diff --git a/lib/puppet/indirector/catalog/compiler.rb b/lib/puppet/indirector/catalog/compiler.rb
index f4c40812d..dced27868 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/indirector/catalog/compiler.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/indirector/catalog/compiler.rb
@@ -1,171 +1,165 @@
 require 'puppet/node'
 require 'puppet/resource/catalog'
 require 'puppet/indirector/code'
 require 'yaml'
 
 class Puppet::Resource::Catalog::Compiler < Puppet::Indirector::Code
   desc "Puppet's catalog compilation interface, and its back-end is
     Puppet's compiler"
 
   include Puppet::Util
 
   attr_accessor :code
 
   def extract_facts_from_request(request)
     return unless text_facts = request.options[:facts]
     raise ArgumentError, "Facts but no fact format provided for #{request.name}" unless format = request.options[:facts_format]
 
     # If the facts were encoded as yaml, then the param reconstitution system
     # in Network::HTTP::Handler will automagically deserialize the value.
     if text_facts.is_a?(Puppet::Node::Facts)
       facts = text_facts
     else
       facts = Puppet::Node::Facts.convert_from(format, text_facts)
     end
     facts.add_timestamp
     Puppet::Node::Facts.indirection.save(facts)
   end
 
   # Compile a node's catalog.
   def find(request)
     extract_facts_from_request(request)
 
     node = node_from_request(request)
 
     if catalog = compile(node)
       return catalog
     else
       # This shouldn't actually happen; we should either return
       # a config or raise an exception.
       return nil
     end
   end
 
   # filter-out a catalog to remove exported resources
   def filter(catalog)
     return catalog.filter { |r| r.virtual? } if catalog.respond_to?(:filter)
     catalog
   end
 
   def initialize
     set_server_facts
-    setup_database_backend if Puppet[:storeconfigs]
   end
 
   # Is our compiler part of a network, or are we just local?
   def networked?
     Puppet.run_mode.master?
   end
 
   private
 
   # Add any extra data necessary to the node.
   def add_node_data(node)
     # Merge in our server-side facts, so they can be used during compilation.
     node.merge(@server_facts)
   end
 
   # Compile the actual catalog.
   def compile(node)
     str = "Compiled catalog for #{node.name}"
     str += " in environment #{node.environment}" if node.environment
     config = nil
 
     loglevel = networked? ? :notice : :none
 
     benchmark(loglevel, str) do
       begin
         config = Puppet::Parser::Compiler.compile(node)
       rescue Puppet::Error => detail
         Puppet.err(detail.to_s) if networked?
         raise
       end
     end
 
     config
   end
 
   # Turn our host name into a node object.
   def find_node(name)
     begin
       return nil unless node = Puppet::Node.indirection.find(name)
     rescue => detail
       puts detail.backtrace if Puppet[:trace]
       raise Puppet::Error, "Failed when searching for node #{name}: #{detail}"
     end
 
 
     # Add any external data to the node.
     add_node_data(node)
 
     node
   end
 
   # Extract the node from the request, or use the request
   # to find the node.
   def node_from_request(request)
     if node = request.options[:use_node]
       return node
     end
 
     # We rely on our authorization system to determine whether the connected
     # node is allowed to compile the catalog's node referenced by key.
     # By default the REST authorization system makes sure only the connected node
     # can compile his catalog.
     # This allows for instance monitoring systems or puppet-load to check several
     # node's catalog with only one certificate and a modification to auth.conf 
     # If no key is provided we can only compile the currently connected node.
     name = request.key || request.node
     if node = find_node(name)
       return node
     end
 
     raise ArgumentError, "Could not find node '#{name}'; cannot compile"
   end
 
   # Initialize our server fact hash; we add these to each client, and they
   # won't change while we're running, so it's safe to cache the values.
   def set_server_facts
     @server_facts = {}
 
     # Add our server version to the fact list
     @server_facts["serverversion"] = Puppet.version.to_s
 
     # And then add the server name and IP
     {"servername" => "fqdn",
       "serverip" => "ipaddress"
     }.each do |var, fact|
       if value = Facter.value(fact)
         @server_facts[var] = value
       else
         Puppet.warning "Could not retrieve fact #{fact}"
       end
     end
 
     if @server_facts["servername"].nil?
       host = Facter.value(:hostname)
       if domain = Facter.value(:domain)
         @server_facts["servername"] = [host, domain].join(".")
       else
         @server_facts["servername"] = host
       end
     end
   end
 
-  def setup_database_backend
-    raise Puppet::Error, "Rails is missing; cannot store configurations" unless Puppet.features.rails?
-    Puppet::Rails.init
-  end
-
   # Mark that the node has checked in. LAK:FIXME this needs to be moved into
   # the Node class, or somewhere that's got abstract backends.
   def update_node_check(node)
     if Puppet.features.rails? and Puppet[:storeconfigs]
       Puppet::Rails.connect
 
       host = Puppet::Rails::Host.find_or_create_by_name(node.name)
       host.last_freshcheck = Time.now
       host.save
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/unit/indirector/catalog/compiler_spec.rb b/spec/unit/indirector/catalog/compiler_spec.rb
index ea0e98e80..3c559e3bb 100755
--- a/spec/unit/indirector/catalog/compiler_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/indirector/catalog/compiler_spec.rb
@@ -1,279 +1,261 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env rspec
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 require 'puppet/indirector/catalog/compiler'
 require 'puppet/rails'
 
 describe Puppet::Resource::Catalog::Compiler do
   before do
     require 'puppet/rails'
     Puppet::Rails.stubs(:init)
     Facter.stubs(:to_hash).returns({})
     Facter.stubs(:value).returns(Facter::Util::Fact.new("something"))
   end
 
   describe "when initializing" do
     before do
       Puppet.expects(:version).returns(1)
       Facter.expects(:value).with('fqdn').returns("my.server.com")
       Facter.expects(:value).with('ipaddress').returns("my.ip.address")
     end
 
     it "should gather data about itself" do
       Puppet::Resource::Catalog::Compiler.new
     end
 
     it "should cache the server metadata and reuse it" do
       compiler = Puppet::Resource::Catalog::Compiler.new
       node1 = stub 'node1', :merge => nil
       node2 = stub 'node2', :merge => nil
       compiler.stubs(:compile)
       Puppet::Node.indirection.stubs(:find).with('node1').returns(node1)
       Puppet::Node.indirection.stubs(:find).with('node2').returns(node2)
 
       compiler.find(stub('request', :key => 'node1', :node => 'node1', :options => {}))
       compiler.find(stub('node2request', :key => 'node2', :node => 'node2', :options => {}))
     end
 
     it "should provide a method for determining if the catalog is networked" do
       compiler = Puppet::Resource::Catalog::Compiler.new
       compiler.should respond_to(:networked?)
     end
-
-    describe "and storeconfigs is enabled" do
-      before do
-        Puppet.settings.expects(:value).with(:storeconfigs).returns true
-      end
-
-      it "should initialize Rails if it is available" do
-        Puppet.features.expects(:rails?).returns true
-        Puppet::Rails.expects(:init)
-        Puppet::Resource::Catalog::Compiler.new
-      end
-
-      it "should fail if Rails is unavailable" do
-        Puppet.features.expects(:rails?).returns false
-        Puppet::Rails.expects(:init).never
-        lambda { Puppet::Resource::Catalog::Compiler.new }.should raise_error(Puppet::Error)
-      end
-    end
   end
 
   describe "when finding catalogs" do
     before do
       Facter.stubs(:value).returns("whatever")
 
       @compiler = Puppet::Resource::Catalog::Compiler.new
       @name = "me"
       @node = Puppet::Node.new @name
       @node.stubs(:merge)
       Puppet::Node.indirection.stubs(:find).returns @node
       @request = stub 'request', :key => @name, :node => @name, :options => {}
     end
 
     it "should directly use provided nodes" do
       Puppet::Node.indirection.expects(:find).never
       @compiler.expects(:compile).with(@node)
       @request.stubs(:options).returns(:use_node => @node)
       @compiler.find(@request)
     end
 
     it "should use the authenticated node name if no request key is provided" do
       @request.stubs(:key).returns(nil)
       Puppet::Node.indirection.expects(:find).with(@name).returns(@node)
       @compiler.expects(:compile).with(@node)
       @compiler.find(@request)
     end
 
     it "should use the provided node name by default" do
       @request.expects(:key).returns "my_node"
 
       Puppet::Node.indirection.expects(:find).with("my_node").returns @node
       @compiler.expects(:compile).with(@node)
       @compiler.find(@request)
     end
 
     it "should fail if no node is passed and none can be found" do
       Puppet::Node.indirection.stubs(:find).with(@name).returns(nil)
       proc { @compiler.find(@request) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
     end
 
     it "should fail intelligently when searching for a node raises an exception" do
       Puppet::Node.indirection.stubs(:find).with(@name).raises "eh"
       proc { @compiler.find(@request) }.should raise_error(Puppet::Error)
     end
 
     it "should pass the found node to the compiler for compiling" do
       Puppet::Node.indirection.expects(:find).with(@name).returns(@node)
       config = mock 'config'
       Puppet::Parser::Compiler.expects(:compile).with(@node)
       @compiler.find(@request)
     end
 
     it "should extract and save any facts from the request" do
       Puppet::Node.indirection.expects(:find).with(@name).returns @node
       @compiler.expects(:extract_facts_from_request).with(@request)
       Puppet::Parser::Compiler.stubs(:compile)
       @compiler.find(@request)
     end
 
     it "should return the results of compiling as the catalog" do
       Puppet::Node.indirection.stubs(:find).returns(@node)
       config = mock 'config'
       result = mock 'result'
 
       Puppet::Parser::Compiler.expects(:compile).returns result
       @compiler.find(@request).should equal(result)
     end
 
     it "should benchmark the compile process" do
       Puppet::Node.indirection.stubs(:find).returns(@node)
       @compiler.stubs(:networked?).returns(true)
       @compiler.expects(:benchmark).with do |level, message|
         level == :notice and message =~ /^Compiled catalog/
       end
       Puppet::Parser::Compiler.stubs(:compile)
       @compiler.find(@request)
     end
 
     it "should log the benchmark result" do
       Puppet::Node.indirection.stubs(:find).returns(@node)
       @compiler.stubs(:networked?).returns(true)
       Puppet::Parser::Compiler.stubs(:compile)
 
       Puppet.expects(:notice).with { |msg| msg =~ /Compiled catalog/ }
 
       @compiler.find(@request)
     end
   end
 
   describe "when extracting facts from the request" do
     before do
       Facter.stubs(:value).returns "something"
       @compiler = Puppet::Resource::Catalog::Compiler.new
       @request = stub 'request', :options => {}
 
       @facts = Puppet::Node::Facts.new('hostname', "fact" => "value", "architecture" => "i386")
       Puppet::Node::Facts.indirection.stubs(:save).returns(nil)
     end
 
     it "should do nothing if no facts are provided" do
       Puppet::Node::Facts.indirection.expects(:convert_from).never
       @request.options[:facts] = nil
 
       @compiler.extract_facts_from_request(@request)
     end
 
     it "should use the Facts class to deserialize the provided facts and update the timestamp" do
       @request.options[:facts_format] = "foo"
       @request.options[:facts] = "bar"
       Puppet::Node::Facts.expects(:convert_from).returns @facts
 
       @facts.timestamp = Time.parse('2010-11-01')
       @now = Time.parse('2010-11-02')
       Time.expects(:now).returns(@now)
 
       @compiler.extract_facts_from_request(@request)
       @facts.timestamp.should == @now
     end
 
     it "should use the provided fact format" do
       @request.options[:facts_format] = "foo"
       @request.options[:facts] = "bar"
       Puppet::Node::Facts.expects(:convert_from).with { |format, text| format == "foo" }.returns @facts
 
       @compiler.extract_facts_from_request(@request)
     end
 
     it "should convert the facts into a fact instance and save it" do
       @request.options[:facts_format] = "foo"
       @request.options[:facts] = "bar"
       Puppet::Node::Facts.expects(:convert_from).returns @facts
 
       Puppet::Node::Facts.indirection.expects(:save).with(@facts)
 
       @compiler.extract_facts_from_request(@request)
     end
   end
 
   describe "when finding nodes" do
     before do
       Facter.stubs(:value).returns("whatever")
       @compiler = Puppet::Resource::Catalog::Compiler.new
       @name = "me"
       @node = mock 'node'
       @request = stub 'request', :key => @name, :options => {}
       @compiler.stubs(:compile)
     end
 
     it "should look node information up via the Node class with the provided key" do
       @node.stubs :merge
       Puppet::Node.indirection.expects(:find).with(@name).returns(@node)
       @compiler.find(@request)
     end
   end
 
   describe "after finding nodes" do
     before do
       Puppet.expects(:version).returns(1)
       Facter.expects(:value).with('fqdn').returns("my.server.com")
       Facter.expects(:value).with('ipaddress').returns("my.ip.address")
       @compiler = Puppet::Resource::Catalog::Compiler.new
       @name = "me"
       @node = mock 'node'
       @request = stub 'request', :key => @name, :options => {}
       @compiler.stubs(:compile)
       Puppet::Node.indirection.stubs(:find).with(@name).returns(@node)
     end
 
     it "should add the server's Puppet version to the node's parameters as 'serverversion'" do
       @node.expects(:merge).with { |args| args["serverversion"] == "1" }
       @compiler.find(@request)
     end
 
     it "should add the server's fqdn to the node's parameters as 'servername'" do
       @node.expects(:merge).with { |args| args["servername"] == "my.server.com" }
       @compiler.find(@request)
     end
 
     it "should add the server's IP address to the node's parameters as 'serverip'" do
       @node.expects(:merge).with { |args| args["serverip"] == "my.ip.address" }
       @compiler.find(@request)
     end
   end
 
   describe "when filtering resources" do
     before :each do
       Facter.stubs(:value)
       @compiler = Puppet::Resource::Catalog::Compiler.new
       @catalog = stub_everything 'catalog'
       @catalog.stubs(:respond_to?).with(:filter).returns(true)
     end
 
     it "should delegate to the catalog instance filtering" do
       @catalog.expects(:filter)
       @compiler.filter(@catalog)
     end
 
     it "should filter out virtual resources" do
       resource = mock 'resource', :virtual? => true
       @catalog.stubs(:filter).yields(resource)
 
       @compiler.filter(@catalog)
     end
 
     it "should return the same catalog if it doesn't support filtering" do
       @catalog.stubs(:respond_to?).with(:filter).returns(false)
 
       @compiler.filter(@catalog).should == @catalog
     end
 
     it "should return the filtered catalog" do
       catalog = stub 'filtered catalog'
       @catalog.stubs(:filter).returns(catalog)
 
       @compiler.filter(@catalog).should == catalog
     end
 
   end
 end