diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 9f27acca6f..99e2cb9f58 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ gem 'rake', '>= 10.3'
 gem 'mocha', '~> 0.14', require: false
 
 gem 'rack-cache', '~> 1.2'
-gem 'jquery-rails', '~> 4.0.0.beta2'
+gem 'jquery-rails', '~> 4.0'
 gem 'coffee-rails', '~> 4.1.0'
 gem 'turbolinks'
 
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
index be79f37e94..0823b0cc46 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
@@ -276,14 +276,8 @@ module Rails
           []
         else
           gems = [coffee_gemfile_entry, javascript_runtime_gemfile_entry]
-
-          if options[:javascript] == 'jquery'
-            gems << GemfileEntry.version('jquery-rails', '~> 4.0.0.beta2',
-                                         'Use jQuery as the JavaScript library')
-          else
-            gems << GemfileEntry.version("#{options[:javascript]}-rails", nil,
-                                         "Use #{options[:javascript]} as the JavaScript library")
-          end
+          gems << GemfileEntry.version("#{options[:javascript]}-rails", nil,
+                                       "Use #{options[:javascript]} as the JavaScript library")
 
           unless options[:skip_turbolinks]
             gems << GemfileEntry.version("turbolinks", nil,