diff --git a/lib/activity.php b/lib/activity.php
index 051993ddff..870ece13ad 100644
--- a/lib/activity.php
+++ b/lib/activity.php
@@ -627,8 +627,6 @@ class Activity
             }
 
             foreach ($this->context->attention as $attnURI) {
-                $xs->element('link', array('rel' => ActivityContext::ATTENTION,
-                                           'href' => $attnURI));
                 $xs->element('link', array('rel' => ActivityContext::MENTIONED,
                                            'href' => $attnURI));
             }
diff --git a/lib/activitycontext.php b/lib/activitycontext.php
index e383b05734..bd5bb5f76e 100644
--- a/lib/activitycontext.php
+++ b/lib/activitycontext.php
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ class ActivityContext
 
     const POINT     = 'point';
 
-    const ATTENTION    = 'ostatus:attention';
     const MENTIONED    = 'mentioned';
     const CONVERSATION = 'ostatus:conversation';
 
@@ -85,11 +84,7 @@ class ActivityContext
 
             $linkRel = $link->getAttribute(ActivityUtils::REL);
 
-            // XXX: Deprecate this in favour of "mentioned" from Salmon spec
-            // http://salmon-protocol.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/draft-panzer-salmon-00.html#SALR
-            if ($linkRel == self::ATTENTION) {
-                $attention[] = $link->getAttribute(self::HREF);
-            } elseif ($linkRel == self::MENTIONED) {
+            if ($linkRel == self::MENTIONED) {
                 $attention[] = $link->getAttribute(self::HREF);
             }
         }
diff --git a/tests/ActivityGenerationTests.php b/tests/ActivityGenerationTests.php
index 30e400e77b..4c4db6148a 100644
--- a/tests/ActivityGenerationTests.php
+++ b/tests/ActivityGenerationTests.php
@@ -263,7 +263,6 @@ class ActivityGenerationTests extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 
         $element = $this->_entryToElement($entry, true);
 
-        $this->assertEquals($this->targetUser1->uri, ActivityUtils::getLink($element, 'ostatus:attention'));
         $this->assertEquals($this->targetUser1->uri, ActivityUtils::getLink($element, 'mentioned'));
     }
 
@@ -283,7 +282,7 @@ class ActivityGenerationTests extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 
         $element = $this->_entryToElement($entry, true);
 
-        $links = ActivityUtils::getLinks($element, 'ostatus:attention');
+        $links = ActivityUtils::getLinks($element, 'mentioned');
 
         $this->assertEquals(2, count($links));
 
@@ -320,7 +319,6 @@ class ActivityGenerationTests extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 
         $element = $this->_entryToElement($entry, true);
 
-        $this->assertEquals($this->targetGroup1->uri, ActivityUtils::getLink($element, 'ostatus:attention'));
         $this->assertEquals($this->targetGroup1->uri, ActivityUtils::getLink($element, 'mentioned'));
     }
 
@@ -334,7 +332,7 @@ class ActivityGenerationTests extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 
         $element = $this->_entryToElement($entry, true);
 
-        $links = ActivityUtils::getLinks($element, 'ostatus:attention');
+        $links = ActivityUtils::getLinks($element, 'mentioned');
 
         $this->assertEquals(2, count($links));
 
diff --git a/tests/ActivityParseTests.php b/tests/ActivityParseTests.php
index 801cc22c26..71b90aadb6 100644
--- a/tests/ActivityParseTests.php
+++ b/tests/ActivityParseTests.php
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ $_example4 = <<<EXAMPLE4
  <link rel="related" href="http://example.net/notice/12"/>
  <thr:in-reply-to ref="http://example.net/notice/12" href="http://example.net/notice/12"></thr:in-reply-to>
  <link rel="ostatus:conversation" href="http://example.net/conversation/11"/>
- <link rel="ostatus:attention" href="http://example.net/user/1"/>
+ <link rel="mentioned" href="http://example.net/user/1"/>
  <content type="html">@&lt;span class=&quot;vcard&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://example.net/user/1&quot; class=&quot;url&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;fn nickname&quot;&gt;evan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. #&lt;span class=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://example.net/tag/thetime&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;thetime&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content>
  <category term="thetime"></category>
 </entry>
@@ -910,7 +910,6 @@ $_example10 = <<<EXAMPLE10
   </poco:urls>
  </author>
  <link rel="ostatus:conversation" href="http://lazarus.local/mublog/conversation/1131"/>
- <link rel="ostatus:attention" href="http://lazarus.local/mublog/group/22/id"/>
  <link rel="mentioned" href="http://lazarus.local/mublog/group/22/id"/>
  <category term="grouptest316173"></category>
  <source>