diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index a15a46a9534..c4bb1c13f2e 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ Dir[Rails.root.join("spec/support/**/*.rb")].each { |f| require f }
 RSpec.configure do |config|
   config.use_transactional_fixtures = false
   config.use_instantiated_fixtures  = false
+  config.fixture_path = Rails.root
 
   config.verbose_retry = true
   config.display_try_failure_messages = true
diff --git a/spec/support/rspec.rb b/spec/support/rspec.rb
index 9b8bcebcb3a..b38c5dfe60b 100644
--- a/spec/support/rspec.rb
+++ b/spec/support/rspec.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,4 @@ RSpec.configure do |config|
   config.include StubMetrics
   config.include StubObjectStorage
   config.include StubENV
-
-  config.fixture_path = Rails.root if defined?(Rails)
 end