diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb
index d3bc378beae27d7d4b99f4bb630a596501df41db..008f356601bc235781620c7c6ea34f4e19259174 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ def insert(arel, name = nil, pk = nil, id_value = nil, sequence_name = nil, bind
         value      = exec_insert(sql, name, binds, pk, sequence_name)
         id_value || last_inserted_id(value)
       end
+      alias create insert
 
       # Executes the update statement and returns the number of rows affected.
       def update(arel, name = nil, binds = [])
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql2_adapter.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql2_adapter.rb
index 96a3a44b30bec94397662746b8bb05b64c8b0ef1..8baf63232abbfcf622dd2f43ad8e899124c6cddb 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql2_adapter.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql2_adapter.rb
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ def insert_sql(sql, name = nil, pk = nil, id_value = nil, sequence_name = nil)
         super
         id_value || @connection.last_id
       end
-      alias :create :insert_sql
 
       def exec_insert(sql, name, binds, pk = nil, sequence_name = nil)
         execute to_sql(sql, binds), name
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/database_statements.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/database_statements.rb
index 0e0c0e993afca5cbbeb9175775d0f5c2f8ff76a3..a59427b1f0dbd72d35156d4d4165ecd9da3b3a15 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/database_statements.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/database_statements.rb
@@ -90,10 +90,6 @@ def insert_sql(sql, name = nil, pk = nil, id_value = nil, sequence_name = nil)
           end
         end
 
-        def create
-          super.insert
-        end
-
         # The internal PostgreSQL identifier of the money data type.
         MONEY_COLUMN_TYPE_OID = 790 #:nodoc:
         # The internal PostgreSQL identifier of the BYTEA data type.
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite3_adapter.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite3_adapter.rb
index 163cbb875f852fed760879edda7a93fe934abd73..99053703fddf6e88756412535cfa3fbf9370f7a1 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite3_adapter.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite3_adapter.rb
@@ -294,7 +294,6 @@ def insert_sql(sql, name = nil, pk = nil, id_value = nil, sequence_name = nil) #
         super
         id_value || @connection.last_insert_row_id
       end
-      alias :create :insert_sql
 
       def select_rows(sql, name = nil, binds = [])
         exec_query(sql, name, binds).rows
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/database_statements_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/database_statements_test.rb
index c689e97d8396b5f2211a80e07ca0ed937e2ba635..ba085991e0d5c90888e6fb84b22a6a987b8bfd2d 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/database_statements_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/database_statements_test.rb
@@ -6,14 +6,23 @@ def setup
   end
 
   def test_insert_should_return_the_inserted_id
+    assert_not_nil return_the_inserted_id(method: :insert)
+  end
+
+  def test_create_should_return_the_inserted_id
+    assert_not_nil return_the_inserted_id(method: :create)
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def return_the_inserted_id(method:)
     # Oracle adapter uses prefetched primary key values from sequence and passes them to connection adapter insert method
     if current_adapter?(:OracleAdapter)
       sequence_name = "accounts_seq"
       id_value = @connection.next_sequence_value(sequence_name)
-      id = @connection.insert("INSERT INTO accounts (id, firm_id,credit_limit) VALUES (accounts_seq.nextval,42,5000)", nil, :id, id_value, sequence_name)
+      @connection.send(method, "INSERT INTO accounts (id, firm_id,credit_limit) VALUES (accounts_seq.nextval,42,5000)", nil, :id, id_value, sequence_name)
     else
-      id = @connection.insert("INSERT INTO accounts (firm_id,credit_limit) VALUES (42,5000)")
+      @connection.send(method, "INSERT INTO accounts (firm_id,credit_limit) VALUES (42,5000)")
     end
-    assert_not_nil id
   end
 end