diff --git a/actiontext/lib/action_text/engine.rb b/actiontext/lib/action_text/engine.rb
index 0f55d460a1..8749498158 100644
--- a/actiontext/lib/action_text/engine.rb
+++ b/actiontext/lib/action_text/engine.rb
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ module ActionText
         def attachable_plain_text_representation(caption = nil)
           "[#{caption || filename}]"
         end
+
+        def to_trix_content_attachment_partial_path
+          nil
+        end
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/actiontext/test/unit/attachment_test.rb b/actiontext/test/unit/attachment_test.rb
index 54831a0271..9ed1967450 100644
--- a/actiontext/test/unit/attachment_test.rb
+++ b/actiontext/test/unit/attachment_test.rb
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ class ActionText::AttachmentTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_equal attachable.byte_size, trix_attachment.attributes["filesize"]
     assert_equal "Captioned", trix_attachment.attributes["caption"]
 
-    assert_not_nil attachable.to_trix_content_attachment_partial_path
-    assert_not_nil trix_attachment.attributes["content"]
+    assert_nil attachable.to_trix_content_attachment_partial_path
+    assert_nil trix_attachment.attributes["content"]
   end
 
   test "converts to TrixAttachment with content" do