diff --git a/src/attributes.js b/src/attributes.js
index 76aed2996..5a6749982 100644
--- a/src/attributes.js
+++ b/src/attributes.js
@@ -276,10 +276,7 @@ jQuery.extend({
 		}
 	},
 
-	// Unused in 1.8, left in so attrFn-stabbers won't die; remove in 1.9
-	attrFn: {},
-
-	attr: function( elem, name, value, pass ) {
+		attr: function( elem, name, value, pass ) {
 		var ret, hooks, notxml,
 			nType = elem.nodeType;
 
diff --git a/src/deprecated.js b/src/deprecated.js
index 241eb2a81..4ea47b333 100644
--- a/src/deprecated.js
+++ b/src/deprecated.js
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ jQuery.sub = function() {
 	return jQuerySub;
 };
 
+// Unused in 1.8, left in so attrFn-stabbers won't die; remove in 1.9
+jQuery.attrFn = {};
+
 var oldToggle = jQuery.fn.toggle;
 jQuery.fn.toggle = function( fn, fn2 ) {
 
diff --git a/test/unit/deprecated.js b/test/unit/deprecated.js
index 48c3bda18..f5787e518 100644
--- a/test/unit/deprecated.js
+++ b/test/unit/deprecated.js
@@ -101,4 +101,10 @@ if ( jQuery.browser ) {
 		// manually clean up detached elements
 		$div.remove();
 	});
+
+	test("attrFn test", function() {
+		expect(1);
+		ok(!!jQuery.attrFn, "attrFnPresent");
+	});
+
 }