diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/data_streaming.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/data_streaming.rb
index 0670a58d97..30ddf6c16e 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/data_streaming.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/data_streaming.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require 'active_support/core_ext/file/path'
 require 'action_controller/metal/exceptions'
 
 module ActionController #:nodoc:
@@ -115,7 +114,7 @@ def send_data(data, options = {}) #:doc:
     private
       def send_file_headers!(options)
         type_provided = options.has_key?(:type)
-        
+
         options.update(DEFAULT_SEND_FILE_OPTIONS.merge(options))
         [:type, :disposition].each do |arg|
           raise ArgumentError, ":#{arg} option required" if options[arg].nil?
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/streaming.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/streaming.rb
index 5fe5334458..0e46402962 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/streaming.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/streaming.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require 'active_support/core_ext/file/path'
 require 'rack/chunked'
 
 module ActionController #:nodoc:
@@ -195,7 +194,7 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
   # ==== Passenger
   #
   # To be described.
-  # 
+  #
   module Streaming
     extend ActiveSupport::Concern
 
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/file.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/file.rb
index a763447566..dc24afbe7f 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/file.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/file.rb
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 require 'active_support/core_ext/file/atomic'
-require 'active_support/core_ext/file/path'
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/file/path.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/file/path.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index b5feab80ae..0000000000
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/file/path.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-class File
-  unless File.allocate.respond_to?(:to_path)
-    alias to_path path
-  end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/ruby/shim.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/ruby/shim.rb
index 6e1e375e06..9652eb4028 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/ruby/shim.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/ruby/shim.rb
@@ -16,4 +16,3 @@
 require 'active_support/core_ext/string/encoding'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/rexml'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/time/conversions'
-require 'active_support/core_ext/file/path'
diff --git a/activesupport/test/core_ext/file_test.rb b/activesupport/test/core_ext/file_test.rb
index e1258b872e..26be694176 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/core_ext/file_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/core_ext/file_test.rb
@@ -57,10 +57,6 @@ def test_atomic_write_preserves_default_file_permissions
     File.unlink(file_name) rescue nil
   end
 
-  def test_responds_to_to_path
-    assert_equal __FILE__, File.open(__FILE__, "r").to_path
-  end
-
   private
     def file_name
       "atomic.file"