diff --git a/railties/CHANGELOG.md b/railties/CHANGELOG.md
index 8963f6e604..aadf24a125 100644
--- a/railties/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/railties/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@
 
     *Ben Pickles*
 
-*   Include `web-console` into newly generated applications' Gemfile.
-
-    *Genadi Samokovarov*
-
 *   `rails server` will only extend the logger to output to STDOUT
      in development environment.
 
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
index 1a270a6c8c..6448e5eda9 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ def gemfile_entries
           assets_gemfile_entry,
           javascript_gemfile_entry,
           jbuilder_gemfile_entry,
-          webconsole_gemfile_entry,
           sdoc_gemfile_entry,
           @extra_entries].flatten.find_all(&@gem_filter)
       end
@@ -261,11 +260,6 @@ def jbuilder_gemfile_entry
         GemfileEntry.version('jbuilder', '~> 1.2', comment)
       end
 
-      def webconsole_gemfile_entry
-        comment = 'Run `rails console` in the browser. Read more: https://github.com/rails/web-console'
-        GemfileEntry.new('web-console', nil, comment, group: :development)
-      end
-
       def sdoc_gemfile_entry
         comment = 'bundle exec rake doc:rails generates the API under doc/api.'
         GemfileEntry.new('sdoc', nil, comment, { group: :doc, require: false })
diff --git a/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb b/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
index 39d4acb7b2..cbcfe48f71 100644
--- a/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
@@ -313,11 +313,6 @@ def test_javascript_is_skipped_if_required
     end
   end
 
-  def test_inclusion_of_web_console
-    run_generator
-    assert_file "Gemfile", /gem 'web-console', \s+group: :development/
-  end
-
   def test_inclusion_of_jbuilder
     run_generator
     assert_file "Gemfile", /gem 'jbuilder'/