diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascript_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascript_helper.rb
index ee6481b86d..02d0a88189 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascript_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascript_helper.rb
@@ -189,24 +189,21 @@ module ActionView
 
     protected
       def convert_options_to_javascript!(html_options, url = '')
-        confirm, popup = html_options.delete("confirm"), html_options.delete("popup")
+        confirm = html_options.delete("confirm")
+
+        if html_options.key?("popup")
+          ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn(":popup has been deprecated", caller)
+        end
 
         method, href = html_options.delete("method"), html_options['href']
 
-        if popup && method
-          raise ActionView::ActionViewError, "You can't use :popup and :method in the same link"
-        elsif confirm && popup
-          add_confirm_to_attributes!(html_options, confirm)
-          html_options["data-popup"] = popup_attributes(popup)
-        elsif confirm && method
+        if confirm && method
           add_confirm_to_attributes!(html_options, confirm)
           add_method_to_attributes!(html_options, method, url)
         elsif confirm
           add_confirm_to_attributes!(html_options, confirm)
         elsif method
           add_method_to_attributes!(html_options, method, url)
-        elsif popup
-          html_options["data-popup"] = popup_attributes(popup)
         end
       end
 
@@ -226,10 +223,6 @@ module ActionView
           html_options["data-disable-with"] = disable_with if disable_with
       end
 
-      def popup_attributes(popup)
-        popup.is_a?(Array) ? "{title: '#{popup.first}', options: '#{popup.last}'}" : "true"
-      end
-
       def options_for_javascript(options)
         if options.empty?
           '{}'
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb
index 4424dbba42..837dca6149 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb
@@ -120,10 +120,6 @@ module ActionView
       # * <tt>:confirm => 'question?'</tt> - This will add a JavaScript confirm
       #   prompt with the question specified. If the user accepts, the link is
       #   processed normally, otherwise no action is taken.
-      # * <tt>:popup => true || array of window options</tt> - This will force the
-      #   link to open in a popup window. By passing true, a default browser window
-      #   will be opened with the URL. You can also specify an array of options
-      #   that are passed to the <tt>window.open</tt> JavaScript call.
       # * <tt>:method => symbol of HTTP verb</tt> - This modifier will dynamically
       #   create an HTML form and immediately submit the form for processing using
       #   the HTTP verb specified. Useful for having links perform a POST operation
@@ -136,10 +132,6 @@ module ActionView
       #   the request object's methods for <tt>post?</tt>, <tt>delete?</tt> or <tt>put?</tt>.
       # * The +html_options+ will accept a hash of html attributes for the link tag.
       #
-      # You can mix and match the +html_options+ with the exception of
-      # <tt>:popup</tt> and <tt>:method</tt> which will raise an
-      # <tt>ActionView::ActionViewError</tt> exception.
-      #
       # ==== Examples
       # Because it relies on +url_for+, +link_to+ supports both older-style controller/action/id arguments
       # and newer RESTful routes.  Current Rails style favors RESTful routes whenever possible, so base
@@ -203,17 +195,11 @@ module ActionView
       #   link_to "Nonsense search", searches_path(:foo => "bar", :baz => "quux")
       #   # => <a href="/searches?foo=bar&amp;baz=quux">Nonsense search</a>
       #
-      # The three options specific to +link_to+ (<tt>:confirm</tt>, <tt>:popup</tt>, and <tt>:method</tt>) are used as follows:
+      # The three options specific to +link_to+ (<tt>:confirm</tt> and <tt>:method</tt>) are used as follows:
       #
       #   link_to "Visit Other Site", "http://www.rubyonrails.org/", :confirm => "Are you sure?"
       #   # => <a href="http://www.rubyonrails.org/" onclick="return confirm('Are you sure?');">Visit Other Site</a>
       #
-      #   link_to "Help", { :action => "help" }, :popup => true
-      #   # => <a href="/testing/help/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">Help</a>
-      #
-      #   link_to "View Image", @image, :popup => ['new_window_name', 'height=300,width=600']
-      #   # => <a href="/images/9" onclick="window.open(this.href,'new_window_name','height=300,width=600');return false;">View Image</a>
-      #
       #   link_to "Delete Image", @image, :confirm => "Are you sure?", :method => :delete
       #   # => <a href="/images/9" onclick="if (confirm('Are you sure?')) { var f = document.createElement('form');
       #        f.style.display = 'none'; this.parentNode.appendChild(f); f.method = 'POST'; f.action = this.href;
@@ -308,7 +294,7 @@ module ActionView
 
         url = options.is_a?(String) ? options : self.url_for(options)
         name ||= url
-     
+
         convert_options_to_javascript!(html_options, url)
 
         html_options.merge!("type" => "submit", "value" => name)
diff --git a/actionpack/test/template/url_helper_test.rb b/actionpack/test/template/url_helper_test.rb
index c0e6826ec5..984240d46f 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/template/url_helper_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/template/url_helper_test.rb
@@ -183,32 +183,6 @@ class UrlHelperTest < ActionView::TestCase
     )
   end
 
-  def test_link_tag_with_popup
-    assert_dom_equal(
-      "<a href=\"http://www.example.com\" data-popup=\"true\">Hello</a>",
-      link_to("Hello", "http://www.example.com", :popup => true)
-    )
-    assert_dom_equal(
-      "<a href=\"http://www.example.com\" data-popup=\"true\">Hello</a>",
-      link_to("Hello", "http://www.example.com", :popup => 'true')
-    )
-    assert_dom_equal(
-      "<a href=\"http://www.example.com\" data-popup=\"{title: 'window_name', options: 'width=300,height=300'}\">Hello</a>",
-      link_to("Hello", "http://www.example.com", :popup => ['window_name', 'width=300,height=300'])
-    )
-  end
-
-  def test_link_tag_with_popup_and_javascript_confirm
-    assert_dom_equal(
-      "<a href=\"http://www.example.com\" data-confirm=\"Fo\' sho\'?\" data-popup=\"true\">Hello</a>",
-      link_to("Hello", "http://www.example.com", { :popup => true, :confirm => "Fo' sho'?" })
-    )
-    assert_dom_equal(
-      "<a href=\"http://www.example.com\" data-confirm=\"Are you serious?\" data-popup=\"{title: 'window_name', options: 'width=300,height=300'}\">Hello</a>",
-      link_to("Hello", "http://www.example.com", { :popup => ['window_name', 'width=300,height=300'], :confirm => "Are you serious?" })
-    )
-  end
-
   def test_link_tag_using_post_javascript
     assert_dom_equal(
       "<a href='http://www.example.com' data-url='http://www.example.com' data-method=\"post\">Hello</a>",
@@ -245,10 +219,6 @@ class UrlHelperTest < ActionView::TestCase
     )
   end
 
-  def test_link_tag_using_post_javascript_and_popup
-    assert_raise(ActionView::ActionViewError) { link_to("Hello", "http://www.example.com", :popup => true, :method => :post, :confirm => "Are you serious?") }
-  end
-
   def test_link_tag_using_block_in_erb
     __in_erb_template = ''