diff --git a/browser/base/content/tabbrowser.js b/browser/base/content/tabbrowser.js
index 3a177b968055..b1a4e9240982 100644
--- a/browser/base/content/tabbrowser.js
+++ b/browser/base/content/tabbrowser.js
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ window._gBrowser = {
   _browserBindingProperties: [
     "canGoBack", "canGoForward", "goBack", "goForward", "permitUnload",
     "reload", "reloadWithFlags", "stop", "loadURI", "loadURIWithFlags",
-    "goHome", "homePage", "gotoIndex", "currentURI", "documentURI",
+    "gotoIndex", "currentURI", "documentURI",
     "preferences", "imageDocument", "isRemoteBrowser", "messageManager",
     "getTabBrowser", "finder", "fastFind", "sessionHistory", "contentTitle",
     "characterSet", "fullZoom", "textZoom", "webProgress",
@@ -368,23 +368,10 @@ window._gBrowser = {
     return this.selectedBrowser.loadURIWithFlags(aURI, aFlags, aReferrerURI, aCharset, aPostData);
   },
 
-  goHome() {
-    return this.selectedBrowser.goHome();
-  },
-
   gotoIndex(aIndex) {
     return this.selectedBrowser.gotoIndex(aIndex);
   },
 
-  set homePage(val) {
-    this.selectedBrowser.homePage = val;
-    return val;
-  },
-
-  get homePage() {
-    return this.selectedBrowser.homePage;
-  },
-
   get currentURI() {
     return this.selectedBrowser.currentURI;
   },
diff --git a/layout/tools/layout-debug/ui/content/layoutdebug.js b/layout/tools/layout-debug/ui/content/layoutdebug.js
index 646272ab89fc..7af097379a5e 100644
--- a/layout/tools/layout-debug/ui/content/layoutdebug.js
+++ b/layout/tools/layout-debug/ui/content/layoutdebug.js
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ function OnLDBLoad()
   if (window.arguments && window.arguments[0])
     gBrowser.loadURI(window.arguments[0]);
   else
-    gBrowser.goHome();
+    gBrowser.loadURI("about:blank");
 
   gDebugger.init(gBrowser.contentWindow);
 
diff --git a/layout/tools/layout-debug/ui/content/layoutdebug.xul b/layout/tools/layout-debug/ui/content/layoutdebug.xul
index a7ab719ec546..2e2499c26cb4 100644
--- a/layout/tools/layout-debug/ui/content/layoutdebug.xul
+++ b/layout/tools/layout-debug/ui/content/layoutdebug.xul
@@ -112,8 +112,7 @@
       </toolbar>
     </toolbox>
 
-    <browser flex="1" id="browser" type="content" primary="true"
-             homepage="about:blank" />
+    <browser flex="1" id="browser" type="content" primary="true"/>
 
     <hbox>
       <description id="status-text" value="" />
diff --git a/toolkit/content/widgets/browser.xml b/toolkit/content/widgets/browser.xml
index 4b0f6d980a0f..7b8ed4e32b68 100644
--- a/toolkit/content/widgets/browser.xml
+++ b/toolkit/content/widgets/browser.xml
@@ -153,38 +153,6 @@
         </body>
       </method>
 
-      <method name="goHome">
-        <body>
-          <![CDATA[
-            try {
-              this.loadURI(this.homePage);
-            } catch (e) {
-            }
-          ]]>
-        </body>
-      </method>
-
-      <property name="homePage">
-        <getter>
-          <![CDATA[
-            var uri;
-
-            if (this.hasAttribute("homepage"))
-              uri = this.getAttribute("homepage");
-            else
-              uri = "http://www.mozilla.org/"; // widget pride
-
-            return uri;
-          ]]>
-        </getter>
-        <setter>
-          <![CDATA[
-            this.setAttribute("homepage", val);
-            return val;
-          ]]>
-        </setter>
-      </property>
-
       <method name="gotoIndex">
         <parameter name="aIndex"/>
         <body>
diff --git a/toolkit/mozapps/extensions/content/extensions.js b/toolkit/mozapps/extensions/content/extensions.js
index f4c60bde3fa0..306358c3e8a9 100644
--- a/toolkit/mozapps/extensions/content/extensions.js
+++ b/toolkit/mozapps/extensions/content/extensions.js
@@ -2110,7 +2110,6 @@ var gDiscoverView = {
         return;
       }
 
-      this._browser.homePage = this.homepageURL.spec;
       this._browser.addProgressListener(this);
 
       if (this.loaded)
@@ -2169,7 +2168,7 @@ var gDiscoverView = {
     // and the error page is not visible then there is nothing else to do
     if (this.loaded && this.node.selectedPanel != this._error &&
         (!aIsRefresh || (this._browser.currentURI &&
-         this._browser.currentURI.spec == this._browser.homePage))) {
+         this._browser.currentURI.spec == this.homepageURL.spec))) {
       gViewController.notifyViewChanged();
       return;
     }
@@ -2189,7 +2188,7 @@ var gDiscoverView = {
 
   canRefresh() {
     if (this._browser.currentURI &&
-        this._browser.currentURI.spec == this._browser.homePage)
+        this._browser.currentURI.spec == this.homepageURL.spec)
       return false;
     return true;
   },
diff --git a/toolkit/mozapps/extensions/content/extensions.xul b/toolkit/mozapps/extensions/content/extensions.xul
index fe48788a3339..39c7fae59e9d 100644
--- a/toolkit/mozapps/extensions/content/extensions.xul
+++ b/toolkit/mozapps/extensions/content/extensions.xul
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
             <spacer class="alert-spacer-after"/>
           </vbox>
           <browser id="discover-browser" type="content" flex="1"
-                     disablehistory="true" homepage="about:blank"/>
+                   disablehistory="true"/>
         </deck>
 
         <!-- container for views with the search/tools header -->
