diff --git a/activerecord/test/models/pirate.rb b/activerecord/test/models/pirate.rb
index bcf23f0..d2c061c 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/models/pirate.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/models/pirate.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class Pirate < ActiveRecord::Base
   has_many :treasure_estimates, :through => :treasures, :source => :price_estimates
 
   # These both have :autosave enabled because accepts_nested_attributes_for is used on them.
-  has_one :ship, :validate => true
+  has_one :ship
   has_one :non_validated_ship, :class_name => 'Ship'
   has_many :birds
   has_many :birds_with_method_callbacks, :class_name => "Bird",
diff --git a/activerecord/test/models/ship.rb b/activerecord/test/models/ship.rb
index d0df951..06759d6 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/models/ship.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/models/ship.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 class Ship < ActiveRecord::Base
   self.record_timestamps = false
 
-  belongs_to :pirate, :validate => true
+  belongs_to :pirate
   has_many :parts, :class_name => 'ShipPart', :autosave => true
 
   accepts_nested_attributes_for :pirate, :allow_destroy => true, :reject_if => proc { |attributes| attributes.empty? }