diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
index 192792d078..bb2a080286 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
@@ -78,12 +78,7 @@ module Rails::Generators
     end
 
     def create_app_files
-      directory "app/controllers"
-      directory "app/helpers"
-      directory "app/models"
-      inside "app/views/layouts" do
-        template "application.html.erb"
-      end
+      directory 'app'
     end
 
     def create_config_files
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/app/views/layouts/.empty_directory b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/app/views/layouts/.empty_directory
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb.tt
similarity index 100%
rename from railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
rename to railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb.tt