diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index d1186168..bf28c579 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 This incorporates all changes after 4.13.1 up to 4.14.0.
 
   * remove:
+    - `res.json(status, obj)` signature - use `res.status(status).json(obj)`
     - `res.vary()` (no arguments) -- provide a field name as an argument
 
 5.0.0-alpha.2 / 2015-07-06
diff --git a/lib/response.js b/lib/response.js
index a2c672f5..5a3bbbdf 100644
--- a/lib/response.js
+++ b/lib/response.js
@@ -203,20 +203,11 @@ res.send = function send(body) {
  */
 
 res.json = function json(obj) {
-  var val = obj;
-
-  // support res.json(status, obj)
-  if (arguments.length === 2) {
-    deprecate('res.json(status, obj): Use res.status(status).json(obj) instead');
-    this.statusCode = arguments[0];
-    val = arguments[1];
-  }
-
   // settings
   var app = this.app;
   var replacer = app.get('json replacer');
   var spaces = app.get('json spaces');
-  var body = stringify(val, replacer, spaces);
+  var body = stringify(obj, replacer, spaces);
 
   // content-type
   if (!this.get('Content-Type')) {
diff --git a/test/res.json.js b/test/res.json.js
index 9aab76e5..d8a32a06 100644
--- a/test/res.json.js
+++ b/test/res.json.js
@@ -145,19 +145,4 @@ describe('res', function(){
       })
     })
   })
-
-  describe('.json(status, object)', function(){
-    it('should respond with json and set the .statusCode', function(done){
-      var app = express();
-
-      app.use(function(req, res){
-        res.json(201, { id: 1 });
-      });
-
-      request(app)
-      .get('/')
-      .expect('Content-Type', 'application/json; charset=utf-8')
-      .expect(201, '{"id":1}', done)
-    })
-  })
 })