diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/output_safety.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/output_safety.rb
index 4e5675cc8de9d2c179bfc759fa9171700032a11f..73aa7dd89a53312cda62016542421280f39e87d9 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/output_safety.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/output_safety.rb
@@ -136,11 +136,6 @@ def encode_with(coder)
       coder.represent_scalar nil, to_str
     end
 
-    def to_yaml(*args)
-      return super() if !YAML::ENGINE.syck?
-      to_str.to_yaml(*args)
-    end
-
     UNSAFE_STRING_METHODS.each do |unsafe_method|
       if 'String'.respond_to?(unsafe_method)
         class_eval <<-EOT, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1