diff --git a/railties/test/application/loading_test.rb b/railties/test/application/loading_test.rb
index 38f96f3ab9c..c75a25bc6f8 100644
--- a/railties/test/application/loading_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/application/loading_test.rb
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ class LoadingTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert Rails.application.initialized?
   end
 
-  protected
+  private
 
     def setup_ar!
       ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(adapter: "sqlite3", database: ":memory:")
diff --git a/railties/test/generators/actions_test.rb b/railties/test/generators/actions_test.rb
index 0a26897a4d7..360e8e97d70 100644
--- a/railties/test/generators/actions_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/generators/actions_test.rb
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ F
     assert_equal("", action(:log, :yes, "YES"))
   end
 
-  protected
+  private
 
     def action(*args, &block)
       capture(:stdout) { generator.send(*args, &block) }
diff --git a/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb b/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
index 9285a9f091f..079ee3765c7 100644
--- a/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ class AppGeneratorTest < Rails::Generators::TestCase
     assert_equal 3, @sequence_step
   end
 
-  protected
+  private
 
     def stub_rails_application(root)
       Rails.application.config.root = root
diff --git a/railties/test/generators/named_base_test.rb b/railties/test/generators/named_base_test.rb
index 0258b3b9d7f..3015b5363bb 100644
--- a/railties/test/generators/named_base_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/generators/named_base_test.rb
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class NamedBaseTest < Rails::Generators::TestCase
     assert_name g, "admin.foos",  :controller_i18n_scope
   end
 
-  protected
+  private
 
     def assert_name(generator, value, method)
       assert_equal value, generator.send(method)
diff --git a/railties/test/generators/plugin_generator_test.rb b/railties/test/generators/plugin_generator_test.rb
index a0018dc7827..9921a803428 100644
--- a/railties/test/generators/plugin_generator_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/generators/plugin_generator_test.rb
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ class PluginGeneratorTest < Rails::Generators::TestCase
     end
   end
 
-  protected
+  private
 
     def action(*args, &block)
       silence(:stdout) { generator.send(*args, &block) }
diff --git a/railties/test/rails_info_test.rb b/railties/test/rails_info_test.rb
index 59e79de41a6..9f4c5bb025b 100644
--- a/railties/test/rails_info_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/rails_info_test.rb
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class InfoTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     end
   end
 
-  protected
+  private
     def properties
       Rails::Info.properties
     end