
         DualEncoding.connection.execute(<<-eosql)
           CREATE TABLE dual_encodings (
             id integer PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
@@ -157,9 +155,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
         assert_equal str, binary.data
 
       ensure
-        if "<3".respond_to?(:encode)
-          DualEncoding.connection.drop_table('dual_encodings')
-        end
+        DualEncoding.connection.drop_table('dual_encodings')
       end
 
       def test_execute