diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_options_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_options_helper.rb
index 3db5202e7d..4620a52272 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_options_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_options_helper.rb
@@ -571,8 +571,7 @@ module ActionView
             option_tags = "<option value=\"\">#{options[:include_blank] if options[:include_blank].kind_of?(String)}</option>\n" + option_tags
           end
           if value.blank? && options[:prompt]
-            prompt = options[:prompt].kind_of?(String) ? options[:prompt] : I18n.translate('support.select.prompt', :default => 'Please select')
-            "<option value=\"\">#{prompt}</option>\n" + option_tags
+            ("<option value=\"\">#{options[:prompt].kind_of?(String) ? options[:prompt] : 'Please select'}</option>\n") + option_tags
           else
             option_tags
           end
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/locale/en.yml b/actionpack/lib/action_view/locale/en.yml
index c82cd07ec2..afe35691bc 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/locale/en.yml
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/locale/en.yml
@@ -108,7 +108,3 @@
         # The variable :count is also available
         body: "There were problems with the following fields:"
 
-  support:
-    select:
-      # default value for :prompt => true in FormOptionsHelper
-      prompt: "Please select"
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diff --git a/actionpack/test/template/form_options_helper_i18n_test.rb b/actionpack/test/template/form_options_helper_i18n_test.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f25d41fc9..0000000000
--- a/actionpack/test/template/form_options_helper_i18n_test.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-require 'abstract_unit'
-
-class FormOptionsHelperI18nTests < ActionView::TestCase
-  tests ActionView::Helpers::FormOptionsHelper
-
-  def setup
-    @prompt_message = 'Select!'
-    I18n.backend.store_translations :en, :support => { :select => { :prompt => @prompt_message} }
-  end
-
-  def test_select_with_prompt_true_translates_prompt_message
-    I18n.expects(:translate).with('support.select.prompt', { :default => 'Please select' })
-    select 'post', 'category', [], :prompt => true
-  end
-
-  def test_select_with_translated_prompt
-    assert_dom_equal(
-      %Q(<select id="post_category" name="post[category]"><option value="">#{@prompt_message}</option>\n</select>),
-      select('post', 'category', [], :prompt => true)
-    )
-  end
-end
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