diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascript_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascript_helper.rb
index 15609d52902fa..93a6e700b3be7 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascript_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascript_helper.rb
@@ -72,20 +72,6 @@ def button_to_function(name, function, html_options = {})
         }))
       end
 
-      # Returns a link that'll trigger a JavaScript +function+ using the 
-      # onclick handler.
-      #
-      # Examples:
-      #   button_to_function "Greeting", "alert('Hello world!')"
-      #   button_to_function "Delete", "if confirm('Really?'){ do_delete(); }")
-      def button_to_function(name, function, html_options = {})
-        html_options.symbolize_keys!
-        tag(:input, html_options.merge({ 
-          :type => "button", :value => name, 
-          :onclick => (html_options[:onclick] ? "#{html_options[:onclick]}; " : "") + "#{function};" 
-        }))
-      end
-
       # Includes the Action Pack JavaScript libraries inside a single <script> 
       # tag. The function first includes prototype.js and then its core extensions,
       # (determined by filenames starting with "prototype").