diff --git a/actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/rendering.rb b/actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/rendering.rb
index 242c44a6eb938ba6c893276f77af241f0ceb9b4b..adef2d5cf048822d2b9207c86aef139b7f83d9e3 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/rendering.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/rendering.rb
@@ -10,14 +10,6 @@ def initialize(message = nil)
     end
   end
 
-  class UnsupportedOperationError < Error
-    DEFAULT_MESSAGE = "Unsupported render operation. BasicRendering supports only :text and :nothing options. For more, you need to include ActionView."
-
-    def initialize
-      super DEFAULT_MESSAGE
-    end
-  end
-
   module Rendering
     extend ActiveSupport::Concern
 
@@ -55,7 +47,7 @@ def render_to_string(*args, &block)
     # Performs the actual template rendering.
     # :api: public
     def render_to_body(options = {})
-      raise UnsupportedOperationError
+      raise NotImplementedError, "no render operation defined"
     end
 
     # Return Content-Type of rendered content
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller.rb
index d6b1908ccb991f354024ccfcfa94a8157e26e5c4..417d2efec236f153fbbe099b6f5905044f97404d 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ module ActionController
   autoload :Middleware
 
   autoload_under "metal" do
-    autoload :BasicRendering, 'action_controller/metal/rendering'
     autoload :Compatibility
     autoload :ConditionalGet
     autoload :Cookies
diff --git a/railties/test/application/basic_rendering_test.rb b/railties/test/application/basic_rendering_test.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 00ba433a05dc771f10d98fa026f76150e842b628..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/railties/test/application/basic_rendering_test.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-require 'isolation/abstract_unit'
-require 'rack/test'
-
-module ApplicationTests
-  class BasicRenderingTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
-    include ActiveSupport::Testing::Isolation
-    include Rack::Test::Methods
-
-    def setup
-      build_app
-    end
-
-    def teardown
-      teardown_app
-    end
-
-    test "Rendering without ActionView" do
-      gsub_app_file 'config/application.rb', "require 'rails/all'", <<-RUBY
-        require "active_model/railtie"
-        require "action_controller/railtie"
-      RUBY
-
-      # Turn off ActionView and jquery-rails (it depends on AV)
-      $:.reject! {|path| path =~ /(actionview|jquery\-rails)/ }
-      boot_rails
-
-      app_file 'app/controllers/pages_controller.rb', <<-RUBY
-        class PagesController < ApplicationController
-          def render_hello_world
-            render text: "Hello World!"
-          end
-
-          def render_nothing
-            render nothing: true
-          end
-
-          def no_render; end
-
-          def raise_error
-            render foo: "bar"
-          end
-        end
-      RUBY
-
-      get '/pages/render_hello_world'
-      assert_equal 200, last_response.status
-      assert_equal "Hello World!", last_response.body
-      assert_equal "text/plain; charset=utf-8", last_response.content_type
-
-      get '/pages/render_nothing'
-      assert_equal 200, last_response.status
-      assert_equal " ", last_response.body
-      assert_equal "text/plain; charset=utf-8", last_response.content_type
-
-      get '/pages/no_render'
-      assert_equal 500, last_response.status
-
-      get '/pages/raise_error'
-      assert_equal 500, last_response.status
-    end
-  end
-end