1 files changed, 0 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb b/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb
index 9eb07219e0..f4cbd2b9d0 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb
@@ -168,18 +168,6 @@ module Rails
         end
       end
 
-      # Loads the database YAML without evaluating ERB.  People seem to
-      # write ERB that makes the database configuration depend on
-      # Rails configuration.  But we want Rails configuration (specifically
-      # `rake` and `rails` tasks) to be generated based on information in
-      # the database yaml, so we need a method that loads the database
-      # yaml *without* the context of the Rails application.
-      def load_database_yaml # :nodoc:
-        path = paths["config/database"].existent.first
-        return {} unless path
-        YAML.load_file(path.to_s)
-      end
-
       # Loads and returns the entire raw configuration of database from
       # values stored in <tt>config/database.yml</tt>.
       def database_configuration