diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/initializer.rb b/railties/lib/rails/initializer.rb
index ddd0bb89a36ad8eff026b8d7967aeab94a6a0d9a..f75bd917bfea1f97a8363506e089b75a85827e94 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/initializer.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/initializer.rb
@@ -478,18 +478,6 @@ def self.run(initializer = nil, config = nil)
     plugin_loader.load_plugins
   end
 
-  #
-  # # pick up any gems that plugins depend on
-  Initializer.default.add :add_gem_load_paths do
-    require 'rails/gem_dependency'
-    # TODO: This seems extraneous
-    Rails::GemDependency.add_frozen_gem_path
-    unless config.gems.empty?
-      require "rubygems"
-      config.gems.each { |gem| gem.add_load_paths }
-    end
-  end
-
   # TODO: Figure out if this needs to run a second time
   # load_gems