diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/test_case.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/test_case.rb
index eabf06fc3b7d9..d5f43f56e6cb7 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/test_case.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/test_case.rb
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
 require "active_support/test_case"
 
-module ActiveRecord 
+module ActiveRecord
   class TestCase < ActiveSupport::TestCase #:nodoc:
-    self.fixture_path               = FIXTURES_ROOT
-    self.use_instantiated_fixtures  = false
-    self.use_transactional_fixtures = true
-
-    def create_fixtures(*table_names, &block)
-      Fixtures.create_fixtures(FIXTURES_ROOT, table_names, {}, &block)
-    end
-
     def assert_date_from_db(expected, actual, message = nil)
       # SQL Server doesn't have a separate column type just for dates,
       # so the time is in the string and incorrectly formatted
diff --git a/railties/lib/test_help.rb b/railties/lib/test_help.rb
index 3cc61d7932f48..367533cf0fd61 100644
--- a/railties/lib/test_help.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/test_help.rb
@@ -11,11 +11,22 @@
 require 'action_controller/integration'
 require 'action_mailer/test_case' if defined?(ActionMailer)
 
-Test::Unit::TestCase.fixture_path = RAILS_ROOT + "/test/fixtures/"
-ActionController::IntegrationTest.fixture_path = Test::Unit::TestCase.fixture_path
+if defined?(ActiveRecord)
+  require 'active_record/test_case'
+  require 'active_record/fixtures'
 
-def create_fixtures(*table_names)
-  Fixtures.create_fixtures(Test::Unit::TestCase.fixture_path, table_names)
+  class ActiveSupport::TestCase
+    include ActiveRecord::TestFixtures
+    self.fixture_path = "#{RAILS_ROOT}/test/fixtures/"
+    self.use_instantiated_fixtures  = false
+    self.use_transactional_fixtures = true
+  end
+
+  ActionController::IntegrationTest.fixture_path = ActiveSupport::TestCase.fixture_path
+
+  def create_fixtures(*table_names, &block)
+    Fixtures.create_fixtures(ActiveSupport::TestCase.fixture_path, table_names, {}, &block)
+  end
 end
 
 begin