diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/commands/rake/rake_command.rb b/railties/lib/rails/commands/rake/rake_command.rb
index 2a8a8e170f..6b0bce654a 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/commands/rake/rake_command.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/commands/rake/rake_command.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ module Rails
           require_rake
 
           Rake.with_application do |rake|
-            load "rails/tasks.rb"
             rake.init("rails", [task, *args])
             rake.load_rakefile
             if Rails.respond_to?(:root)
diff --git a/railties/test/application/rake_test.rb b/railties/test/application/rake_test.rb
index 48faf88818..9cb908d12f 100644
--- a/railties/test/application/rake_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/application/rake_test.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ module ApplicationTests
       assert $task_loaded
     end
 
+    test "framework tasks are evaluated only once" do
+      assert_equal ["Rails version"], rails("about").scan(/^Rails version/)
+    end
+
     test "task backtrace is silenced" do
       add_to_config <<-RUBY
         rake_tasks do