diff --git a/backbone.js b/backbone.js
index 1533b0a7f..8f38f5bb7 100644
--- a/backbone.js
+++ b/backbone.js
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
   };
 
   // A list of options to be attached directly to the model, if provided.
-  var modelOptions = ['url', 'urlRoot', 'collection'];
+  var modelOptions = ['urlRoot', 'collection'];
 
   // Attach all inheritable methods to the Model prototype.
   _.extend(Model.prototype, Events, {
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 941a8f2d6..c8a11ef8b 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -988,8 +988,8 @@ <h2 id="Model">Backbone.Model</h2>
     </p>
 
     <p>
-      <tt>{url: "..."}</tt> and/or <tt>{urlRoot: "..."}</tt> options may be passed
-      when creating a new model that needs to have a custom one-off URL endpoint.
+      <tt>{urlRoot: "..."}</tt> option may be passed when creating a new model
+      that needs to have a custom one-off URL endpoint.
     </p>
 
     <p>
diff --git a/test/model.js b/test/model.js
index 3b196c48e..620a9917a 100644
--- a/test/model.js
+++ b/test/model.js
@@ -111,11 +111,9 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
     equal(model.url(), '/nested/1/collection/2');
   });
 
-  test('url and urlRoot are directly attached if passed in the options', 2, function () {
-    var model = new Backbone.Model({a: 1}, {url: '/test'});
-    var model2 = new Backbone.Model({a: 2}, {urlRoot: '/test2'});
-    equal(model.url, '/test');
-    equal(model2.urlRoot, '/test2');
+  test('urlRoot is directly attached if passed in the options', 1, function () {
+    var model = new Backbone.Model({a: 2}, {urlRoot: '/test'});
+    equal(model.urlRoot, '/test');
   });
 
   test("underscore methods", 5, function() {