diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/fixtures_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/fixtures_test.rb
index 2d8cbed24e..2ead2c4816 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/fixtures_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/fixtures_test.rb
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ class TransactionalFixturesOnConnectionNotification < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     end.new
 
     connection.pool = Class.new do
-      def lock_thread=(lock_thread); false; end
+      def lock_thread=(lock_thread); end
     end.new
 
     connection.expects(:begin_transaction).with(joinable: false)
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ class TransactionalFixturesOnConnectionNotification < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     end.new
 
     connection.pool = Class.new do
-      def lock_thread=(lock_thread); false; end
+      def lock_thread=(lock_thread); end
     end.new
 
     fire_connection_notification(connection)
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/tasks/mysql_rake_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/tasks/mysql_rake_test.rb
index ff2d66b17e..155b060b1e 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/tasks/mysql_rake_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/tasks/mysql_rake_test.rb
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ if current_adapter?(:Mysql2Adapter)
 
     class MySQLDBDropTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
       def setup
-        @connection    = Class.new { def drop_database(name); true end }.new
+        @connection    = Class.new { def drop_database(name); end }.new
         @configuration = {
           "adapter"  => "mysql2",
           "database" => "my-app-db"