diff --git a/actionview/lib/action_view/layouts.rb b/actionview/lib/action_view/layouts.rb
index 1fc609f2cd..9d636c8c9e 100644
--- a/actionview/lib/action_view/layouts.rb
+++ b/actionview/lib/action_view/layouts.rb
@@ -315,25 +315,16 @@ module ActionView
             name_clause
         end
 
-        if self._layout_conditions.empty?
-          self.class_eval <<-RUBY, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1
-            def _layout
+        self.class_eval <<-RUBY, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1
+          def _layout
+            if _conditional_layout?
               #{layout_definition}
+            else
+              #{name_clause}
             end
-            private :_layout
-          RUBY
-        else
-          self.class_eval <<-RUBY, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1
-            def _layout
-              if _conditional_layout?
-                #{layout_definition}
-              else
-                #{name_clause}
-              end
-            end
-            private :_layout
-          RUBY
-        end
+          end
+          private :_layout
+        RUBY
       end
 
       private
diff --git a/actionview/test/actionpack/controller/layout_test.rb b/actionview/test/actionpack/controller/layout_test.rb
index 452634a3b7..64bc4c41d6 100644
--- a/actionview/test/actionpack/controller/layout_test.rb
+++ b/actionview/test/actionpack/controller/layout_test.rb
@@ -122,14 +122,6 @@ class PrependsViewPathController < LayoutTest
   end
 end
 
-class ParentController < LayoutTest
-  layout 'item'
-end
-
-class ChildController < ParentController
-  layout 'layout_test', only: :hello
-end
-
 class OnlyLayoutController < LayoutTest
   layout 'item', :only => "hello"
 end
@@ -233,12 +225,6 @@ class LayoutSetInResponseTest < ActionController::TestCase
     get :hello
     assert_equal "layout_test.erb hello.erb", @response.body.strip
   end
-
-  def test_respect_to_parent_layout
-    @controller = ChildController.new
-    get :goodbye
-    assert_includes @response.body, 'item.erb'
-  end
 end
 
 class SetsNonExistentLayoutFile < LayoutTest