diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/commands/console.rb b/railties/lib/rails/commands/console.rb
index fdc8662bcddff0130d4f8dccd1ecc00beb6d6072..555d8f31e124819b270d732b46b3c94f163fdda6 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/commands/console.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/commands/console.rb
@@ -76,9 +76,19 @@ def set_environment!
       Rails.env = environment
     end
 
-    def debugger?
-      options[:debugger]
-    end if RUBY_VERSION < '2.0.0'
+    if RUBY_VERSION < '2.0.0'
+      def debugger?
+        options[:debugger]
+      end
+
+      def require_debugger
+        require 'debugger'
+        puts "=> Debugger enabled"
+      rescue LoadError
+        puts "You're missing the 'debugger' gem. Add it to your Gemfile, bundle it and try again."
+        exit(1)
+      end
+    end
 
     def start
       if RUBY_VERSION < '2.0.0'
@@ -99,13 +109,5 @@ def start
       end
       console.start
     end
-
-    def require_debugger
-      require 'debugger'
-      puts "=> Debugger enabled"
-    rescue LoadError
-      puts "You're missing the 'debugger' gem. Add it to your Gemfile, bundle it and try again."
-      exit(1)
-    end if RUBY_VERSION < '2.0.0'
   end
 end
diff --git a/railties/test/commands/console_test.rb b/railties/test/commands/console_test.rb
index 87c5527b81adbf2644b1484235a4930fac4e5be2..1273f9d4c2671b79be42d031cbb15a6b14f609f6 100644
--- a/railties/test/commands/console_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/commands/console_test.rb
@@ -19,14 +19,8 @@ def test_short_version_of_sandbox_option
     assert console.sandbox?
   end
 
-  def test_debugger_option
-    console = Rails::Console.new(app, parse_arguments(["--debugger"]))
-    assert console.debugger?
-  end if RUBY_VERSION < '2.0.0'
-
   def test_no_options
     console = Rails::Console.new(app, parse_arguments([]))
-    assert !console.debugger? if RUBY_VERSION < '2.0.0'
     assert !console.sandbox?
   end
 
@@ -36,13 +30,6 @@ def test_start
     assert_match(/Loading \w+ environment \(Rails/, output)
   end
 
-  def test_start_with_debugger
-    rails_console = Rails::Console.new(app, parse_arguments(["--debugger"]))
-    rails_console.expects(:require_debugger).returns(nil)
-
-    silence_stream(STDOUT) { rails_console.start }
-  end if RUBY_VERSION < '2.0.0'
-
   def test_start_with_sandbox
     app.expects(:sandbox=).with(true)
     FakeConsole.expects(:start)
@@ -52,6 +39,25 @@ def test_start_with_sandbox
     assert_match(/Loading \w+ environment in sandbox \(Rails/, output)
   end
 
+  if RUBY_VERSION < '2.0.0'
+    def test_debugger_option
+      console = Rails::Console.new(app, parse_arguments(["--debugger"]))
+      assert console.debugger?
+    end
+
+    def test_no_options_does_not_set_debugger_flag
+      console = Rails::Console.new(app, parse_arguments([]))
+      assert !console.debugger?
+    end
+
+    def test_start_with_debugger
+      rails_console = Rails::Console.new(app, parse_arguments(["--debugger"]))
+      rails_console.expects(:require_debugger).returns(nil)
+
+      silence_stream(STDOUT) { rails_console.start }
+    end
+  end
+
   def test_console_with_environment
     start ["-e production"]
     assert_match(/\sproduction\s/, output)