diff --git a/docs/custom.md b/docs/custom.md
index e4bedfe1f4..3ebe90cab5 100644
--- a/docs/custom.md
+++ b/docs/custom.md
@@ -392,16 +392,6 @@ Utilities for PouchDB adapters.
 npm install --save-exact pouchdb-adapter-utils
 ```
 
-### pouchdb-ajax
-
-PouchDB's `ajax()` function.
-
-#### Example usage
-
-```bash
-npm install --save-exact pouchdb-ajax
-```
-
 ### pouchdb-binary-utils
 
 Utilities for operating on binary strings and Buffers/Blobs.
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-for-coverage/extras/ajax.js b/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-for-coverage/extras/ajax.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 6188704635..0000000000
--- a/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-for-coverage/extras/ajax.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = require('../lib/extras/ajax');
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-utils/src/bulkGetShim.js b/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-utils/src/bulkGetShim.js
index 4ba18ea6ef..aa0d7133d6 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-utils/src/bulkGetShim.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-utils/src/bulkGetShim.js
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ function bulkGet(db, opts, callback) {
       }
 
       // globally-supplied options
-      ['revs', 'attachments', 'binary', 'ajax', 'latest'].forEach(function (param) {
+      ['revs', 'attachments', 'binary', 'latest'].forEach(function (param) {
         if (param in opts) {
           docOpts[param] = opts[param];
         }