diff --git a/railties/test/commands/console_test.rb b/railties/test/commands/console_test.rb
index 3c784b43be..a34beaedb3 100644
--- a/railties/test/commands/console_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/commands/console_test.rb
@@ -114,9 +114,10 @@ class Rails::ConsoleTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_match('dev', options[:environment])
   end
 
-  private
-
   attr_reader :output
+  private :output
+
+  private
 
   def start(argv = [])
     rails_console = Rails::Console.new(app, parse_arguments(argv))
diff --git a/railties/test/commands/dbconsole_test.rb b/railties/test/commands/dbconsole_test.rb
index 38fe8ca544..edb92b3aa2 100644
--- a/railties/test/commands/dbconsole_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/commands/dbconsole_test.rb
@@ -172,8 +172,10 @@ class Rails::DBConsoleTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_match(/Usage:.*dbconsole/, stdout)
   end
 
-  private
   attr_reader :aborted, :output
+  private :aborted, :output
+
+  private
 
   def dbconsole
     @dbconsole ||= Rails::DBConsole.new(nil)