Errno::ENOENT error makes more sense when a file cannot be found

activerecord/lib/active_record/fixtures.rb

@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ else
   end
 end
 
-class FixturesFileNotFound < StandardError; end
-
 module ActiveRecord
   # \Fixtures are a way of organizing data that you want to test against; in short, sample data.
   #
@@ -644,14 +642,6 @@ module ActiveRecord
       end
 
       def read_fixture_files
-        if ::File.file?(yaml_file_path)
-          read_yaml_fixture_files
-        else
-          raise FixturesFileNotFound, "Could not find #{yaml_file_path}"
-        end
-      end
-
-      def read_yaml_fixture_files
         yaml_files = Dir["#{@fixture_path}/**/*.yml"].select { |f|
           ::File.file?(f)
         } + [yaml_file_path]

activerecord/test/cases/fixtures_test.rb

@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ class FixturesTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     #sanity check to make sure that this file never exists
     assert Dir[nonexistent_fixture_path+"*"].empty?
 
-    assert_raise(FixturesFileNotFound) do
+    assert_raise(Errno::ENOENT) do
       ActiveRecord::Fixtures.new( Account.connection, "companies", 'Company', nonexistent_fixture_path)
     end
   end