diff --git a/railties/CHANGELOG b/railties/CHANGELOG
index 202aa45a61..e0d3b5df58 100644
--- a/railties/CHANGELOG
+++ b/railties/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+* Remove trailing '/' from RAILS_ROOT [Nicholas Seckar]
+
+
 *0.14.0* (October 16th, 2005)
 
 * Moved generator folder from RAILS_ROOT/generators to RAILS_ROOT/lib/generators [Tobias Luetke]
diff --git a/railties/environments/boot.rb b/railties/environments/boot.rb
index 9e35fb6c15..9715482cfc 100644
--- a/railties/environments/boot.rb
+++ b/railties/environments/boot.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 unless defined?(RAILS_ROOT)
 require 'pathname'
   root_path = Pathname.new(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..'))
-  RAILS_ROOT = root_path.cleanpath.to_s + '/'
+  RAILS_ROOT = root_path.cleanpath.to_s
 end
 
 if File.directory?("#{RAILS_ROOT}/vendor/rails")