5 files changed, 11 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support.rb
index e8f148b972..dbf0c25c5c 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support.rb
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ module ActiveSupport
   # TODO: Narrow this list down
   eager_autoload do
     autoload :BacktraceCleaner
-    autoload :Base64
     autoload :BasicObject
     autoload :Benchmarkable
     autoload :Cache
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/base64.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/base64.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 41a1a3469d..0000000000
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/base64.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-require 'base64'
-
-module ActiveSupport
-  Base64 = ::Base64
-
-  # *DEPRECATED*: Use +Base64.strict_encode64+ instead.
-  #
-  # Encodes the value as base64 without the newline breaks. This makes the base64 encoding readily usable as URL parameters
-  # or memcache keys without further processing.
-  #
-  #  ActiveSupport::Base64.encode64s("Original unencoded string")
-  #  # => "T3JpZ2luYWwgdW5lbmNvZGVkIHN0cmluZw=="
-  def Base64.encode64s(value)
-    ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn "encode64s " \
-      "is deprecated. Use Base64.strict_encode64 instead", caller
-    strict_encode64(value)
-  end
-end
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/message_encryptor.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/message_encryptor.rb
index 476ba0b3d1..6ec5a04933 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/message_encryptor.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/message_encryptor.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'openssl'
-require 'active_support/base64'
+require 'base64'
 
 module ActiveSupport
   # MessageEncryptor is a simple way to encrypt values which get stored somewhere
@@ -56,12 +56,12 @@ module ActiveSupport
       encrypted_data = cipher.update(@serializer.dump(value))
       encrypted_data << cipher.final
 
-      [encrypted_data, iv].map {|v| ActiveSupport::Base64.strict_encode64(v)}.join("--")
+      [encrypted_data, iv].map {|v| ::Base64.strict_encode64(v)}.join("--")
     end
 
     def _decrypt(encrypted_message)
       cipher = new_cipher
-      encrypted_data, iv = encrypted_message.split("--").map {|v| ActiveSupport::Base64.decode64(v)}
+      encrypted_data, iv = encrypted_message.split("--").map {|v| ::Base64.decode64(v)}
 
       cipher.decrypt
       cipher.key = @secret
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/message_verifier.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/message_verifier.rb
index 7cb5b1e82d..3b27089fa0 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/message_verifier.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/message_verifier.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require 'active_support/base64'
+require 'base64'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/object/blank'
 
 module ActiveSupport
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ module ActiveSupport
 
       data, digest = signed_message.split("--")
       if data.present? && digest.present? && secure_compare(digest, generate_digest(data))
-        @serializer.load(ActiveSupport::Base64.decode64(data))
+        @serializer.load(::Base64.decode64(data))
       else
         raise InvalidSignature
       end
     end
 
     def generate(value)
-      data = ActiveSupport::Base64.strict_encode64(@serializer.dump(value))
+      data = ::Base64.strict_encode64(@serializer.dump(value))
       "#{data}--#{generate_digest(data)}"
     end
 
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/xml_mini.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/xml_mini.rb
index 1ea9a9d7e1..677e9910bb 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/xml_mini.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/xml_mini.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require 'time'
+require 'base64'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/module/delegation'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/string/inflections'
 
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
       "symbol"   => Proc.new { |symbol| symbol.to_s },
       "date"     => Proc.new { |date| date.to_s(:db) },
       "datetime" => Proc.new { |time| time.xmlschema },
-      "binary"   => Proc.new { |binary| ActiveSupport::Base64.encode64(binary) },
+      "binary"   => Proc.new { |binary| ::Base64.encode64(binary) },
       "yaml"     => Proc.new { |yaml| yaml.to_yaml }
     } unless defined?(FORMATTING)
 
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
         "boolean"      => Proc.new { |boolean| %w(1 true).include?(boolean.strip) },
         "string"       => Proc.new { |string|  string.to_s },
         "yaml"         => Proc.new { |yaml|    YAML::load(yaml) rescue yaml },
-        "base64Binary" => Proc.new { |bin|     ActiveSupport::Base64.decode64(bin) },
+        "base64Binary" => Proc.new { |bin|     ::Base64.decode64(bin) },
         "binary"       => Proc.new { |bin, entity| _parse_binary(bin, entity) },
         "file"         => Proc.new { |file, entity| _parse_file(file, entity) }
       }
@@ -148,14 +149,14 @@ module ActiveSupport
     def _parse_binary(bin, entity) #:nodoc:
       case entity['encoding']
       when 'base64'
-        ActiveSupport::Base64.decode64(bin)
+        ::Base64.decode64(bin)
       else
         bin
       end
     end
 
     def _parse_file(file, entity)
-      f = StringIO.new(ActiveSupport::Base64.decode64(file))
+      f = StringIO.new(::Base64.decode64(file))
       f.extend(FileLike)
       f.original_filename = entity['name']
       f.content_type = entity['content_type']