diff --git a/railties/test/application/multiple_applications_test.rb b/railties/test/application/multiple_applications_test.rb
index f8d8a673ae5a5..98707d22e41f6 100644
--- a/railties/test/application/multiple_applications_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/application/multiple_applications_test.rb
@@ -72,26 +72,26 @@ def test_initialize_new_application_with_all_previous_initialization_variables
     end
 
     def test_rake_tasks_defined_on_different_applications_go_to_the_same_class
-      $run_count = 0
+      run_count = 0
 
       application1 = AppTemplate::Application.new
       application1.rake_tasks do
-        $run_count += 1
+        run_count += 1
       end
 
       application2 = AppTemplate::Application.new
       application2.rake_tasks do
-        $run_count += 1
+        run_count += 1
       end
 
       require "#{app_path}/config/environment"
 
-      assert_equal 0, $run_count, "The count should stay at zero without any calls to the rake tasks"
+      assert_equal 0, run_count, "The count should stay at zero without any calls to the rake tasks"
       require 'rake'
       require 'rake/testtask'
       require 'rdoc/task'
       Rails.application.load_tasks
-      assert_equal 2, $run_count, "Calling a rake task should result in two increments to the count"
+      assert_equal 2, run_count, "Calling a rake task should result in two increments to the count"
     end
 
     def test_multiple_applications_can_be_initialized
@@ -100,56 +100,56 @@ def test_multiple_applications_can_be_initialized
 
     def test_initializers_run_on_different_applications_go_to_the_same_class
       application1 = AppTemplate::Application.new
-      $run_count = 0
+      run_count = 0
 
       AppTemplate::Application.initializer :init0 do
-        $run_count += 1
+        run_count += 1
       end
 
       application1.initializer :init1 do
-        $run_count += 1
+        run_count += 1
       end
 
       AppTemplate::Application.new.initializer :init2 do
-        $run_count += 1
+        run_count += 1
       end
 
-      assert_equal 0, $run_count, "Without loading the initializers, the count should be 0"
+      assert_equal 0, run_count, "Without loading the initializers, the count should be 0"
 
       # Set config.eager_load to false so that an eager_load warning doesn't pop up
       AppTemplate::Application.new { config.eager_load = false }.initialize!
 
-      assert_equal 3, $run_count, "There should have been three initializers that incremented the count"
+      assert_equal 3, run_count, "There should have been three initializers that incremented the count"
     end
 
     def test_consoles_run_on_different_applications_go_to_the_same_class
-      $run_count = 0
-      AppTemplate::Application.console { $run_count += 1 }
-      AppTemplate::Application.new.console { $run_count += 1 }
+      run_count = 0
+      AppTemplate::Application.console { run_count += 1 }
+      AppTemplate::Application.new.console { run_count += 1 }
 
-      assert_equal 0, $run_count, "Without loading the consoles, the count should be 0"
+      assert_equal 0, run_count, "Without loading the consoles, the count should be 0"
       Rails.application.load_console
-      assert_equal 2, $run_count, "There should have been two consoles that increment the count"
+      assert_equal 2, run_count, "There should have been two consoles that increment the count"
     end
 
     def test_generators_run_on_different_applications_go_to_the_same_class
-      $run_count = 0
-      AppTemplate::Application.generators { $run_count += 1 }
-      AppTemplate::Application.new.generators { $run_count += 1 }
+      run_count = 0
+      AppTemplate::Application.generators { run_count += 1 }
+      AppTemplate::Application.new.generators { run_count += 1 }
 
-      assert_equal 0, $run_count, "Without loading the generators, the count should be 0"
+      assert_equal 0, run_count, "Without loading the generators, the count should be 0"
       Rails.application.load_generators
-      assert_equal 2, $run_count, "There should have been two generators that increment the count"
+      assert_equal 2, run_count, "There should have been two generators that increment the count"
     end
 
     def test_runners_run_on_different_applications_go_to_the_same_class
-      $run_count = 0
-      AppTemplate::Application.runner { $run_count += 1 }
-      AppTemplate::Application.new.runner { $run_count += 1 }
+      run_count = 0
+      AppTemplate::Application.runner { run_count += 1 }
+      AppTemplate::Application.new.runner { run_count += 1 }
 
-      assert_equal 0, $run_count, "Without loading the runners, the count should be 0"
+      assert_equal 0, run_count, "Without loading the runners, the count should be 0"
       Rails.application.load_runner
-      assert_equal 2, $run_count, "There should have been two runners that increment the count"
+      assert_equal 2, run_count, "There should have been two runners that increment the count"
     end
 
     def test_isolate_namespace_on_an_application