diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/join_dependency.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/join_dependency.rb
index c79ea598a0c0e804e661957b37c13e9a2a633c74..77792017aa636ad520dac1de95a8c0dfd8d3f33e 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/join_dependency.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/join_dependency.rb
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def instantiate(result_set, &block)
           result_set.each { |row_hash|
             parent_key = primary_key ? row_hash[primary_key] : row_hash
             parent = parents[parent_key] ||= join_root.instantiate(row_hash, column_aliases, &block)
-            construct(parent, join_root, row_hash, seen, model_cache, aliases)
+            construct(parent, join_root, row_hash, seen, model_cache)
           }
         end
 
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ def build(associations, base_klass)
           end
         end
 
-        def construct(ar_parent, parent, row, seen, model_cache, aliases)
+        def construct(ar_parent, parent, row, seen, model_cache)
           return if ar_parent.nil?
 
           parent.children.each do |node|
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ def construct(ar_parent, parent, row, seen, model_cache, aliases)
               other.loaded!
             elsif ar_parent.association_cached?(node.reflection.name)
               model = ar_parent.association(node.reflection.name).target
-              construct(model, node, row, seen, model_cache, aliases)
+              construct(model, node, row, seen, model_cache)
               next
             end
 
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ def construct(ar_parent, parent, row, seen, model_cache, aliases)
             model = seen[ar_parent.object_id][node.base_klass][id]
 
             if model
-              construct(model, node, row, seen, model_cache, aliases)
+              construct(model, node, row, seen, model_cache)
             else
               model = construct_model(ar_parent, node, row, model_cache, id, aliases)
 
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ def construct(ar_parent, parent, row, seen, model_cache, aliases)
               end
 
               seen[ar_parent.object_id][node.base_klass][id] = model
-              construct(model, node, row, seen, model_cache, aliases)
+              construct(model, node, row, seen, model_cache)
             end
           end
         end