2 files changed, 7 insertions, 15 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
diff --git a/railties/test/application/rake/dbs_test.rb b/railties/test/application/rake/dbs_test.rb
index 0594236b1f..5dbdd669d6 100644
--- a/railties/test/application/rake/dbs_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/application/rake/dbs_test.rb
@@ -52,17 +52,21 @@ module ApplicationTests
       test "db:create and db:drop respect environment setting" do
         app_file "config/database.yml", <<-YAML
           development:
-            database: <%= Rails.application.config.database %>
+            database: db/development.sqlite3
             adapter: sqlite3
         YAML
 
         app_file "config/environments/development.rb", <<-RUBY
           Rails.application.configure do
-            config.database = "db/development.sqlite3"
+            config.read_encrypted_secrets = true
           end
         RUBY
 
-        db_create_and_drop "db/development.sqlite3", environment_loaded: false
+        app "development"
+
+        assert_equal true, Rails.application.config.read_encrypted_secrets
+
+        db_create_and_drop "db/development.sqlite3"
       end
 
       def with_database_existing