diff --git a/railties/lib/tasks/databases.rake b/railties/lib/tasks/databases.rake
index 80f16d7fa2..9162be8f30 100644
--- a/railties/lib/tasks/databases.rake
+++ b/railties/lib/tasks/databases.rake
@@ -331,9 +331,7 @@ namespace :db do
 
     desc "Clear the sessions table"
     task :clear => :environment do
-      session_table = 'session'
-      session_table = Inflector.pluralize(session_table) if ActiveRecord::Base.pluralize_table_names
-      ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute "DELETE FROM #{session_table}"
+      ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute "DELETE FROM #{session_table_name}"
     end
   end
 end