diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index 95b6a0af6d..9889b52893 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,5 @@
 class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
   helper :all
   protect_from_forgery
-  respond_to :html, :js, :xml, :json
   filter_parameter_logging :password
 end