diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions.rb
index b0297b6c01..4eab8f9ffd 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions.rb
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/assertions/tag_assertions'
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/assertions/dom_assertions'
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/assertions/routing_assertions'
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/assertions/model_assertions'
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/assertions/deprecated_assertions'
 
 module Test #:nodoc:
   module Unit #:nodoc:
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ module Test #:nodoc:
       include ActionController::Assertions::TagAssertions
       include ActionController::Assertions::DomAssertions
       include ActionController::Assertions::ModelAssertions
+      include ActionController::Assertions::DeprecatedAssertions
 
       def clean_backtrace(&block)
         yield
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/deprecated_assertions.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions/deprecated_assertions.rb
similarity index 98%
rename from actionpack/lib/action_controller/deprecated_assertions.rb
rename to actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions/deprecated_assertions.rb
index dd94f4cee8..01262bdf08 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/deprecated_assertions.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions/deprecated_assertions.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-require 'test/unit'
-require 'test/unit/assertions'
 require 'rexml/document'
 
-module Test #:nodoc:
-  module Unit #:nodoc:
-    module Assertions
+module ActionController #:nodoc:
+  module Assertions #:nodoc:
+    module DeprecatedAssertions
       def assert_success(message=nil) #:nodoc:
         assert_response(:success, message)
       end
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions/dom_assertions.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions/dom_assertions.rb
index a765dff2cc..d1eea59ea0 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions/dom_assertions.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions/dom_assertions.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-require 'test/unit'
-require 'test/unit/assertions'
-
 module ActionController
   module Assertions
     module DomAssertions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions/model_assertions.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions/model_assertions.rb
index b807a8902f..a9bcd7db9a 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions/model_assertions.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions/model_assertions.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-require 'test/unit'
-require 'test/unit/assertions'
-
 module ActionController
   module Assertions
     module ModelAssertions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions/response_assertions.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions/response_assertions.rb
index 5d5effc493..a3834e3a3e 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions/response_assertions.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions/response_assertions.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'test/unit'
-require 'test/unit/assertions'
 require 'rexml/document'
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../vendor/html-scanner/html/document"
 
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions/routing_assertions.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions/routing_assertions.rb
index a94bb719f2..2ecf1b9e8e 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions/routing_assertions.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions/routing_assertions.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-require 'test/unit'
-require 'test/unit/assertions'
-
 module ActionController
   module Assertions
     module RoutingAssertions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions/selector_assertions.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions/selector_assertions.rb
index 7e22d6b655..7984e14c67 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions/selector_assertions.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions/selector_assertions.rb
@@ -3,12 +3,9 @@
 # Under MIT and/or CC By license.
 #++
 
-require 'test/unit'
-require 'test/unit/assertions'
 require 'rexml/document'
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../vendor/html-scanner/html/document"
 
-
 module ActionController
   module Assertions
     # Adds the #assert_select method for use in Rails functional
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions/tag_assertions.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions/tag_assertions.rb
index dc80b442b7..f5f7a23e61 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions/tag_assertions.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions/tag_assertions.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'test/unit'
-require 'test/unit/assertions'
 require 'rexml/document'
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../vendor/html-scanner/html/document"
 
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/test_process.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/test_process.rb
index f6c7776b44..bfd2abbb48 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/test_process.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/test_process.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
-begin
-  require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/assertions'
-  require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/deprecated_assertions'
-rescue Exception => e
-  print e
-end
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/assertions'
 
 module ActionController #:nodoc:
   class Base