diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/aaa_create_tables_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/aaa_create_tables_test.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 3911afac49..0000000000
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/aaa_create_tables_test.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-# The filename begins with "aaa" to ensure this is the first test.
-require "cases/helper"
-
-class AAACreateTablesTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
-  self.use_transactional_fixtures = false
-
-  def test_load_schema
-    eval(File.read(SCHEMA_ROOT + "/schema.rb"))
-    if File.exists?(adapter_specific_schema_file)
-      eval(File.read(adapter_specific_schema_file))
-    end
-    assert true
-  end
-
-  def test_drop_and_create_courses_table
-    eval(File.read(SCHEMA_ROOT + "/schema2.rb"))
-    assert true
-  end
-
-  private
-  def adapter_specific_schema_file
-    SCHEMA_ROOT + '/' + ActiveRecord::Base.connection.adapter_name.downcase + '_specific_schema.rb'
-  end
-end
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/helper.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/helper.rb
index 05e92433cd..f82784836e 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/helper.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/helper.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ require 'config'
 
 require 'rubygems'
 require 'test/unit'
+require 'stringio'
 gem 'mocha', '>= 0.9.5'
 require 'mocha'
 
@@ -72,3 +73,20 @@ class ActiveSupport::TestCase
     Fixtures.create_fixtures(ActiveSupport::TestCase.fixture_path, table_names, {}, &block)
   end
 end
+
+# silence verbose schema loading
+original_stdout = $stdout
+$stdout = StringIO.new
+
+begin
+  adapter_name = ActiveRecord::Base.connection.adapter_name.downcase
+  adapter_specific_schema_file = SCHEMA_ROOT + "/#{adapter_name}_specific_schema.rb"
+
+  load SCHEMA_ROOT + "/schema.rb"
+
+  if File.exists?(adapter_specific_schema_file)
+    load adapter_specific_schema_file
+  end
+ensure
+  $stdout = original_stdout
+end
diff --git a/activerecord/test/schema/schema.rb b/activerecord/test/schema/schema.rb
index a776cd974b..4ee0ffe132 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/schema/schema.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/schema/schema.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 ActiveRecord::Schema.define do
   def except(adapter_names_to_exclude)
     unless [adapter_names_to_exclude].flatten.include?(adapter_name)
@@ -500,3 +499,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define do
     execute "ALTER TABLE fk_test_has_fk ADD CONSTRAINT fk_name FOREIGN KEY (#{quote_column_name 'fk_id'}) REFERENCES #{quote_table_name 'fk_test_has_pk'} (#{quote_column_name 'id'})"
   end
 end
+
+Course.connection.create_table :courses, :force => true do |t|
+  t.column :name, :string, :null => false
+end
diff --git a/activerecord/test/schema/schema2.rb b/activerecord/test/schema/schema2.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 8527f7ba8f..0000000000
--- a/activerecord/test/schema/schema2.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define do
-
-  Course.connection.create_table :courses, :force => true do |t|
-    t.column :name, :string, :null => false
-  end
-end