diff --git a/app/models/application_setting.rb b/app/models/application_setting.rb
index b78375d0bc8ce499a14cfa940381b7ba1578ddf3..e33a58d3771bf1933bafddbdb738228c95cb5e12 100644
--- a/app/models/application_setting.rb
+++ b/app/models/application_setting.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,49 @@ class ApplicationSetting < ActiveRecord::Base
                             [\r\n]          # any number of newline characters
                           }x
 
+  DEFAULTS_CE = {
+    after_sign_up_text: nil,
+    akismet_enabled: false,
+    container_registry_token_expire_delay: 5,
+    default_branch_protection: Settings.gitlab['default_branch_protection'],
+    default_project_visibility: Settings.gitlab.default_projects_features['visibility_level'],
+    default_projects_limit: Settings.gitlab['default_projects_limit'],
+    default_snippet_visibility: Settings.gitlab.default_projects_features['visibility_level'],
+    disabled_oauth_sign_in_sources: [],
+    domain_whitelist: Settings.gitlab['domain_whitelist'],
+    gravatar_enabled: Settings.gravatar['enabled'],
+    help_page_text: nil,
+    housekeeping_bitmaps_enabled: true,
+    housekeeping_enabled: true,
+    housekeeping_full_repack_period: 50,
+    housekeeping_gc_period: 200,
+    housekeeping_incremental_repack_period: 10,
+    import_sources: Gitlab::ImportSources.values,
+    koding_enabled: false,
+    koding_url: nil,
+    max_artifacts_size: Settings.artifacts['max_size'],
+    max_attachment_size: Settings.gitlab['max_attachment_size'],
+    plantuml_enabled: false,
+    plantuml_url: nil,
+    recaptcha_enabled: false,
+    repository_checks_enabled: true,
+    repository_storages: ['default'],
+    require_two_factor_authentication: false,
+    restricted_visibility_levels: Settings.gitlab['restricted_visibility_levels'],
+    session_expire_delay: Settings.gitlab['session_expire_delay'],
+    send_user_confirmation_email: false,
+    shared_runners_enabled: Settings.gitlab_ci['shared_runners_enabled'],
+    shared_runners_text: nil,
+    sidekiq_throttling_enabled: false,
+    sign_in_text: nil,
+    signin_enabled: Settings.gitlab['signin_enabled'],
+    signup_enabled: Settings.gitlab['signup_enabled'],
+    two_factor_grace_period: 48,
+    user_default_external: false
+  }
+
+  DEFAULTS = DEFAULTS_CE
+
   serialize :restricted_visibility_levels
   serialize :import_sources
   serialize :disabled_oauth_sign_in_sources, Array
@@ -148,53 +191,6 @@ class ApplicationSetting < ActiveRecord::Base
     Rails.cache.write(CACHE_KEY, self)
   end
 
-  def self.defaults_ce
-    {
-      after_sign_up_text: nil,
-      akismet_enabled: false,
-      container_registry_token_expire_delay: 5,
-      default_branch_protection: Settings.gitlab['default_branch_protection'],
-      default_project_visibility: Settings.gitlab.default_projects_features['visibility_level'],
-      default_projects_limit: Settings.gitlab['default_projects_limit'],
-      default_snippet_visibility: Settings.gitlab.default_projects_features['visibility_level'],
-      disabled_oauth_sign_in_sources: [],
-      domain_whitelist: Settings.gitlab['domain_whitelist'],
-      gravatar_enabled: Settings.gravatar['enabled'],
-      help_page_text: nil,
-      housekeeping_bitmaps_enabled: true,
-      housekeeping_enabled: true,
-      housekeeping_full_repack_period: 50,
-      housekeeping_gc_period: 200,
-      housekeeping_incremental_repack_period: 10,
-      import_sources: Gitlab::ImportSources.values,
-      koding_enabled: false,
-      koding_url: nil,
-      max_artifacts_size: Settings.artifacts['max_size'],
-      max_attachment_size: Settings.gitlab['max_attachment_size'],
-      plantuml_enabled: false,
-      plantuml_url: nil,
-      recaptcha_enabled: false,
-      repository_checks_enabled: true,
-      repository_storages: ['default'],
-      require_two_factor_authentication: false,
-      restricted_visibility_levels: Settings.gitlab['restricted_visibility_levels'],
-      session_expire_delay: Settings.gitlab['session_expire_delay'],
-      send_user_confirmation_email: false,
-      shared_runners_enabled: Settings.gitlab_ci['shared_runners_enabled'],
-      shared_runners_text: nil,
-      sidekiq_throttling_enabled: false,
-      sign_in_text: nil,
-      signin_enabled: Settings.gitlab['signin_enabled'],
-      signup_enabled: Settings.gitlab['signup_enabled'],
-      two_factor_grace_period: 48,
-      user_default_external: false
-    }
-  end
-
-  def self.defaults
-    defaults_ce
-  end
-
   def self.current
     Rails.cache.fetch(CACHE_KEY) do
       ApplicationSetting.last
@@ -210,7 +206,7 @@ class ApplicationSetting < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def self.create_from_defaults
-    create(defaults)
+    create(DEFAULTS)
   end
 
   def home_page_url_column_exist
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/current_settings.rb b/lib/gitlab/current_settings.rb
index e20f5f6f5143f747e483a51844a37520fd3357d5..c79e17b57ee7c497f9dfd221b4ceb6fc86bebf5a 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/current_settings.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/current_settings.rb
@@ -30,15 +30,15 @@ module Gitlab
     end
 
     def in_memory_application_settings
-      @in_memory_application_settings ||= ::ApplicationSetting.new(::ApplicationSetting.defaults)
+      @in_memory_application_settings ||= ApplicationSetting.new(ApplicationSetting::DEFAULTS)
     # In case migrations the application_settings table is not created yet,
     # we fallback to a simple OpenStruct
-    rescue ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid, ActiveRecord::UnknownAttributeError
+    rescue ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid
       fake_application_settings
     end
 
     def fake_application_settings
-      OpenStruct.new(::ApplicationSetting.defaults)
+      OpenStruct.new(ApplicationSetting::DEFAULTS)
     end
 
     private