diff --git a/src/popover/docs/demo.html b/src/popover/docs/demo.html
index ffde3bc007..2a9bdfb1b4 100644
--- a/src/popover/docs/demo.html
+++ b/src/popover/docs/demo.html
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ <h4>Positional</h4>
       <button popover-placement="left" popover="On the Left!" class="btn">Left</button>
       <button popover-placement="right" popover="On the Right!" class="btn">Right</button>
       <button popover-placement="bottom" popover="On the Bottom!" class="btn">Bottom</button>
-      <button popover-placement="mouse" popover="relative to mouse" class="btn">Mouse</button>
     </div>
     <div>
       <h4>Triggers</h4>
diff --git a/src/popover/docs/readme.md b/src/popover/docs/readme.md
index d69d415891..fff994d6a5 100644
--- a/src/popover/docs/readme.md
+++ b/src/popover/docs/readme.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ will display:
 
 - `popover-title`: A string to display as a fancy title.
 - `popover-placement`: Where to place it? Defaults to "top", but also accepts
-  "bottom", "left", "right", or "mouse".
+  "bottom", "left", "right".
 - `popover-animation`: Should it fade in and out? Defaults to "true".
 - `popover-popup-delay`: For how long should the user have to have the mouse
   over the element before the popover shows (in milliseconds)? Defaults to 0.
diff --git a/src/position/position.js b/src/position/position.js
index 727a85e85d..b32cbe9a2b 100644
--- a/src/position/position.js
+++ b/src/position/position.js
@@ -8,13 +8,6 @@ angular.module('ui.bootstrap.position', [])
  */
   .factory('$position', ['$document', '$window', function ($document, $window) {
 
-    var mouseX, mouseY;
-
-    $document.bind('mousemove', function mouseMoved(event) {
-      mouseX = event.pageX;
-      mouseY = event.pageY;
-    });
-
     function getStyle(el, cssprop) {
       if (el.currentStyle) { //IE
         return el.currentStyle[cssprop];
@@ -81,13 +74,6 @@ angular.module('ui.bootstrap.position', [])
           top: boundingClientRect.top + ($window.pageYOffset || $document[0].body.scrollTop),
           left: boundingClientRect.left + ($window.pageXOffset || $document[0].body.scrollLeft)
         };
-      },
-
-      /**
-       * Provides the coordinates of the mouse
-       */
-      mouse: function () {
-        return {x: mouseX, y: mouseY};
       }
     };
   }]);
diff --git a/src/tooltip/docs/demo.html b/src/tooltip/docs/demo.html
index 8518881e85..68c053c531 100644
--- a/src/tooltip/docs/demo.html
+++ b/src/tooltip/docs/demo.html
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@
       nunc sed velit dignissim sodales ut eu sem integer vitae. Turpis egestas 
       <a><span tooltip-placement="bottom" tooltip="On the Bottom!">bottom</span></a> 
       pharetra convallis posuere morbi leo urna, 
-      <a><span tooltip-placement="mouse" tooltip="relative to mouse">mouse</span></a> 
-      blah blah blah, 
-      <a><span tooltip-animation="false" tooltip="I don't fade. :-(">fading</span></a> 
+      <a><span tooltip-animation="false" tooltip="I don't fade. :-(">fading</span></a>
       at elementum eu, facilisis sed odio morbi quis commodo odio. In cursus
       <a><span tooltip-popup-delay='1000' tooltip='appears with delay'>delayed</span></a> turpis massa tincidunt dui ut.
     </p>
diff --git a/src/tooltip/docs/readme.md b/src/tooltip/docs/readme.md
index 9d812d8e3f..e7e494f933 100644
--- a/src/tooltip/docs/readme.md
+++ b/src/tooltip/docs/readme.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ The tooltip directives provide several optional attributes to control how they
 will display:
 
 - `tooltip-placement`: Where to place it? Defaults to "top", but also accepts
-  "bottom", "left", "right", or "mouse".
+  "bottom", "left", "right".
 - `tooltip-animation`: Should it fade in and out? Defaults to "true".
 - `tooltip-popup-delay`: For how long should the user have to have the mouse
   over the element before the tooltip shows (in milliseconds)? Defaults to 0.
diff --git a/src/tooltip/tooltip.js b/src/tooltip/tooltip.js
index 28eb9e513e..7fe8ed025c 100644
--- a/src/tooltip/tooltip.js
+++ b/src/tooltip/tooltip.js
@@ -184,13 +184,6 @@ angular.module( 'ui.bootstrap.tooltip', [ 'ui.bootstrap.position' ] )
             // Calculate the tooltip's top and left coordinates to center it with
             // this directive.
             switch ( scope.tt_placement ) {
-              case 'mouse':
-                var mousePos = $position.mouse();
-                ttPosition = {
-                  top: mousePos.y,
-                  left: mousePos.x
-                };
-                break;
               case 'right':
                 ttPosition = {
                   top: position.top + position.height / 2 - ttHeight / 2,