1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/version.rb b/railties/lib/rails/version.rb
index d1d02e086d..fee352db5a 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/version.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/version.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 module Rails
-  # Returns the version of the currently loaded Rails as a Gem::Version
-  def self.version
-    Gem::Version.new "4.0.0.beta1"
-  end
+  module VERSION
+    MAJOR = 4
+    MINOR = 0
+    TINY  = 0
+    PRE   = "beta1"
 
-  module VERSION #:nodoc:
-    MAJOR, MINOR, TINY, PRE = Rails.version.segments
-    STRING = Rails.version.to_s
+    STRING = [MAJOR, MINOR, TINY, PRE].compact.join(".")
   end
 end