diff --git a/lib/couchrest/mixins/collection.rb b/lib/couchrest/mixins/collection.rb
index ada1868..b248825 100644
--- a/lib/couchrest/mixins/collection.rb
+++ b/lib/couchrest/mixins/collection.rb
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 module CouchRest
   module Mixins
-    module PaginatedResults
-      def amount_pages
-        @amount_pages ||= 0
-      end   
-      def amount_pages=(value)
-        @amount_pages = value
-      end               
-    end
-    
     module Collection
   
       def self.included(base)
@@ -93,8 +84,6 @@ module CouchRest
         DEFAULT_PAGE = 1
         DEFAULT_PER_PAGE = 30
         
-        attr_accessor :amount_pages
-
         # Create a new CollectionProxy to represent the specified view.  If a
         # container class is specified, the proxy will create an object of the
         # given type for each row that comes back from the view.  If no
@@ -122,11 +111,8 @@ module CouchRest
         def paginate(options = {})
           page, per_page = parse_options(options)
           results = @database.view(@view_name, pagination_options(page, per_page)) 
-          @amount_pages ||= (results['total_rows'].to_f / per_page.to_f).ceil
           remember_where_we_left_off(results, page)
           results = convert_to_container_array(results)
-          results.extend(PaginatedResults)
-          results.amount_pages = @amount_pages
           results
         end
 
diff --git a/spec/couchrest/more/extended_doc_view_spec.rb b/spec/couchrest/more/extended_doc_view_spec.rb
index 8a780d3..de14f63 100644
--- a/spec/couchrest/more/extended_doc_view_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/couchrest/more/extended_doc_view_spec.rb
@@ -380,10 +380,6 @@ describe "ExtendedDocument views" do
         a.should_not be_nil
       end
     end 
-    it "should have the amount of paginated pages" do
-      articles = Article.by_date :key => Date.today
-      articles.paginate(:per_page => 3).amount_pages.should == 3
-    end
     it "should provide a class method to access the collection directly" do
       articles = Article.collection_proxy_for('Article', 'by_date', :descending => true,
         :key => Date.today, :include_docs => true)