diff --git a/test/dummy/app/models/user.rb b/test/dummy/app/models/user.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/test/dummy/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/test/dummy/app/models/user.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class User < ActiveRecord::Base
-  serialize :preferences, Hash.new(favorite_color: "circulian", favorite_animal: "platypus")
+  serialize :preferences
 
   validates :email, presence: true, :length => { minimum: 5 }
removing preferences defaults from user model in test app