diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 70276fea789af07f0a53a6420c630609c515a5ba..92b2e77963fabce8619261fd9e2549ac00b99822 100755
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env rake
 
-
-begin
-  require 'rdoc/task'
-rescue LoadError
-  require 'rake/rdoctask'
-end
+require 'rdoc/task'
 require 'net/http'
 
 $:.unshift File.expand_path('..', __FILE__)
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/templates/Rakefile b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/templates/Rakefile
index 0e4c712acb9ad8200e80260270d38f778b66cef9..b28a842731adb8e1b27f9dc17ccfdaf3b30e8968 100755
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/templates/Rakefile
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/templates/Rakefile
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ end
 begin
   require 'rdoc/task'
 rescue LoadError
+  require 'rdoc/rdoc'
   require 'rake/rdoctask'
+  RDoc::Task = Rake::RDocTask
 end
 
 RDoc::Task.new(:rdoc) do |rdoc|
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/tasks/documentation.rake b/railties/lib/rails/tasks/documentation.rake
index 59305322b7b8b40b4015773c55031459b0ddd1f9..79255d1f563c521365dc669a0a19c0fb2ac145bc 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/tasks/documentation.rake
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/tasks/documentation.rake
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 begin
   require 'rdoc/task'
 rescue LoadError
+  require 'rdoc/rdoc'
   require 'rake/rdoctask'
+  RDoc::Task = Rake::RDocTask
 end
 
 # Monkey-patch to remove redoc'ing and clobber descriptions to cut down on rake -T noise
diff --git a/railties/test/railties/railtie_test.rb b/railties/test/railties/railtie_test.rb
index 4b94942e1fce3d52689f0e1013578f9e92eab4f6..18fdf59fe3bf65b2893addefef2a6f10f07816dd 100644
--- a/railties/test/railties/railtie_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/railties/railtie_test.rb
@@ -97,12 +97,7 @@ class MyTie < Rails::Railtie
       assert !$ran_block
       require 'rake'
       require 'rake/testtask'
-      begin
-        require 'rdoc/task'
-      rescue LoadError
-        require 'rake/rdoctask'
-      end
-
+      require 'rdoc/task'
 
       AppTemplate::Application.load_tasks
       assert $ran_block
diff --git a/railties/test/railties/shared_tests.rb b/railties/test/railties/shared_tests.rb
index fdeddcf659f09d01ae6ed902e4a3dbf3d94b9585..659551d08a00c518455be10b3d566109b3ae0196 100644
--- a/railties/test/railties/shared_tests.rb
+++ b/railties/test/railties/shared_tests.rb
@@ -237,11 +237,7 @@ def test_rake_tasks_lib_tasks_are_loaded
 
       boot_rails
       require 'rake'
-      begin
-        require 'rdoc/task'
-      rescue LoadError
-        require 'rake/rdoctask'
-      end
+      require 'rdoc/task'
       require 'rake/testtask'
       Rails.application.load_tasks
       Rake::Task[:foo].invoke