diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller.rb
index d08e3c4e8e497b6395c6fe33fdd4eabcf8913bcc..0233937a251a62df401de44cdfe0c047a5b59bde 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ module ActionController
   autoload :Middleware
 
   autoload_under "metal" do
+    autoload :BasicRendering, 'action_controller/metal/rendering'
     autoload :Compatibility
     autoload :ConditionalGet
     autoload :Cookies
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb
index 3fd5fb90d22f99d652ab2b0543d24e009e6bbfcc..9941c06201d9b3967273caec884d97caefbacb27 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ module ActionController
   #
   metal = Class.new(Metal) do
     include AbstractController::Rendering
+    include ActionController::BasicRendering
   end
 
   # Action Controllers are the core of a web request in \Rails. They are made up of one or more actions that are executed
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb
index abcc9d4acf2fb94c5e386a232f5ebab3339992b0..2d58e1440cb133c04c06efc8b277127dc4b82d32 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,22 @@
 module ActionController
+  module BasicRendering
+    extend ActiveSupport::Concern
+
+    # Render template to response_body
+    # :api: public
+    def render(*args, &block)
+      super(*args, &block)
+      text = args.first[:text]
+      if text.present?
+        self.response_body = text
+      end
+    end
+
+    def rendered_format
+      Mime::TEXT
+    end
+  end
+
   module Rendering
     extend ActiveSupport::Concern
 
diff --git a/actionview/lib/action_view/rendering.rb b/actionview/lib/action_view/rendering.rb
index 88a3de4a45e212537ca3bd6c1c59563f71ba8c93..db9c4ef50199f278a7d488ff2f59ed55ac71ff0e 100644
--- a/actionview/lib/action_view/rendering.rb
+++ b/actionview/lib/action_view/rendering.rb
@@ -80,8 +80,6 @@ def view_renderer
     # Render template to response_body
     # :api: public
     def render(*args, &block)
-      super(*args, &block)
-
       options = _normalize_render(*args, &block)
       self.response_body = render_to_body(options)
     end