3 files changed, 4 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/CHANGELOG.md b/actionpack/CHANGELOG.md
index 76f802d328..f5cc0476b7 100644
--- a/actionpack/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/actionpack/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+*   Remove deprecated support to `:nothing` in `render`.
+
+    *Rafael Mendonça França*
+
 *   Remove deprecated support to `:back` in `redirect_to`.
 
     *Rafael Mendonça França*
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb
index f8f91ed41c..e068f60b1e 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb
@@ -98,11 +98,6 @@ module ActionController
           options[:html] = ERB::Util.html_escape(options[:html])
         end
 
-        if options.delete(:nothing)
-          ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn("`:nothing` option is deprecated and will be removed in Rails 5.1. Use `head` method to respond with empty response body.")
-          options[:body] = nil
-        end
-
         if options[:status]
           options[:status] = Rack::Utils.status_code(options[:status])
         end
diff --git a/actionpack/test/controller/render_test.rb b/actionpack/test/controller/render_test.rb
index cc4fe5c6b4..76139d59e2 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/controller/render_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/controller/render_test.rb
@@ -160,10 +160,6 @@ class TestController < ActionController::Base
     render action: "hello_world"
   end
 
-  def respond_with_empty_body
-    render nothing: true
-  end
-
   def conditional_hello_with_bangs
     render action: "hello_world"
   end
@@ -371,12 +367,6 @@ class ExpiresInRenderTest < ActionController::TestCase
     assert_match(/no-transform/, @response.headers["Cache-Control"])
   end
 
-  def test_render_nothing_deprecated
-    assert_deprecated do
-      get :respond_with_empty_body
-    end
-  end
-
   def test_date_header_when_expires_in
     time = Time.mktime(2011,10,30)
     Time.stub :now, time do