diff --git a/lib/database_cleaner/active_record/deletion.rb b/lib/database_cleaner/active_record/deletion.rb
index 2eebdea..58e609a 100644
--- a/lib/database_cleaner/active_record/deletion.rb
+++ b/lib/database_cleaner/active_record/deletion.rb
@@ -3,51 +3,6 @@ require 'active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter'
 require "database_cleaner/generic/truncation"
 require 'database_cleaner/active_record/base'
 require 'database_cleaner/active_record/truncation'
-# This file may seem to have duplication with that of truncation, but by keeping them separate
-# we avoiding loading this code when it is not being used (which is the common case).
-
-module ActiveRecord
-  module ConnectionAdapters
-
-    class MysqlAdapter < MYSQL_ADAPTER_PARENT
-      def delete_table(table_name)
-        execute("DELETE FROM #{quote_table_name(table_name)};")
-      end
-    end
-
-    class Mysql2Adapter < MYSQL2_ADAPTER_PARENT
-      def delete_table(table_name)
-        execute("DELETE FROM #{quote_table_name(table_name)};")
-      end
-    end
-
-    class JdbcAdapter < AbstractAdapter
-      def delete_table(table_name)
-          execute("DELETE FROM #{quote_table_name(table_name)};")
-      end
-    end
-
-    class PostgreSQLAdapter < POSTGRE_ADAPTER_PARENT
-      def delete_table(table_name)
-        execute("DELETE FROM #{quote_table_name(table_name)};")
-      end
-    end
-
-    class SQLServerAdapter < AbstractAdapter
-      def delete_table(table_name)
-        execute("DELETE FROM #{quote_table_name(table_name)};")
-      end
-    end
-
-    class OracleEnhancedAdapter < AbstractAdapter
-      def delete_table(table_name)
-        execute("DELETE FROM #{quote_table_name(table_name)}")
-      end
-    end
-
-  end
-end
-
 
 module DatabaseCleaner::ActiveRecord
   class Deletion < Truncation
@@ -55,9 +10,11 @@ module DatabaseCleaner::ActiveRecord
     def clean
       connection = connection_class.connection
       connection.disable_referential_integrity do
-        tables_to_truncate(connection).each do |table_name|
-          connection.delete_table table_name
-        end
+        sql = tables_to_truncate(connection).map do |table_name|
+          "DELETE FROM #{connection.quote_table_name(table_name)}"
+        end.join(";")
+
+        connection.execute sql
       end
     end