diff --git a/activesupport/CHANGELOG b/activesupport/CHANGELOG
index 7afd9926b5..7d00211ea1 100644
--- a/activesupport/CHANGELOG
+++ b/activesupport/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *Rails 3.0.0 [beta 4/release candidate] (unreleased)*
 
+* Renames Array#rand -> Array#random_element. [Santiago Pastorino, Rizwan Reza]
+
 * Defines prev_(month|year) in Date and Time, and deprecates last_(month|year). [fxn]
 
 * Aliases Date#sunday to Date#end_of_week. [fxn]
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/array/random_access.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/array/random_access.rb
index 5338836b29..67c322daea 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/array/random_access.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/array/random_access.rb
@@ -1,16 +1,6 @@
 class Array
-  # This method is deprecated because it masks Kernel#rand within the Array class itself, 
-  # which may be used by a 3rd party library extending Array in turn. See
-  #
-  #   https://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994-ruby-on-rails/tickets/4555
-  #
-  def rand # :nodoc:
-    ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn "Array#rand is deprecated, use random_element instead", caller
-    random_element
-  end
-
   # Returns a random element from the array.
   def random_element
     self[Kernel.rand(length)]
   end
-end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/activesupport/test/core_ext/array_ext_test.rb b/activesupport/test/core_ext/array_ext_test.rb
index ebd6806416..1f7cdb8ec1 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/core_ext/array_ext_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/core_ext/array_ext_test.rb
@@ -368,10 +368,6 @@ class ArrayExtRandomTests < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     Kernel.expects(:rand).with(3).returns(1)
     assert_equal 2, [1, 2, 3].random_element
   end
-
-  def test_deprecated_rand_on_array
-    assert_deprecated { [].rand }
-  end
 end
 
 class ArrayWrapperTests < Test::Unit::TestCase
diff --git a/railties/test/application/initializers/frameworks_test.rb b/railties/test/application/initializers/frameworks_test.rb
index 8e57022e5b..fadcc4c025 100644
--- a/railties/test/application/initializers/frameworks_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/application/initializers/frameworks_test.rb
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ module ApplicationTests
     test "if there's no config.active_support.bare, all of ActiveSupport is required" do
       use_frameworks []
       require "#{app_path}/config/environment"
-      assert_nothing_raised { [1,2,3].rand }
+      assert_nothing_raised { [1,2,3].random_element }
     end
 
     test "config.active_support.bare does not require all of ActiveSupport" do
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ module ApplicationTests
 
       Dir.chdir("#{app_path}/app") do
         require "#{app_path}/config/environment"
-        assert_raises(NoMethodError) { [1,2,3].rand }
+        assert_raises(NoMethodError) { [1,2,3].random_element }
       end
     end