diff --git a/actionpack/CHANGELOG b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
index 3f7f3220b0..1c2e54418f 100644
--- a/actionpack/CHANGELOG
+++ b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Removed dumping of template assigns on the rescue page as it would very easily include a ton of data making page loads take seconds (and the information was rarely helpful) #1222
+
 * Added BenchmarkHelper that can measure the execution time of a block in a template and reports the result to the log. Example:
   
     <% benchmark "Notes section" do %>
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/templates/rescues/_request_and_response.rhtml b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/templates/rescues/_request_and_response.rhtml
index 5f10d91098..d835b8bc9b 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/templates/rescues/_request_and_response.rhtml
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/templates/rescues/_request_and_response.rhtml
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@
   request_dump  = request_parameters_without_action.inspect.gsub(/,/, ",\n")
   session_dump  = @request.session.instance_variable_get("@data").inspect.gsub(/,/, ",\n")
   response_dump = @response.inspect.gsub(/,/, ",\n")
-
-  template_assigns = @response.template.instance_variable_get("@assigns")
-  %w( response exception template session request template_root template_class url ignore_missing_templates logger cookies headers params ).each { |t| template_assigns.delete(t) }
-  template_dump = template_assigns.inspect.gsub(/,/, ",\n")
 %>
 
 <h2 style="margin-top: 30px">Request</h2>
@@ -48,6 +44,3 @@
 
 <h2 style="margin-top: 30px">Response</h2>
 <b>Headers</b>: <%=h @response.headers.inspect.gsub(/,/, ",\n") %><br/>
-
-<p><a href="#" onclick="document.getElementById('template_dump').style.display='block'; return false;">Show template parameters</a></p>
-<div id="template_dump" style="display:none"><%= debug(template_assigns) %></div>