diff --git a/app/models/mixins/miq_web_server_worker_mixin.rb b/app/models/mixins/miq_web_server_worker_mixin.rb
index 8d7c95e0e85..b0fca628707 100644
--- a/app/models/mixins/miq_web_server_worker_mixin.rb
+++ b/app/models/mixins/miq_web_server_worker_mixin.rb
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ def configure_secret_token(token = MiqDatabase.first.session_secret_token)
       return if Rails.application.config.secret_key_base
 
       Rails.application.config.secret_key_base = token
-
-      # To set a secret token after the Rails.application is initialized,
-      # we need to reset the secrets since they are cached:
-      # https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/4-2-stable/railties/lib/rails/application.rb#L386-L401
-      Rails.application.secrets = nil
     end
 
     def rails_server
diff --git a/spec/models/firmware_registry/rest_api_depot_spec.rb b/spec/models/firmware_registry/rest_api_depot_spec.rb
index 9b9193d1ce8..e673af0423f 100644
--- a/spec/models/firmware_registry/rest_api_depot_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/firmware_registry/rest_api_depot_spec.rb
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
     VCR.turn_on!
   end
 
-  let(:host) { Rails.application.secrets.fwreg_rest_api_depot.try(:[], 'host') || 'host' }
-  let(:user) { Rails.application.secrets.fwreg_rest_api_depot.try(:[], 'userid') || 'username' }
-  let(:pass) { Rails.application.secrets.fwreg_rest_api_depot.try(:[], 'password') || 'password' }
+  let(:host) { Rails.application.credentials.fwreg_rest_api_depot.try(:[], 'host') || 'host' }
+  let(:user) { Rails.application.credentials.fwreg_rest_api_depot.try(:[], 'userid') || 'username' }
+  let(:pass) { Rails.application.credentials.fwreg_rest_api_depot.try(:[], 'password') || 'password' }
   let(:url) { "http://#{host}/images/" }
 
   describe '.fetch_from_remote' do
diff --git a/spec/models/mixins/miq_web_server_worker_mixin_spec.rb b/spec/models/mixins/miq_web_server_worker_mixin_spec.rb
index 84c5d5264c9..58ce69a9696 100644
--- a/spec/models/mixins/miq_web_server_worker_mixin_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/mixins/miq_web_server_worker_mixin_spec.rb
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@
   end
 
   before do
-    @token   = Rails.application.config.secret_key_base
-    @secrets = Rails.application.secrets
+    @token = Rails.application.config.secret_key_base
+    @credentials = Rails.application.credentials
     MiqDatabase.seed
   end
 
   after do
     Rails.application.config.secret_key_base = @token
-    Rails.application.secrets = @secrets
+    Rails.application.credentials = @credentials
   end
 
   it ".configure_secret_token defaults to MiqDatabase session_secret_token" do
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
   it ".configure_secret_token does not reset secrets when token already configured" do
     existing_value = SecureRandom.hex(64)
     Rails.application.config.secret_key_base = existing_value
-    Rails.application.secrets = nil
-    Rails.application.secrets
+    Rails.application.credentials = nil
+    Rails.application.credentials
 
     test_class.configure_secret_token
     expect(Rails.application.config.secret_key_base).to eq(existing_value)