diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/fixtures.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/fixtures.rb
index 61a5ef2af8..5ecd0a19b8 100755
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/fixtures.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/fixtures.rb
@@ -466,9 +466,7 @@ module Test #:nodoc:
       self.use_transactional_fixtures = false
       self.use_instantiated_fixtures = true
       self.pre_loaded_fixtures = false
-      
-      self.fixture_class_names = {}
-      
+            
       @@already_loaded_fixtures = {}
       self.fixture_class_names = {}