diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/helper.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/helper.rb
index 859c3d1947..c05d588a54 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/helper.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/helper.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ require 'stringio'
 require 'mocha'
 
 require 'active_record'
+require 'active_record/test_case'
 require 'active_support/dependencies'
 require 'active_support/logger'
 
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/test_help.rb b/railties/lib/rails/test_help.rb
index 8d0d8cacac..1b5ab549be 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/test_help.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/test_help.rb
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ if defined?(MiniTest)
 end
 
 if defined?(ActiveRecord::Base)
-  require 'active_record/test_case'
-
   class ActiveSupport::TestCase
     include ActiveRecord::TestFixtures
     self.fixture_path = "#{Rails.root}/test/fixtures/"