diff --git a/railties/lib/commands/destroy.rb b/railties/lib/commands/destroy.rb
index 6e740bb754db114209db1fba5a1bcd90427e6daf..5013d30b832ff7e5fd883c3e637ed431165cf948 100644
--- a/railties/lib/commands/destroy.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/commands/destroy.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-RAILS_ENV.replace "generators"
+require File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'generators'))
 require "#{RAILS_ROOT}/config/environment"
 
 if ARGV.size == 0
diff --git a/railties/lib/commands/generate.rb b/railties/lib/commands/generate.rb
index 5408e78157af097dee0d40f02c83f1918684dc21..32cabcab1007cab17ee1d966481e6f9c2739f026 100755
--- a/railties/lib/commands/generate.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/commands/generate.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-RAILS_ENV.replace "generators"
+require File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'generators'))
 require "#{RAILS_ROOT}/config/environment"
 
 if ARGV.size == 0
diff --git a/railties/lib/commands/update.rb b/railties/lib/commands/update.rb
index 5ce1068e1a971721f3df3006b818e26583ab9955..f3b3ad07757cacfbef573bad4187f2f46304d49f 100644
--- a/railties/lib/commands/update.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/commands/update.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-RAILS_ENV.replace "generators"
+require File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'generators'))
 require "#{RAILS_ROOT}/config/environment"
 
 if ARGV.size == 0
diff --git a/railties/lib/generators/rails/app/templates/config/environment.rb b/railties/lib/generators/rails/app/templates/config/environment.rb
index 84c5abf1e9c43d5f0e9a430c3a48dcb1f52e2fdd..02fbb57b8718ed546d911d47d77738329923668f 100644
--- a/railties/lib/generators/rails/app/templates/config/environment.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/generators/rails/app/templates/config/environment.rb
@@ -42,4 +42,23 @@
   # The default locale is :en and all translations from config/locales/*.rb,yml are auto loaded.
   # config.i18n.load_path += Dir[Rails.root.join('my', 'locales', '*.{rb,yml}')]
   # config.i18n.default_locale = :de
+
+  # Configure generators default options.
+  config.generators do |g|
+    # Scaffold configuration
+    g.helper      = true
+    g.layout      = true
+    g.stylesheets = true
+
+    # ORM configuration
+    g.orm        = :active_record
+    g.timestamps = true
+
+    # Template engine configuration
+    g.template_engine = :erb
+
+    # Test framework configuration
+    g.test_framework = :test_unit
+    g.fixtures       = true
+  end
 end
diff --git a/railties/lib/generators/rails/app/templates/config/environments/generators.rb b/railties/lib/generators/rails/app/templates/config/environments/generators.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b426f5a05923e5ac7a8265cdd0fb46685d0374f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/railties/lib/generators/rails/app/templates/config/environments/generators.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-# Settings specified here will take precedence over those in config/environment.rb
-
-# No need to reload in generators environment, so do cache classes.
-config.cache_classes = true
-
-# Log error messages when you accidentally call methods on nil.
-config.whiny_nils = true
-
-# Configure generators options (below are default values, delete them if you want).
-config.generators do |g|
-  g.helper          = true
-  g.layout          = true
-  g.orm             = :active_record
-  g.stylesheets     = true
-  g.template_engine = :erb
-  g.test_framework  = :test_unit
-  g.timestamps      = true
-end
diff --git a/railties/lib/initializer.rb b/railties/lib/initializer.rb
index be65950a5ba52da31ccfce6e331ca7924066db9b..d0ef9d0c2f15252ee9e4eb1adc584eb9c36d8d86 100644
--- a/railties/lib/initializer.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/initializer.rb
@@ -569,10 +569,9 @@ def self.run(initializer = nil, config = nil)
     end
   end
 
-  # Load generators if RAILS_ENV == "generators"
+  # Configure generators if they were already loaded
   Initializer.default.add :initialize_generators do
-    if RAILS_ENV == "generators"
-      require "generators"
+    if defined?(Rails::Generators)
       Rails::Generators.no_color! unless config.generators.colorize_logging
       Rails::Generators.aliases.merge! config.generators.aliases
       Rails::Generators.options.merge! config.generators.options
diff --git a/railties/test/initializer_test.rb b/railties/test/initializer_test.rb
index 240bf31ab0cefd3921fbc8ace6f1ed14a6a5dcad..163785fee3660ef38cc82ca4a749bcb54a328cd4 100644
--- a/railties/test/initializer_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/initializer_test.rb
@@ -293,7 +293,6 @@ def load_plugins!
 class InitializerGeneratorsTests < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
   def setup
-    @old_env_value = RAILS_ENV.dup
     @configuration = Rails::Configuration.new
     @initializer   = Rails::Initializer.default
     @initializer.config = @configuration
@@ -349,16 +348,9 @@ def test_generators_raise_no_method_error_non_setters
     end
   end
 
-  def test_generators_are_not_invoked_with_other_environments
-    @configuration.generators.test_framework = :rspec
-    @initializer.run(:initialize_generators)
-    assert_equal :test_unit, Rails::Generators.options[:test_framework]
-  end
-
   protected
 
     def teardown
-      RAILS_ENV.replace @old_env_value
       Rails::Generators.clear_aliases!
       Rails::Generators.clear_options!
     end