diff --git a/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb b/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
index d2126f34330eeb2b571f49364b52cc8b55476818..d752d1828505f647b22b709147b4663fda2c5c90 100644
--- a/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
@@ -168,6 +168,9 @@ def test_config_another_database
   def test_config_database_is_not_added_if_skip_active_record_is_given
     run_generator [destination_root, "--skip-active-record"]
     assert_no_file "config/database.yml"
+    assert_file "test/test_helper.rb" do |helper_content|
+      assert_no_match /fixtures :all/, helper_content
+    end
     assert_file "test/performance/browsing_test.rb"
   end