diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/test_case.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/test_case.rb
index 9bd2e622ad733397e613d8dbb592f07ff010f79d..55a9819316134d4330c316d624a0da9cbde9bd12 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/test_case.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/test_case.rb
@@ -140,9 +140,6 @@ def initialize(env = {})
 
     class Result < ::Array #:nodoc:
       def to_s() join '/' end
-      def self.new_escaped(strings)
-        new strings.collect {|str| uri_parser.unescape str}
-      end
     end
 
     def assign_parameters(routes, controller_path, action, parameters = {})