diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/stack.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/stack.rb
index 5c5362ce4a8..0e5ab507df7 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/stack.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/stack.rb
@@ -3,49 +3,15 @@ require "active_support/inflector/methods"
 module ActionDispatch
   class MiddlewareStack < Array
     class Middleware
-      def self.new(klass, *args, &block)
-        if klass.is_a?(self)
-          klass
-        else
-          super
-        end
-      end
-
       attr_reader :args, :block
 
       def initialize(klass, *args, &block)
-        @klass = klass
-
-        options = args.extract_options!
-        if options.has_key?(:if)
-          @conditional = options.delete(:if)
-        else
-          @conditional = true
-        end
-        args << options unless options.empty?
-
-        @args = args
-        @block = block
+        @klass, @args, @block = klass, args, block
       end
 
       def klass
-        if @klass.respond_to?(:new)
-          @klass
-        elsif @klass.respond_to?(:call)
-          @klass.call
-        else
-          ActiveSupport::Inflector.constantize(@klass.to_s)
-        end
-      end
-
-      def active?
-        return false unless klass
-
-        if @conditional.respond_to?(:call)
-          @conditional.call
-        else
-          @conditional
-        end
+        return @klass if @klass.respond_to?(:new)
+        @klass = ActiveSupport::Inflector.constantize(@klass.to_s)
       end
 
       def ==(middleware)
@@ -58,7 +24,7 @@ module ActionDispatch
           if lazy_compare?(@klass) && lazy_compare?(middleware)
             normalize(@klass) == normalize(middleware)
           else
-            klass.name == middleware.to_s
+            klass.name == normalize(middleware.to_s)
           end
         end
       end
@@ -68,25 +34,18 @@ module ActionDispatch
       end
 
       def build(app)
-        if block
-          klass.new(app, *build_args, &block)
-        else
-          klass.new(app, *build_args)
-        end
+        klass.new(app, *args, &block)
       end
 
-      private
-        def lazy_compare?(object)
-          object.is_a?(String) || object.is_a?(Symbol)
-        end
+    private
 
-        def normalize(object)
-          object.to_s.strip.sub(/^::/, '')
-        end
+      def lazy_compare?(object)
+        object.is_a?(String) || object.is_a?(Symbol)
+      end
 
-        def build_args
-          Array(args).map { |arg| arg.respond_to?(:call) ? arg.call : arg }
-        end
+      def normalize(object)
+        object.to_s.strip.sub(/^::/, '')
+      end
     end
 
     def initialize(*args, &block)
@@ -119,15 +78,14 @@ module ActionDispatch
     end
 
     def active
-      find_all { |middleware| middleware.active? }
+      ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn "All middlewares in the chaing are active since the laziness " << 
+        "was removed from the middleware stack", caller
     end
 
     def build(app = nil, &blk)
       app ||= blk
-
       raise "MiddlewareStack#build requires an app" unless app
-
-      active.reverse.inject(app) { |a, e| e.build(a) }
+      reverse.inject(app) { |a, e| e.build(a) }
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/actionpack/test/dispatch/middleware_stack_test.rb b/actionpack/test/dispatch/middleware_stack_test.rb
index 7cf6365af38..170c5b85650 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/dispatch/middleware_stack_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/dispatch/middleware_stack_test.rb
@@ -66,29 +66,14 @@ class MiddlewareStackTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_equal BazMiddleware, @stack[0].klass
   end
 
-  test "active returns all only enabled middleware" do
-    assert_no_difference "@stack.active.size" do
-      assert_difference "@stack.size" do
-        @stack.use BazMiddleware, :if => lambda { false }
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
   test "lazy evaluates middleware class" do
     assert_difference "@stack.size" do
-      @stack.use lambda { BazMiddleware }
+      @stack.use "MiddlewareStackTest::BazMiddleware"
     end
     assert_equal BazMiddleware, @stack.last.klass
   end
 
-  test "lazy evaluates middleware arguments" do
-    assert_difference "@stack.size" do
-      @stack.use BazMiddleware, lambda { :foo }
-    end
-    assert_equal [:foo], @stack.last.send(:build_args)
-  end
-
-  test "lazy compares so unloaded constants can be loaded" do
+  test "lazy compares so unloaded constants are not loaded" do
     @stack.use "UnknownMiddleware"
     @stack.use :"MiddlewareStackTest::BazMiddleware"
     assert @stack.include?("::MiddlewareStackTest::BazMiddleware")
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/application.rb b/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
index c588a414437..7416e94eeb0 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
@@ -124,7 +124,10 @@ module Rails
     end
 
     def app
-      @app ||= config.middleware.build(routes)
+      @app ||= begin
+        config.middleware = config.middleware.merge_into(default_middleware_stack)
+        config.middleware.build(routes)
+      end
     end
 
     def call(env)
@@ -148,6 +151,29 @@ module Rails
 
   protected
 
+    def default_middleware_stack
+      ActionDispatch::MiddlewareStack.new.tap do |middleware|
+        middleware.use ::ActionDispatch::Static, paths.public.to_a.first if config.serve_static_assets
+        middleware.use ::Rack::Lock if !config.allow_concurrency
+        middleware.use ::Rack::Runtime
+        middleware.use ::Rails::Rack::Logger
+        middleware.use ::ActionDispatch::ShowExceptions, config.consider_all_requests_local if config.action_dispatch.show_exceptions
+        middleware.use ::ActionDispatch::RemoteIp, config.action_dispatch.ip_spoofing_check, config.action_dispatch.trusted_proxies
+        middleware.use ::Rack::Sendfile, config.action_dispatch.x_sendfile_header
+        middleware.use ::ActionDispatch::Callbacks, !config.cache_classes
+        middleware.use ::ActionDispatch::Cookies
+
+        if config.session_store
+          middleware.use config.session_store, config.session_options
+          middleware.use ::ActionDispatch::Flash
+        end
+
+        middleware.use ::ActionDispatch::ParamsParser
+        middleware.use ::Rack::MethodOverride
+        middleware.use ::ActionDispatch::Head
+      end
+    end
+
     def initialize_tasks
       require "rails/tasks"
       task :environment do
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/application/bootstrap.rb b/railties/lib/rails/application/bootstrap.rb
index e62eed8a872..0a435f0f36b 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/application/bootstrap.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/application/bootstrap.rb
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ module Rails
           silence_warnings { Object.const_set "RAILS_CACHE", ActiveSupport::Cache.lookup_store(config.cache_store) }
 
           if RAILS_CACHE.respond_to?(:middleware)
-            config.middleware.insert_after(:"Rack::Lock", RAILS_CACHE.middleware)
+            config.middleware.insert_before("Rack::Runtime", RAILS_CACHE.middleware)
           end
         end
       end
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb b/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb
index f3a326f36d9..25e54e9dce6 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ module Rails
 
       attr_accessor :allow_concurrency, :cache_classes, :cache_store,
                     :encoding, :consider_all_requests_local, :dependency_loading,
-                    :filter_parameters,  :log_level, :logger,
+                    :filter_parameters,  :log_level, :logger, :middleware,
                     :plugins, :preload_frameworks, :reload_engines, :reload_plugins,
                     :secret_token, :serve_static_assets, :session_options,
                     :time_zone, :whiny_nils
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ module Rails
         @session_store = :cookie_store
         @session_options = {}
         @time_zone = "UTC"
+        @middleware = app_middleware
       end
 
       def encoding=(value)
@@ -41,10 +42,6 @@ module Rails
         end
       end
 
-      def middleware
-        @middleware ||= app_middleware.merge_into(default_middleware_stack)
-      end
-
       def paths
         @paths ||= begin
           paths = super
@@ -134,27 +131,6 @@ module Rails
           @session_options = args.shift || {}
         end
       end
-
-    protected
-
-      def default_middleware_stack
-        ActionDispatch::MiddlewareStack.new.tap do |middleware|
-          middleware.use('::ActionDispatch::Static', lambda { paths.public.to_a.first }, :if => lambda { serve_static_assets })
-          middleware.use('::Rack::Lock', :if => lambda { !allow_concurrency })
-          middleware.use('::Rack::Runtime')
-          middleware.use('::Rails::Rack::Logger')
-          middleware.use('::ActionDispatch::ShowExceptions', lambda { consider_all_requests_local }, :if => lambda { action_dispatch.show_exceptions })
-          middleware.use('::ActionDispatch::RemoteIp', lambda { action_dispatch.ip_spoofing_check }, lambda { action_dispatch.trusted_proxies })
-          middleware.use('::Rack::Sendfile', lambda { action_dispatch.x_sendfile_header })
-          middleware.use('::ActionDispatch::Callbacks', lambda { !cache_classes })
-          middleware.use('::ActionDispatch::Cookies')
-          middleware.use(lambda { session_store }, lambda { session_options })
-          middleware.use('::ActionDispatch::Flash', :if => lambda { session_store })
-          middleware.use('::ActionDispatch::ParamsParser')
-          middleware.use('::Rack::MethodOverride')
-          middleware.use('::ActionDispatch::Head')
-        end
-      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/tasks/middleware.rake b/railties/lib/rails/tasks/middleware.rake
index 251da67c96c..e6709893458 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/tasks/middleware.rake
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/tasks/middleware.rake
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 desc 'Prints out your Rack middleware stack'
 task :middleware => :environment do
-  Rails.configuration.middleware.active.each do |middleware|
+  Rails.configuration.middleware.each do |middleware|
     puts "use #{middleware.inspect}"
   end
   puts "run #{Rails::Application.instance.class.name}.routes"
diff --git a/railties/test/application/middleware_test.rb b/railties/test/application/middleware_test.rb
index 78e7c396601..bab17d8af55 100644
--- a/railties/test/application/middleware_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/application/middleware_test.rb
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ module ApplicationTests
       end
 
       def middleware
-        AppTemplate::Application.middleware.active.map(&:klass).map(&:name)
+        AppTemplate::Application.middleware.map(&:klass).map(&:name)
       end
 
       def remote_ip(env = {})
diff --git a/railties/test/generators/integration_test_generator_test.rb b/railties/test/generators/integration_test_generator_test.rb
index cf282a0911a..d05ed76d240 100644
--- a/railties/test/generators/integration_test_generator_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/generators/integration_test_generator_test.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ class IntegrationTestGeneratorTest < Rails::Generators::TestCase
 
   def test_integration_test_skeleton_is_created
     run_generator
-    assert_file "test/integration/integration_test.rb", /class IntegrationTest < ActionController::IntegrationTest/
+    assert_file "test/integration/integration_test.rb", /class IntegrationTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest/
   end
 end
diff --git a/railties/test/generators/performance_test_generator_test.rb b/railties/test/generators/performance_test_generator_test.rb
index 8fda83b36f7..37f9857193a 100644
--- a/railties/test/generators/performance_test_generator_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/generators/performance_test_generator_test.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ class PerformanceTestGeneratorTest < Rails::Generators::TestCase
 
   def test_performance_test_skeleton_is_created
     run_generator
-    assert_file "test/performance/performance_test.rb", /class PerformanceTest < ActionController::PerformanceTest/
+    assert_file "test/performance/performance_test.rb", /class PerformanceTest < ActionDispatch::PerformanceTest/
   end
 end