diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb
index e11d0fce8f..1ee16831f0 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ module ActiveRecord
       include TimeZoneConversion
       include Dirty
       include Serialization
-
-      delegate :column_for_attribute, to: :class
     end
 
     RESTRICTED_CLASS_METHODS = %w(private public protected allocate new name parent superclass)
@@ -188,26 +186,6 @@ module ActiveRecord
       def _has_attribute?(attr_name) # :nodoc:
         attribute_types.key?(attr_name)
       end
-
-      # Returns the column object for the named attribute.
-      # Returns a +ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::NullColumn+ if the
-      # named attribute does not exist.
-      #
-      #   class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
-      #   end
-      #
-      #   person = Person.new
-      #   person.column_for_attribute(:name) # the result depends on the ConnectionAdapter
-      #   # => #<ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Column:0x007ff4ab083980 @name="name", @sql_type="varchar(255)", @null=true, ...>
-      #
-      #   person.column_for_attribute(:nothing)
-      #   # => #<ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::NullColumn:0xXXX @name=nil, @sql_type=nil, @cast_type=#<Type::Value>, ...>
-      def column_for_attribute(name)
-        name = name.to_s
-        columns_hash.fetch(name) do
-          ConnectionAdapters::NullColumn.new(name)
-        end
-      end
     end
 
     # A Person object with a name attribute can ask <tt>person.respond_to?(:name)</tt>,
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/model_schema.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/model_schema.rb
index 3159483bae..61da9fdd32 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/model_schema.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/model_schema.rb
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
       self.inheritance_column = "type"
       self.ignored_columns = [].freeze
 
-      delegate :type_for_attribute, to: :class
+      delegate :type_for_attribute, :column_for_attribute, to: :class
 
       initialize_load_schema_monitor
     end
@@ -400,6 +400,26 @@ module ActiveRecord
         end
       end
 
+      # Returns the column object for the named attribute.
+      # Returns a +ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::NullColumn+ if the
+      # named attribute does not exist.
+      #
+      #   class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   person = Person.new
+      #   person.column_for_attribute(:name) # the result depends on the ConnectionAdapter
+      #   # => #<ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Column:0x007ff4ab083980 @name="name", @sql_type="varchar(255)", @null=true, ...>
+      #
+      #   person.column_for_attribute(:nothing)
+      #   # => #<ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::NullColumn:0xXXX @name=nil, @sql_type=nil, @cast_type=#<Type::Value>, ...>
+      def column_for_attribute(name)
+        name = name.to_s
+        columns_hash.fetch(name) do
+          ConnectionAdapters::NullColumn.new(name)
+        end
+      end
+
       # Returns a hash where the keys are column names and the values are
       # default values when instantiating the Active Record object for this table.
       def column_defaults