1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/variable.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/variable.rb
index daa7449b71..5685ed18b7 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/variable.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/variable.rb
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@ module ActiveSupport
   module JSON
     # A string that returns itself as its JSON-encoded form.
     class Variable < String
-      private
-        def rails_to_json(*)
-          self
-        end
+      def as_json(options = nil) self end #:nodoc:
+      def encode_json(encoder) self end #:nodoc:
     end
   end
 end