diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb
index 19812dda86afb6ba27f937ec1cf57c25832582c0..f120a50f8f0a9c94f836dc47b2dc92a956d8eace 100755
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb
@@ -52,6 +52,19 @@ def reset_runtime #:nodoc:
         rt
       end
 
+
+      # CONNECTION MANAGEMENT ====================================
+
+      # Is this connection active and ready to perform queries?
+      def active?
+        true
+      end
+
+      # Close this connection and open a new one in its place.
+      def reconnect!
+      end
+
+
       protected
         def log(sql, name)
           if block_given?
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite_adapter.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite_adapter.rb
index 2c87d78fc8756ffaa95d5ff5e9c39d967db601e7..44011a09fd01a898f7ffd994e7a93bc4dc74ee79 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite_adapter.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite_adapter.rb
@@ -127,19 +127,6 @@ def quote_column_name(name) #:nodoc:
       end
 
 
-      # CONNECTION MANAGEMENT ====================================
-
-      def active?
-        # TODO: SQLite is an embedded db, it doesn't lose connections,
-        # but perhaps some of its exceptions merit a retry, such as
-        # LockedException.
-        true
-      end
-
-      def reconnect!
-      end
-
-
       # DATABASE STATEMENTS ======================================
 
       def execute(sql, name = nil) #:nodoc: