Renaming helper in the Rake task, but why is this needed in the first place? (paging JP)

railties/lib/rails/tasks/assets.rake

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ namespace :assets do
   desc "Compile all the assets named in config.assets.precompile"
   task :precompile => :environment do
     # Give assets access to asset_path
-    ActionView::Helpers::SprocketsHelper
+    Sprockets::Helpers::RailsHelper
 
     assets = Rails.application.config.assets.precompile
     Rails.application.assets.precompile(*assets)