2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/mime_type.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/mime_type.rb
index 5b87a80c1b..7c9ebe7c7b 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/mime_type.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/mime_type.rb
@@ -216,7 +216,11 @@ module Mime
     end
 
     def to_sym
-      @symbol || @string.to_sym
+      @symbol
+    end
+
+    def ref
+      to_sym || to_s
     end
 
     def ===(list)
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/request.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/request.rb
index 08f30e068d..f07ac44f7a 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/request.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/request.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ require 'tempfile'
 require 'stringio'
 require 'strscan'
 
+require 'active_support/core_ext/module/deprecation'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/hash/indifferent_access'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/string/access'
 require 'active_support/inflector'
@@ -133,8 +134,9 @@ module ActionDispatch
     end
 
     def forgery_whitelisted?
-      get? || xhr? || content_mime_type.nil? || !content_mime_type.verify_request?
+      get?
     end
+    deprecate :forgery_whitelisted? => "it is just an alias for 'get?' now, update your code"
 
     def media_type
       content_mime_type.to_s