diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/named_base.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/named_base.rb
index 5a92ab3e95312e07bd650d93033a2da94a1b465a..d8236ac9786daf29a4823d994fec4fa854c0f5ef 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/named_base.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/named_base.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ def template(source, *args, &block)
 
       protected
         attr_reader :file_name
-        alias :singular_name :file_name
+
+        def singular_name
+          file_name
+        end
 
         # Wrap block with namespace of current application
         # if namespace exists and is not skipped