diff --git a/examples/jquery-bootstrap/js/app.js b/examples/jquery-bootstrap/js/app.js
index 32d2d54f8c2..042c6720eb2 100644
--- a/examples/jquery-bootstrap/js/app.js
+++ b/examples/jquery-bootstrap/js/app.js
@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@
 // Bootstrap's classes
 var BootstrapButton = React.createClass({
   render: function() {
-    // transferPropsTo() is smart enough to merge classes provided
-    // to this component.
-    return this.transferPropsTo(
-      <a href="javascript:;" role="button" className="btn">
-        {this.props.children}
-      </a>
+    return (
+      <a {...this.props}
+        href="javascript:;"
+        role="button"
+        className={(this.props.className || '') + ' btn'} />
     );
   }
 });
diff --git a/examples/jquery-mobile/js/app.js b/examples/jquery-mobile/js/app.js
index 86dbfded0fa..6c6715e9e71 100644
--- a/examples/jquery-mobile/js/app.js
+++ b/examples/jquery-mobile/js/app.js
@@ -101,11 +101,15 @@ var JQueryMobilePage = React.createClass({
   },
 
   render: function() {
-    return this.transferPropsTo(React.DOM.div(null,
+    var props = {};
+    for (var key in this.props) {
+      props[key] = this.props[key];
+    }
+    return React.DOM.div(props,
       JQueryMobileHeader({title:'Page ' + this.props.id, headerTheme:this.props.headerTheme}),
       JQueryMobileContent(null, this.props.children),
       JQueryMobileFooter(null)
-    ));
+    );
   }
 });
 
diff --git a/perf/lib/todolist.browser.js b/perf/lib/todolist.browser.js
index 662f4fc116e..bf8c0bcdcbc 100644
--- a/perf/lib/todolist.browser.js
+++ b/perf/lib/todolist.browser.js
@@ -110,8 +110,14 @@ todolist.NewItemForm = React.createClass({
     return false;
   },
   render: function(){
-    return this.transferPropsTo(
-      React.DOM.input({ref:"text", onKeyDown:this.props.onEnter && this._handleNewItemKeyDown})
-    );
+    var props = {};
+    for (var key in this.props) {
+      if (key !== "onEnter") {
+        props[key] = this.props[key];
+      }
+    }
+    props.ref = "text";
+    props.onKeyDown = this.props.onEnter && this._handleNewItemKeyDown;
+    return React.DOM.input(props);
   }
 });
diff --git a/src/class/ReactClass.js b/src/class/ReactClass.js
index 74e424eb4f4..bae11f56219 100644
--- a/src/class/ReactClass.js
+++ b/src/class/ReactClass.js
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 var ReactElement = require('ReactElement');
 var ReactErrorUtils = require('ReactErrorUtils');
 var ReactInstanceMap = require('ReactInstanceMap');
-var ReactPropTransferer = require('ReactPropTransferer');
 var ReactPropTypeLocations = require('ReactPropTypeLocations');
 var ReactPropTypeLocationNames = require('ReactPropTypeLocationNames');
 
@@ -826,7 +825,6 @@ var ReactClassMixin = {
 var ReactClassBase = function() {};
 assign(
   ReactClassBase.prototype,
-  ReactPropTransferer.Mixin,
   ReactClassMixin
 );
 
@@ -834,7 +832,6 @@ assign(
  * Module for creating composite components.
  *
  * @class ReactClass
- * @extends ReactPropTransferer
  */
 var ReactClass = {
 
diff --git a/src/core/ReactPropTransferer.js b/src/core/ReactPropTransferer.js
index 01a45917252..b1a3c3d5496 100644
--- a/src/core/ReactPropTransferer.js
+++ b/src/core/ReactPropTransferer.js
@@ -96,8 +96,6 @@ function transferInto(props, newProps) {
  */
 var ReactPropTransferer = {
 
-  TransferStrategies: TransferStrategies,
-
   /**
    * Merge two props objects using TransferStrategies.
    *
@@ -109,55 +107,6 @@ var ReactPropTransferer = {
     return transferInto(assign({}, oldProps), newProps);
   },
 
-  /**
-   * @lends {ReactPropTransferer.prototype}
-   */
-  Mixin: {
-
-    /**
-     * Transfer props from this component to a target component.
-     *
-     * Props that do not have an explicit transfer strategy will be transferred
-     * only if the target component does not already have the prop set.
-     *
-     * This is usually used to pass down props to a returned root component.
-     *
-     * @param {ReactElement} element Component receiving the properties.
-     * @return {ReactElement} The supplied `component`.
-     * @final
-     * @protected
-     */
-    transferPropsTo: function(element) {
-      invariant(
-        element._owner && element._owner.getPublicInstance() === this,
-        '%s: You can\'t call transferPropsTo() on a component that you ' +
-        'don\'t own, %s. This usually means you are calling ' +
-        'transferPropsTo() on a component passed in as props or children.',
-        this.constructor.displayName,
-        typeof element.type === 'string' ?
-        element.type :
-        element.type.displayName
-      );
-
-      if (__DEV__) {
-        if (!didWarn) {
-          didWarn = true;
-          warning(
-            false,
-            'transferPropsTo is deprecated. ' +
-            'See http://fb.me/react-transferpropsto for more information.'
-          );
-        }
-      }
-
-      // Because elements are immutable we have to merge into the existing
-      // props object rather than clone it.
-      transferInto(element.props, this.props);
-
-      return element;
-    }
-
-  }
 };
 
 module.exports = ReactPropTransferer;
diff --git a/src/core/__tests__/ReactPropTransferer-test.js b/src/core/__tests__/ReactPropTransferer-test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 31223d8f894..00000000000
--- a/src/core/__tests__/ReactPropTransferer-test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,188 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright 2013-2014, Facebook, Inc.
- * All rights reserved.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
- * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
- *
- * @emails react-core
- */
-
-"use strict";
-
-var React;
-var ReactTestUtils;
-var reactComponentExpect;
-
-var TestComponent;
-
-describe('ReactPropTransferer', function() {
-
-  beforeEach(function() {
-    require('mock-modules').dumpCache();
-
-    React = require('React');
-    ReactTestUtils = require('ReactTestUtils');
-    reactComponentExpect = require('reactComponentExpect');
-
-    // We expect to get a warning from transferPropsTo since it's deprecated
-    spyOn(console, 'warn');
-
-    TestComponent = React.createClass({
-      render: function() {
-        var result = this.transferPropsTo(
-          <input
-            className="textinput"
-            style={{display: 'block', color: 'green'}}
-            type="text"
-            value=""
-          />
-        );
-        expect(console.warn).toHaveBeenCalled();
-        return result;
-      }
-    });
-  });
-
-  it('should leave explicitly specified properties intact', function() {
-    var instance = <TestComponent type="radio" />;
-    instance = ReactTestUtils.renderIntoDocument(instance);
-
-    reactComponentExpect(instance)
-      .expectRenderedChild()
-        .toBeComponentOfType('input')
-        .scalarPropsEqual({
-          className: 'textinput',
-          style: {display: 'block', color: 'green'},
-          type: 'text',
-          value: ''
-        });
-  });
-
-  it('should transfer unspecified properties', function() {
-    var instance = <TestComponent placeholder="Type here..." />;
-    instance = ReactTestUtils.renderIntoDocument(instance);
-
-    reactComponentExpect(instance)
-      .expectRenderedChild()
-        .toBeComponentOfType('input')
-        .scalarPropsEqual({placeholder: 'Type here...'});
-  });
-
-  it('should transfer using merge strategies', function() {
-    var instance =
-      <TestComponent
-        className="hidden_elem"
-        style={{width: '100%', display: 'none'}}
-      />;
-    instance = ReactTestUtils.renderIntoDocument(instance);
-
-    reactComponentExpect(instance)
-      .expectRenderedChild()
-        .toBeComponentOfType('input')
-        .scalarPropsEqual({
-          className: 'textinput hidden_elem',
-          style: {
-            color: 'green',
-            display: 'block',
-            width: '100%'
-          }
-        });
-  });
-
-  it('should not transfer children', function() {
-    var ChildrenTestComponent = React.createClass({
-      render: function() {
-        return this.transferPropsTo(<div />);
-      }
-    });
-
-    var instance =
-      <ChildrenTestComponent>
-        <span>Hello!</span>
-      </ChildrenTestComponent>;
-
-    instance = ReactTestUtils.renderIntoDocument(instance);
-    reactComponentExpect(instance)
-      .expectRenderedChild()
-        .toBeDOMComponentWithTag('div')
-        .toBeDOMComponentWithNoChildren();
-  });
-
-  it('should not transfer ref or key', function() {
-    var TestComponent = React.createClass({
-      render: function() {
-        expect(this.props.ref).toBeUndefined();
-        expect(this.props.key).toBeUndefined();
-        return <div />;
-      }
-    });
-    var OuterTestComponent = React.createClass({
-      render: function() {
-        return this.transferPropsTo(<TestComponent />);
-      }
-    });
-    var OuterOuterTestComponent = React.createClass({
-      render: function() {
-        return <OuterTestComponent ref="testref" key="testkey" />;
-      }
-    });
-
-    ReactTestUtils.renderIntoDocument(<OuterOuterTestComponent />);
-  });
-
-  it('should not transferPropsTo() a component you don\'t own', function() {
-    var Parent = React.createClass({
-      render: function() {
-        return <Child><span /></Child>;
-      }
-    });
-
-    var Child = React.createClass({
-      render: function() {
-        return this.transferPropsTo(this.props.children);
-      }
-    });
-
-    expect(function() {
-      ReactTestUtils.renderIntoDocument(<Parent />);
-    }).toThrow(
-      'Invariant Violation: ' +
-      'Child: You can\'t call transferPropsTo() on a component that you ' +
-      'don\'t own, span. ' +
-      'This usually means you are calling transferPropsTo() on a component ' +
-      'passed in as props or children.'
-    );
-  });
-
-  it('uses the default instead of the transferred prop (regress)', function() {
-
-    var Child = React.createClass({
-
-      getDefaultProps: function() {
-        return {
-          x: 2
-        };
-      },
-
-      render: function() {
-        expect(this.props.x).toBe(2);
-        return <div />;
-      }
-
-    });
-
-    var Parent = React.createClass({
-
-      render: function() {
-        return this.transferPropsTo(<Child />);
-      }
-
-    });
-
-    ReactTestUtils.renderIntoDocument(<Parent x={5} />);
-
-  });
-
-});
diff --git a/src/utils/cloneWithProps.js b/src/utils/cloneWithProps.js
index d577279d2a3..d7aa2a0c18e 100644
--- a/src/utils/cloneWithProps.js
+++ b/src/utils/cloneWithProps.js
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ var CHILDREN_PROP = keyOf({children: null});
  * this is to add a CSS class.
  *
  * @param {object} child child component you'd like to clone
- * @param {object} props props you'd like to modify. They will be merged
- * as if you used `transferPropsTo()`.
+ * @param {object} props props you'd like to modify. className and style will be
+ * merged automatically.
  * @return {object} a clone of child with props merged in.
  */
 function cloneWithProps(child, props) {