diff --git a/kaminari-core/lib/kaminari/helpers/helper_methods.rb b/kaminari-core/lib/kaminari/helpers/helper_methods.rb
index 295669a..896e0a1 100644
--- a/kaminari-core/lib/kaminari/helpers/helper_methods.rb
+++ b/kaminari-core/lib/kaminari/helpers/helper_methods.rb
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ module Kaminari
       #
       # It will return `nil` if there is no next page.
       def next_page_path(scope, options = {})
-        Kaminari::Helpers::NextPage.new(self, options.reverse_merge(current_page: scope.current_page)).url if scope.next_page
+        Kaminari::Helpers::NextPage.new(self, options).url if scope.next_page
       end
       alias path_to_next_page next_page_path
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ module Kaminari
       #
       # It will return `nil` if there is no previous page.
       def prev_page_path(scope, options = {})
-        Kaminari::Helpers::PrevPage.new(self, options.reverse_merge(current_page: scope.current_page)).url if scope.prev_page
+        Kaminari::Helpers::PrevPage.new(self, options).url if scope.prev_page
       end
       alias previous_page_path     prev_page_path
       alias path_to_previous_page  prev_page_path
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ module Kaminari
       # * <tt>:ANY_OTHER_VALUES</tt> - Any other hash key & values would be directly passed into each tag as :locals value.
       def paginate(scope, paginator_class: Kaminari::Helpers::Paginator, template: nil, **options)
         options[:total_pages] ||= scope.total_pages
-        options.reverse_merge! current_page: scope.current_page, per_page: scope.limit_value, remote: false
+        options.reverse_merge! per_page: scope.limit_value, remote: false
 
         paginator = paginator_class.new (template || self), options
         paginator.to_s
diff --git a/kaminari-core/lib/kaminari/helpers/paginator.rb b/kaminari-core/lib/kaminari/helpers/paginator.rb
index d89cc42..af27695 100644
--- a/kaminari-core/lib/kaminari/helpers/paginator.rb
+++ b/kaminari-core/lib/kaminari/helpers/paginator.rb
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ module Kaminari
     class Paginator < Tag
       def initialize(template, window: nil, outer_window: Kaminari.config.outer_window, left: Kaminari.config.left, right: Kaminari.config.right, inner_window: Kaminari.config.window, **options) #:nodoc:
         @window_options = {window: window || inner_window, left: left.zero? ? outer_window : left, right: right.zero? ? outer_window : right}
+        @param_name = options[:param_name] || Kaminari.config.param_name
 
         @template, @options, @theme, @views_prefix, @last = template, options, options[:theme], options[:views_prefix], nil
         @window_options.merge! @options
-        @window_options[:current_page] = @options[:current_page] = PageProxy.new(@window_options, @options[:current_page], nil)
+        @window_options[:current_page] = @options[:current_page] = PageProxy.new(@window_options, (@options[:current_page] || @template.params[@param_name] || 1).to_i, nil)
 
         #XXX Using parent template's buffer class for rendering each partial here. This might cause problems if the handler mismatches
         @output_buffer = if defined?(::ActionView::OutputBuffer)
diff --git a/kaminari-core/lib/kaminari/helpers/tags.rb b/kaminari-core/lib/kaminari/helpers/tags.rb
index 99dfebc..6c7732f 100644
--- a/kaminari-core/lib/kaminari/helpers/tags.rb
+++ b/kaminari-core/lib/kaminari/helpers/tags.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ module Kaminari
         @params = @params.with_indifferent_access
         @params.except!(*PARAM_KEY_BLACKLIST)
         @params.merge! params
+        @options[:current_page] ||= (@params[@param_name] || 1).to_i
       end
 
       def to_s(locals = {}) #:nodoc:
diff --git a/kaminari-core/lib/kaminari/models/page_scope_methods.rb b/kaminari-core/lib/kaminari/models/page_scope_methods.rb
index d5ac025..f9130ba 100644
--- a/kaminari-core/lib/kaminari/models/page_scope_methods.rb
+++ b/kaminari-core/lib/kaminari/models/page_scope_methods.rb
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ module Kaminari
 
     # Current page number
     def current_page
+      ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn "The #current_page method has been deprecated and will be made private in the " \
+                                      "next major version. This method will eventually be removed entirely once the " \
+                                      "internal code is refactored."
+
       offset_without_padding = offset_value
       offset_without_padding -= @_padding if defined?(@_padding) && @_padding
       offset_without_padding = 0 if offset_without_padding < 0
diff --git a/kaminari-core/test/helpers/action_view_extension_test.rb b/kaminari-core/test/helpers/action_view_extension_test.rb
index 232726f..0cb6b0a 100644
--- a/kaminari-core/test/helpers/action_view_extension_test.rb
+++ b/kaminari-core/test/helpers/action_view_extension_test.rb
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ if defined?(::Rails::Railtie) && defined?(::ActionView)
       end
 
       test "page: 20 (out of range)" do
+        view.params[:page] = 20
         users = User.page(20)
 
         html = view.paginate users, params: {controller: 'users', action: 'index'}
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ if defined?(::Rails::Railtie) && defined?(::ActionView)
 
       sub_test_case 'having previous pages' do
         test 'the default behaviour' do
+          view.params[:page] = 3
           users = User.page(3)
           html = view.link_to_previous_page users, 'Previous', params: {controller: 'users', action: 'index'}
           assert_match(/page=2/, html)
@@ -130,6 +132,7 @@ if defined?(::Rails::Railtie) && defined?(::ActionView)
       end
 
       test '#link_to_previous_page accepts ActionController::Parameters' do
+        view.params[:page] = 3
         users = User.page(3)
         params = ActionController::Parameters.new(controller: 'users', action: 'index', status: 'active')
 
@@ -494,6 +497,7 @@ if defined?(::Rails::Railtie) && defined?(::ActionView)
       end
 
       test 'the second page' do
+        view.params[:page] = 2
         users = User.page(2).per(10)
         html = view.rel_next_prev_link_tags users, params: {controller: 'users', action: 'index'}
 
@@ -504,6 +508,7 @@ if defined?(::Rails::Railtie) && defined?(::ActionView)
       end
 
       test 'the last page' do
+        view.params[:page] = 4
         users = User.page(4).per(10)
         html = view.rel_next_prev_link_tags users, params: {controller: 'users', action: 'index'}
 
@@ -524,6 +529,7 @@ if defined?(::Rails::Railtie) && defined?(::ActionView)
       end
 
       test 'the last page' do
+        view.params[:page] = 2
         users = User.page(2).per(1)
         assert_nil view.path_to_next_page(users, params: {controller: 'users', action: 'index'})
       end
@@ -540,11 +546,13 @@ if defined?(::Rails::Railtie) && defined?(::ActionView)
       end
 
       test 'the second page' do
+        view.params[:page] = 2
         users = User.page(2).per(1)
         assert_equal '/users', view.path_to_prev_page(users, params: {controller: 'users', action: 'index'})
       end
 
       test 'the last page' do
+        view.params[:page] = 3
         users = User.page(3).per(1)
         assert_equal'/users?page=2', view.path_to_prev_page(users, params: {controller: 'users', action: 'index'})
       end
@@ -561,6 +569,7 @@ if defined?(::Rails::Railtie) && defined?(::ActionView)
       end
 
       test 'the last page' do
+        view.params[:page] = 2
         users = User.page(2).per(1)
         assert_nil view.next_page_url(users, params: {controller: 'users', action: 'index'})
       end
@@ -577,11 +586,13 @@ if defined?(::Rails::Railtie) && defined?(::ActionView)
       end
 
       test 'the second page' do
+        view.params[:page] = 2
         users = User.page(2).per(1)
         assert_equal 'http://test.host/users', view.prev_page_url(users, params: {controller: 'users', action: 'index'})
       end
 
       test 'the last page' do
+        view.params[:page] = 3
         users = User.page(3).per(1)
         assert_equal'http://test.host/users?page=2', view.prev_page_url(users, params: {controller: 'users', action: 'index'})
       end
diff --git a/kaminari-core/test/models/active_record/scopes_test.rb b/kaminari-core/test/models/active_record/scopes_test.rb
index d852844..12ecb8a 100644
--- a/kaminari-core/test/models/active_record/scopes_test.rb
+++ b/kaminari-core/test/models/active_record/scopes_test.rb
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ if defined? ActiveRecord
           test 'page 19 per 5 padding 5' do
             relation = model_class.page(19).per(5).padding(5)
 
-            assert_equal 19, relation.current_page
             assert_equal 19, relation.total_pages
           end
 
diff --git a/kaminari-core/test/models/array_test.rb b/kaminari-core/test/models/array_test.rb
index dba6da5..5346889 100644
--- a/kaminari-core/test/models/array_test.rb
+++ b/kaminari-core/test/models/array_test.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ class PaginatableArrayTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   sub_test_case '#page' do
     def assert_first_page_of_array(arr)
       assert_equal 25, arr.count
-      assert_equal 1, arr.current_page
       assert_equal 1, arr.first
     end
 
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ class PaginatableArrayTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
       arr = @array.page 2
 
       assert_equal 25, arr.count
-      assert_equal 2, arr.current_page
       assert_equal 26, arr.first
     end
 
@@ -82,7 +80,6 @@ class PaginatableArrayTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     test 'page 19 per 5 padding 5' do
       arr = @array.page(19).per(5).padding(5)
 
-      assert_equal 19, arr.current_page
       assert_equal 19, arr.total_pages
     end
 
@@ -121,20 +118,6 @@ class PaginatableArrayTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     end
   end
 
-  sub_test_case '#current_page' do
-    test 'any page, per 0' do
-      assert_raise(Kaminari::ZeroPerPageOperation) { @array.page.per(0).current_page }
-    end
-
-    test 'page 1' do
-      assert_equal 1, @array.page(1).current_page
-    end
-
-    test 'page 2' do
-      assert_equal 2, @array.page(2).per(3).current_page
-    end
-  end
-
   sub_test_case '#next_page' do
     test 'page 1' do
       assert_equal 2, @array.page.next_page
@@ -175,7 +158,6 @@ class PaginatableArrayTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
 
       assert_equal 10, arr.count
       assert_equal 1, arr.first
-      assert_equal 5, arr.current_page
       assert_equal 9999, arr.total_count
     end
 
@@ -184,7 +166,6 @@ class PaginatableArrayTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
 
       assert_equal 10, arr.count
       assert_equal 1, arr.first
-      assert_equal 1, arr.current_page
       assert_equal 15, arr.total_count
     end
 
@@ -193,7 +174,6 @@ class PaginatableArrayTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
 
       assert_equal 5, arr.count
       assert_equal 11, arr.first
-      assert_equal 2, arr.current_page
       assert_equal 15, arr.total_count
     end
   end