1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb
index a6e4e7ced2..41fe61e790 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb
@@ -159,18 +159,18 @@ class Struct #:nodoc:
 end
 
 class TrueClass
-  AS_JSON = ActiveSupport::JSON::Variable.new('true').freeze
-  def as_json(options = nil) AS_JSON end #:nodoc:
+  def as_json(options = nil) self end #:nodoc:
+  def encode_json(encoder) to_s end #:nodoc:
 end
 
 class FalseClass
-  AS_JSON = ActiveSupport::JSON::Variable.new('false').freeze
-  def as_json(options = nil) AS_JSON end #:nodoc:
+  def as_json(options = nil) self end #:nodoc:
+  def encode_json(encoder) to_s end #:nodoc:
 end
 
 class NilClass
-  AS_JSON = ActiveSupport::JSON::Variable.new('null').freeze
-  def as_json(options = nil) AS_JSON end #:nodoc:
+  def as_json(options = nil) self end #:nodoc:
+  def encode_json(encoder) 'null' end #:nodoc:
 end
 
 class String
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ end
 
 class Float
   # Encoding Infinity or NaN to JSON should return "null". The default returns
-  # "Infinity" or "NaN" what breaks parsing the JSON. E.g. JSON.parse('[NaN]').
-  def as_json(options = nil) finite? ? self : NilClass::AS_JSON end #:nodoc:
+  # "Infinity" or "NaN" breaks parsing the JSON. E.g. JSON.parse('[NaN]').
+  def as_json(options = nil) finite? ? self : nil end #:nodoc:
 end
 
 class BigDecimal
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ class BigDecimal
     if finite?
       ActiveSupport.encode_big_decimal_as_string ? to_s : self
     else
-      NilClass::AS_JSON
+      nil
     end
   end
 end