diff --git a/railties/lib/test_help.rb b/railties/lib/test_help.rb
index daa5201663c23050f4da8716d3bf244ba6efd202..3ccbfebaf6cf8814d40aff81d4a6cd2b3d6116a8 100644
--- a/railties/lib/test_help.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/test_help.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require_dependency 'application'
-
 # Make double-sure the RAILS_ENV is set to test,
 # so fixtures are loaded to the right database
 silence_warnings { RAILS_ENV = "test" }