diff --git a/railties/lib/generators/rails/app/templates/public/index.html b/railties/lib/generators/rails/app/templates/public/index.html
index ef916f9c5a5a1..836da1b68907f 100644
--- a/railties/lib/generators/rails/app/templates/public/index.html
+++ b/railties/lib/generators/rails/app/templates/public/index.html
@@ -181,27 +181,27 @@
       }
 
     </style>
-    <script type="text/javascript" src="javascripts/prototype.js"></script>
-    <script type="text/javascript" src="javascripts/effects.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript">
       function about() {
-        if (Element.empty('about-content')) {
-          new Ajax.Updater('about-content', 'rails/info/properties', {
-            method:     'get',
-            onFailure:  function() {Element.classNames('about-content').add('failure')},
-            onComplete: function() {new Effect.BlindDown('about-content', {duration: 0.25})}
-          });
-        } else {
-          new Effect[Element.visible('about-content') ?
-            'BlindUp' : 'BlindDown']('about-content', {duration: 0.25});
-        }
+        info = document.getElementById('about-content');
+        if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
+          { xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(); }
+        else
+          { xhr = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); }
+        xhr.open("GET","rails/info/properties",false);
+        xhr.send("");
+        info.innerHTML = xhr.responseText;
+        info.style.display = 'block'
+      }
+
+      function prepend() {
+        search = document.getElementById('search-text');
+        text = search.value;
+        search.value = 'site:rubyonrails.org ' + text;
       }
 
       window.onload = function() {
-        $('search-text').value = '';
-        $('search').onsubmit = function() {
-          $('search-text').value = 'site:rubyonrails.org ' + $F('search-text');
-        }
+        document.getElementById('search-text').value = '';
       }
     </script>
   </head>
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
       <div id="sidebar">
         <ul id="sidebar-items">
           <li>
-            <form id="search" action="http://www.google.com/search" method="get">
+            <form id="search" action="http://www.google.com/search" method="get" onSubmit="prepend();">
               <input type="hidden" name="hl" value="en" />
               <input type="text" id="search-text" name="q" value="site:rubyonrails.org " />
               <input type="submit" value="Search" /> the Rails site