Removing db/seeds.rb is fine. Don't blow up.

railties/lib/rails/engine.rb

@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ module Rails
     # Blog::Engine.load_seed
     def load_seed
       seed_file = paths["db/seeds"].existent.first
-      load(seed_file) if File.exist?(seed_file)
+      load(seed_file) if seed_file && File.exist?(seed_file)
     end
 
     # Add configured load paths to ruby load paths and remove duplicates.

railties/test/railties/engine_test.rb

@@ -455,12 +455,18 @@ module RailtiesTest
 
       Rails.application.load_seed
       assert Rails.application.config.app_seeds_loaded
-      assert_raise(NoMethodError) do  Bukkits::Engine.config.bukkits_seeds_loaded end
+      assert_raise(NoMethodError) { Bukkits::Engine.config.bukkits_seeds_loaded }
 
       Bukkits::Engine.load_seed
       assert Bukkits::Engine.config.bukkits_seeds_loaded
     end
 
+    test "skips nonexistent seed data" do
+      FileUtils.rm "#{app_path}/db/seeds.rb"
+      boot_rails
+      assert_nil Rails.application.load_seed
+    end
+
     test "using namespace more than once on one module should not overwrite _railtie method" do
       @plugin.write "lib/bukkits.rb", <<-RUBY
         module AppTemplate