diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
index b7bf45c522923371b7ed4a484670efa88bbd53d5..4af84885bc967f741914ee48ce653da0a358b58c 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ def config_when_updating
       action_cable_config_exist = File.exist?("config/cable.yml")
       rack_cors_config_exist = File.exist?("config/initializers/cors.rb")
       assets_config_exist = File.exist?("config/initializers/assets.rb")
-      new_framework_defaults_5_2_exist = File.exist?("config/initializers/new_framework_defaults_5_2.rb")
 
       config