diff --git a/actionwebservice/CHANGELOG b/actionwebservice/CHANGELOG
index 6fcdaf971e..fc50e0a7b9 100644
--- a/actionwebservice/CHANGELOG
+++ b/actionwebservice/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *0.7.0* (Unreleased)
 
+* Remove ActiveRecordSoapMarshallable workaround, see #912 for details
+
 * Add scaffolding via ActionController::Base.web_service_scaffold for quick testing using a web browser
 
 * Generalize casting code to be used by both SOAP and XML-RPC (previously, it was only XML-RPC)
diff --git a/actionwebservice/lib/action_web_service/vendor/ws/marshaling/soap_marshaling.rb b/actionwebservice/lib/action_web_service/vendor/ws/marshaling/soap_marshaling.rb
index 287a64291b..14c8d8401d 100644
--- a/actionwebservice/lib/action_web_service/vendor/ws/marshaling/soap_marshaling.rb
+++ b/actionwebservice/lib/action_web_service/vendor/ws/marshaling/soap_marshaling.rb
@@ -279,19 +279,5 @@ module WS
         return false
       end
     end
-
-    module ActiveRecordSoapMarshallable
-      def allocate
-        obj = super
-        attrs = {}
-        self.columns.each{|c| attrs[c.name.to_s] = c.default}
-        obj.instance_variable_set('@attributes', attrs)
-        obj
-      end
-    end
-
-    if Object.const_defined?('ActiveRecord')
-      ActiveRecord::Base.extend(ActiveRecordSoapMarshallable)
-    end
   end
 end