diff --git a/actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/base.rb b/actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/base.rb
index e14818e464..cbd021e246 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/base.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/base.rb
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ module AbstractController
         @descendants ||= []
       end
 
+      def config
+        @config ||= ActiveSupport::InheritableOptions.new(superclass < Base ? superclass.config : {})
+      end
+
       # A list of all internal methods for a controller. This finds the first
       # abstract superclass of a controller, and gets a list of all public
       # instance methods on that abstract class. Public instance methods of
@@ -95,6 +99,10 @@ module AbstractController
       @_formats = nil
     end
 
+    def config
+      self.class.config
+    end
+
     # Calls the action going through the entire action dispatch stack.
     #
     # The actual method that is called is determined by calling
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal.rb
index 1f6bbeb7c5..4374ab0a6b 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal.rb
@@ -11,14 +11,6 @@ module ActionController
   class Metal < AbstractController::Base
     abstract!
 
-    def self.config
-      @config ||= ActiveSupport::InheritableOptions.new(superclass < Metal ? superclass.config : {})
-    end
-
-    def config
-      self.class.config
-    end
-
     # :api: public
     attr_internal :params, :env
 
diff --git a/actionpack/test/abstract_unit.rb b/actionpack/test/abstract_unit.rb
index 7223a7824e..29270ed228 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/abstract_unit.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/abstract_unit.rb
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class BasicController
   attr_accessor :request
 
   def config
-    @config ||= ActiveSupport::InheritableOptions.new(ActionController::Metal.config).tap do |config|
+    @config ||= ActiveSupport::InheritableOptions.new(ActionController::Base.config).tap do |config|
       # VIEW TODO: View tests should not require a controller
       public_dir = File.expand_path("../fixtures/public", __FILE__)
       config.assets_dir = public_dir
diff --git a/actionpack/test/template/asset_tag_helper_test.rb b/actionpack/test/template/asset_tag_helper_test.rb
index 8b24f66a6e..bbfab05a0f 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/template/asset_tag_helper_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/template/asset_tag_helper_test.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ class FakeController
   attr_accessor :request
 
   def config
-    @config ||= ActiveSupport::InheritableOptions.new(ActionController::Metal.config)
+    @config ||= ActiveSupport::InheritableOptions.new(ActionController::Base.config)
   end
 end