diff --git a/init.rb b/init.rb
index 195f392d9..dcaead04d 100644
--- a/init.rb
+++ b/init.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # the initializer defined by the Railtie won't ever run when loaded as plugin.
 
 if defined? ActiveRecord::Base
-  WillPaginate::Railtie.setup_activerecord
+  require 'will_paginate/active_record'
 end
 
 if defined? ActionController::Base
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 end
 
 if defined? ActionView::Base
-  WillPaginate::Railtie.setup_actionview
+  require 'will_paginate/view_helpers/action_view'
 end
 
 WillPaginate::Railtie.add_locale_path config
diff --git a/lib/will_paginate/active_record.rb b/lib/will_paginate/active_record.rb
index faa269822..7d944adb1 100644
--- a/lib/will_paginate/active_record.rb
+++ b/lib/will_paginate/active_record.rb
@@ -15,23 +15,6 @@ module WillPaginate
   #   @posts = Post.paginate :all, :page => params[:page], :order => 'created_at DESC'
   #
   module ActiveRecord
-    # In Rails, this is automatically called to mix-in pagination functionality to ActiveRecord.
-    def self.setup
-      ::ActiveRecord::Base.extend PerPage
-      ::ActiveRecord::Base.extend ActiveRecord::Pagination
-      ::ActiveRecord::Base.extend ActiveRecord::BaseMethods
-
-      klasses = [::ActiveRecord::Relation]
-      if defined? ::ActiveRecord::Associations::CollectionProxy
-        klasses << ::ActiveRecord::Associations::CollectionProxy
-      else
-        klasses << ::ActiveRecord::Associations::AssociationCollection
-      end
-
-      # support pagination on associations and scopes
-      klasses.each { |klass| klass.send(:include, ActiveRecord::Pagination) }
-    end
-
     # makes a Relation look like WillPaginate::Collection
     module RelationMethods
       attr_accessor :current_page
@@ -192,5 +175,20 @@ def paginate_by_sql(sql, options)
         end
       end
     end
+
+    # mix everything into Active Record
+    ::ActiveRecord::Base.extend PerPage
+    ::ActiveRecord::Base.extend Pagination
+    ::ActiveRecord::Base.extend BaseMethods
+
+    klasses = [::ActiveRecord::Relation]
+    if defined? ::ActiveRecord::Associations::CollectionProxy
+      klasses << ::ActiveRecord::Associations::CollectionProxy
+    else
+      klasses << ::ActiveRecord::Associations::AssociationCollection
+    end
+
+    # support pagination on associations and scopes
+    klasses.each { |klass| klass.send(:include, Pagination) }
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/will_paginate/railtie.rb b/lib/will_paginate/railtie.rb
index 3cb82c5f3..e89d1e399 100644
--- a/lib/will_paginate/railtie.rb
+++ b/lib/will_paginate/railtie.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module WillPaginate
   class Railtie < Rails::Railtie
     initializer "will_paginate" do |app|
       ActiveSupport.on_load :active_record do
-        WillPaginate::Railtie.setup_activerecord
+        require 'will_paginate/active_record'
       end
 
       ActiveSupport.on_load :action_controller do
@@ -13,26 +13,16 @@ class Railtie < Rails::Railtie
       end
 
       ActiveSupport.on_load :action_view do
-        WillPaginate::Railtie.setup_actionview
+        require 'will_paginate/view_helpers/action_view'
       end
 
       self.class.add_locale_path config
     end
 
-    def self.setup_activerecord
-      require 'will_paginate/active_record'
-      WillPaginate::ActiveRecord.setup
-    end
-
     def self.setup_actioncontroller
       ActionDispatch::ShowExceptions.rescue_responses['WillPaginate::InvalidPage'] = :not_found
     end
 
-    def self.setup_actionview
-      require 'will_paginate/view_helpers/action_view'
-      ::ActionView::Base.send :include, WillPaginate::ActionView
-    end
-
     def self.add_locale_path(config)
       locale_path = File.expand_path('../locale', __FILE__)
       config.i18n.railties_load_path.concat Dir["#{locale_path}/*.{rb,yml}"]
diff --git a/lib/will_paginate/view_helpers/action_view.rb b/lib/will_paginate/view_helpers/action_view.rb
index cfe502d32..ff2fe7eae 100644
--- a/lib/will_paginate/view_helpers/action_view.rb
+++ b/lib/will_paginate/view_helpers/action_view.rb
@@ -135,5 +135,7 @@ def parse_query_parameters(params)
         Rack::Utils.parse_nested_query(params)
       end
     end
+
+    ::ActionView::Base.send :include, self
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/console_fixtures.rb b/spec/console_fixtures.rb
index 1cda955b2..40b41d119 100644
--- a/spec/console_fixtures.rb
+++ b/spec/console_fixtures.rb
@@ -26,5 +26,3 @@
 # load all fixtures
 ActiverecordTestConnector::Fixtures.create_fixtures \
   ActiverecordTestConnector::FIXTURES_PATH, ActiveRecord::Base.connection.tables
-
-WillPaginate::ActiveRecord.setup
diff --git a/spec/finders/active_record_spec.rb b/spec/finders/active_record_spec.rb
index 3ac1fc65e..4def4b110 100644
--- a/spec/finders/active_record_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/finders/active_record_spec.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 require 'will_paginate/active_record'
 require File.expand_path('../activerecord_test_connector', __FILE__)
-ActiverecordTestConnector.setup
 
-WillPaginate::ActiveRecord.setup
+ActiverecordTestConnector.setup
 abort unless ActiverecordTestConnector.able_to_connect
 
 describe WillPaginate::ActiveRecord do