2 files changed, 5 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/test/transliterate_test.rb b/activesupport/test/transliterate_test.rb
index e0f85f4e7c..ce91c443e1 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/transliterate_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/transliterate_test.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ require 'abstract_unit'
 require 'active_support/inflector/transliterate'
 
 class TransliterateTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
+
   def test_transliterate_should_not_change_ascii_chars
     (0..127).each do |byte|
       char = [byte].pack("U")
@@ -23,13 +24,12 @@ class TransliterateTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   def test_transliterate_should_work_with_custom_i18n_rules_and_uncomposed_utf8
     char = [117, 776].pack("U*") # "ü" as ASCII "u" plus COMBINING DIAERESIS
     I18n.backend.store_translations(:de, :i18n => {:transliterate => {:rule => {"ü" => "ue"}}})
-    default_locale, I18n.locale = I18n.locale, :de
+    I18n.locale = :de
     assert_equal "ue", ActiveSupport::Inflector.transliterate(char)
-  ensure
-    I18n.locale = default_locale
   end
 
   def test_transliterate_should_allow_a_custom_replacement_char
     assert_equal "a*b", ActiveSupport::Inflector.transliterate("a索b", "*")
   end
+
 end
diff --git a/activesupport/test/xml_mini_test.rb b/activesupport/test/xml_mini_test.rb
index d992028323..a025279e16 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/xml_mini_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/xml_mini_test.rb
@@ -106,11 +106,7 @@ module XmlMiniTest
     module Nokogiri end
 
     setup do
-      @xml, @default_backend = ActiveSupport::XmlMini, ActiveSupport::XmlMini.backend
-    end
-
-    teardown do
-      ActiveSupport::XmlMini.backend = @default_backend
+      @xml = ActiveSupport::XmlMini
     end
 
     test "#with_backend should switch backend and then switch back" do
@@ -139,11 +135,7 @@ module XmlMiniTest
     module LibXML end
 
     setup do
-      @xml, @default_backend = ActiveSupport::XmlMini, ActiveSupport::XmlMini.backend
-    end
-
-    teardown do
-      ActiveSupport::XmlMini.backend = @default_backend
+      @xml = ActiveSupport::XmlMini
     end
 
     test "#with_backend should be thread-safe" do