7 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/commands/about.rb b/railties/lib/rails/commands/about.rb
index bc2cfcb948..9a05c47390 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/commands/about.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/commands/about.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-require "#{RAILS_ROOT}/config/environment"
+require "#{RAILS_ROOT}/config/application"
+Rails.application.new
 require 'rails/info'
 puts Rails::Info
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/commands/destroy.rb b/railties/lib/rails/commands/destroy.rb
index 5013d30b83..860c03e01e 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/commands/destroy.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/commands/destroy.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'generators'))
-require "#{RAILS_ROOT}/config/environment"
+require "#{RAILS_ROOT}/config/application"
 
 if ARGV.size == 0
   Rails::Generators.help
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/commands/generate.rb b/railties/lib/rails/commands/generate.rb
index 32cabcab10..cfa6a51d94 100755
--- a/railties/lib/rails/commands/generate.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/commands/generate.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'generators'))
-require "#{RAILS_ROOT}/config/environment"
+Rails.application.new
 
 if ARGV.size == 0
   Rails::Generators.help
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/commands/performance/benchmarker.rb b/railties/lib/rails/commands/performance/benchmarker.rb
index e8804fe1bf..5039c5408c 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/commands/performance/benchmarker.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/commands/performance/benchmarker.rb
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ rescue ArgumentError
   N = 1
 end
 
-require RAILS_ROOT + '/config/environment'
 require 'benchmark'
 include Benchmark
+Rails.application.new
 
 # Don't include compilation in the benchmark
 ARGV.each { |expression| eval(expression) }
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/commands/performance/profiler.rb b/railties/lib/rails/commands/performance/profiler.rb
index 7df840f197..7274e2dfb7 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/commands/performance/profiler.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/commands/performance/profiler.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ end
 
 # Keep the expensive require out of the profile.
 $stderr.puts 'Loading Rails...'
-require RAILS_ROOT + '/config/environment'
+Rails.application.new # Initialize the application
 
 # Define a method to profile.
 if ARGV[1] and ARGV[1].to_i > 1
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/commands/runner.rb b/railties/lib/rails/commands/runner.rb
index 510128318a..d24f36dd63 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/commands/runner.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/commands/runner.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ ARGV.delete(code_or_file)
 ENV["RAILS_ENV"] = options[:environment]
 RAILS_ENV.replace(options[:environment]) if defined?(RAILS_ENV)
 
-require RAILS_ROOT + '/config/environment'
+Rails.application.new
 
 begin
   if code_or_file.nil?
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/commands/update.rb b/railties/lib/rails/commands/update.rb
index f3b3ad0775..85a81cddf0 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/commands/update.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/commands/update.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 require File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'generators'))
-require "#{RAILS_ROOT}/config/environment"
 
 if ARGV.size == 0
   Rails::Generators.help