diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
index 93d6c1f827..8d74fe2c94 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ module Rails
       empty_directory_with_gitkeep "test/integration"
       empty_directory_with_gitkeep "test/unit"
 
-      copy_file "test/performance/browsing_test.rb"
+      template "test/performance/browsing_test.rb"
+      template "test/test_helper.rb"
     end
 
     def tmp
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/test/test_helper.rb.tt b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/test/test_helper.rb
similarity index 100%
rename from railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/test/test_helper.rb.tt
rename to railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/test/test_helper.rb