diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
index 324843a5f5..9da37421ed 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ module Rails
     end
 
     def test
-      empty_directory_with_keep_file "test/fixtures"
       empty_directory_with_keep_file "test/fixtures/files"
       empty_directory_with_keep_file "test/controllers"
       empty_directory_with_keep_file "test/mailers"