diff --git a/benchmark.rb b/benchmark.rb
index 802999e2..163fe3dc 100644
--- a/benchmark.rb
+++ b/benchmark.rb
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@ end
    action_view action_pack haml/template rbench].each {|dep| require(dep)}
 
 def view
-  unless Haml::Util.has?(:instance_method, ActionView::Base, :finder)
-    return ActionView::Base.new(File.dirname(__FILE__), {})
-  end
-
-  # Rails >=2.1.0
   base = ActionView::Base.new
   base.finder.append_view_path(File.dirname(__FILE__))
   base