2 files changed, 2 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb
index cf24f27536..2806348337 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ module ActionView
     #
     # * <tt>:prefix</tt> - overwrites the default prefix of "date" used for the select names. So specifying "birthday"
     # would give birthday[month] instead of date[month] if passed to the <tt>select_month</tt> method.
-    # * <tt>:include_blank</tt> - set to true or to a prompt string if it should be possible to set an empty date.
+    # * <tt>:include_blank</tt> - set to true if it should be possible to set an empty date.
     # * <tt>:discard_type</tt> - set to true if you want to discard the type part of the select name. If set to true,
     #   the <tt>select_month</tt> method would use simply "date" (which can be overwritten using <tt>:prefix</tt>) instead
     #   of "date[month]".
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ module ActionView
           select_options.merge!(:disabled => 'disabled') if @options[:disabled]
 
           select_html = "\n"
-          select_html << content_tag(:option, "#{ERB::Util.html_escape(@options[:include_blank]) if @options[:include_blank].kind_of?(String)}", :value => '') + "\n" if @options[:include_blank]
+          select_html << content_tag(:option, '', :value => '') + "\n" if @options[:include_blank]
           select_html << prompt_option_tag(type, @options[:prompt]) + "\n" if @options[:prompt]
           select_html << select_options_as_html
 
diff --git a/actionpack/test/template/date_helper_test.rb b/actionpack/test/template/date_helper_test.rb
index 21c9083386..fadfb59572 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/template/date_helper_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/template/date_helper_test.rb
@@ -1581,26 +1581,6 @@ class DateHelperTest < ActionView::TestCase
     assert_dom_equal expected, date_select("post", "written_on", :include_blank => true)
   end
 
-  def test_date_select_with_stringified_blank
-    @post = Post.new
-
-    start_year = Time.now.year-5
-    end_year   = Time.now.year+5
-
-    expected = '<input name="post[written_on(3i)]" type="hidden" id="post_written_on_3i"/>' + "\n"
-    expected <<   %{<select id="post_written_on_1i" name="post[written_on(1i)]">\n}
-    expected << "<option value=\"\">blank</option>\n"
-    start_year.upto(end_year) { |i| expected << %(<option value="#{i}">#{i}</option>\n) }
-    expected << "</select>\n"
-
-    expected << %{<select id="post_written_on_2i" name="post[written_on(2i)]">\n}
-    expected << "<option value=\"\">blank</option>\n"
-    1.upto(12) { |i| expected << %(<option value="#{i}">#{Date::MONTHNAMES[i]}</option>\n) }
-    expected << "</select>\n"
-
-    assert_dom_equal expected, date_select("post", "written_on", :order=>[:year, :month], :include_blank=> 'blank')
-  end
-
   def test_date_select_with_nil_and_blank_and_order
     @post = Post.new