diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_association.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_association.rb
index 7c688d663cb3314dbd847bfc3d1f4005b57116bd..0cceb7f53e93f7ca9ff05bebdfef039975470f70 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_association.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_association.rb
@@ -82,14 +82,6 @@ def reset
         @target = []
       end
 
-      def select(*fields)
-        if block_given?
-          load_target.select.each { |e| yield e }
-        else
-          scope.select(*fields)
-        end
-      end
-
       def find(*args)
         if block_given?
           load_target.find(*args) { |*block_args| yield(*block_args) }
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb
index 36f6c1b9c31dee08df26e933fb933ed13a64fc9c..fdc98eeeb956d7d2e0e430b43d693e50bc0ace03 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ def loaded?
         @association.loaded?
       end
 
+      ##
+      # :method: select
+      #
+      # :call-seq:
+      #   select(*fields, &block)
+      #
       # Works in two ways.
       #
       # *First:* Specify a subset of fields to be selected from the result set.
@@ -106,9 +112,6 @@ def loaded?
       #   #      #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook">,
       #   #      #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo">
       #   #    ]
-      def select(*fields, &block)
-        @association.select(*fields, &block)
-      end
 
       # Finds an object in the collection responding to the +id+. Uses the same
       # rules as ActiveRecord::Base.find. Returns ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound