1 files changed, 2 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
index 197b692469..ab699e4c9e 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@ module Rails
 
         class_option :help,               :type => :boolean, :aliases => "-h", :group => :rails,
                                           :desc => "Show this help message and quit"
-
-        class_option :old_style_hash,     :type => :boolean, :default => false,
-                                          :desc => "Force using old style hash (:foo => 'bar') on Ruby >= 1.9"
       end
 
       def initialize(*args)
@@ -255,14 +252,9 @@ module Rails
         create_file("#{destination}/.gitkeep") unless options[:skip_git]
       end
 
-      # Returns Ruby 1.9 style key-value pair if current code is running on
-      # Ruby 1.9.x. Returns the old-style (with hash rocket) otherwise.
+      # Returns Ruby 1.9 style key-value pair.
       def key_value(key, value)
-        if options[:old_style_hash] || RUBY_VERSION < '1.9'
-          ":#{key} => #{value}"
-        else
-          "#{key}: #{value}"
-        end
+        "#{key}: #{value}"
       end
     end
   end