diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/response.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/response.rb
index a895d1ab18..5fe544c60c 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/response.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/response.rb
@@ -113,7 +113,9 @@ module ActionDispatch # :nodoc:
     # The underlying body, as a streamable object.
     attr_reader :stream
 
-    def initialize(status = 200, header = {}, body = [], default_headers: self.class.default_headers)
+    # Ruby 2.2 bug https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/10685 prevents
+    # default_headers from being a keyword argument.
+    def initialize(status = 200, header = {}, body = [], default_headers = self.class.default_headers)
       super()
 
       header = merge_default_headers(header, default_headers)
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/testing/test_response.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/testing/test_response.rb
index a9b88ac5fd..527784885c 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/testing/test_response.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/testing/test_response.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module ActionDispatch
   # See Response for more information on controller response objects.
   class TestResponse < Response
     def self.from_response(response)
-      new response.status, response.headers, response.body, default_headers: nil
+      new response.status, response.headers, response.body, nil
     end
 
     # Was the response successful?
diff --git a/actionpack/test/dispatch/response_test.rb b/actionpack/test/dispatch/response_test.rb
index f4c0b421d6..c61423dce4 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/dispatch/response_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/dispatch/response_test.rb
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class ResponseTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     original = ActionDispatch::Response.default_charset
     begin
       ActionDispatch::Response.default_charset = 'utf-16'
-      resp = ActionDispatch::Response.new(200, { "Content-Type" => "text/xml" }, default_headers: nil)
+      resp = ActionDispatch::Response.new(200, { "Content-Type" => "text/xml" })
       assert_equal('utf-16', resp.charset)
     ensure
       ActionDispatch::Response.default_charset = original