diff --git a/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md b/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md
index 38ac8bdfeba63d3ddf14b7b32c4b42fe1af791b3..5cb5fa56b35e50578cbc903f36a7a0e52d15aa5e 100644
--- a/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+*   As promised, switch `sqlite3:///` URLs (which were temporarily
+    deprecated in 4.1) from relative to absolute.
+
+    If you still want the previous interpretation, you should replace
+    `sqlite3:///my/path` with `sqlite3:my/path`.
+
+    *Matthew Draper*
+
 *   (Temporarily) deprecate SQLite database URLs containing an
     authority.
 
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/connection_specification.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/connection_specification.rb
index 5ede946836ff149230c9a8a5656dfe80174be453..56c533c4016198e905fe4a2a8e17dcb711b85511 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/connection_specification.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/connection_specification.rb
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ def initialize(url)
           else
             @query = @uri.query
           end
-          @authority = url =~ %r{\A[^:]*://}
         end
 
         # Converts the given URL to a full connection hash.
@@ -91,21 +90,8 @@ def raw_config
         end
 
         # Returns name of the database.
-        # Sqlite3's handling of a leading slash is in transition as of
-        # Rails 4.1.
         def database_from_path
-          if @authority && @adapter == 'sqlite3'
-            # 'sqlite3:///foo' is relative, for backwards compatibility.
-
-            database_name = uri.path.sub(%r{^/}, "")
-
-            msg = "Paths in SQLite3 database URLs of the form `sqlite3:///path` will be treated as absolute in Rails 4.2. " \
-              "Please switch to `sqlite3:#{database_name}`."
-            ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn(msg)
-
-            database_name
-
-          elsif @adapter == 'sqlite3'
+          if @adapter == 'sqlite3'
             # 'sqlite3:/foo' is absolute, because that makes sense. The
             # corresponding relative version, 'sqlite3:foo', is handled
             # elsewhere, as an "opaque".
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/connection_specification/resolver_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/connection_specification/resolver_test.rb
index a4fe87049aae5f8d0ae47f776c95e6261017d699..3c2f5d4219d85186c72f08479fcdc4a2c195a2c8 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/connection_specification/resolver_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/connection_specification/resolver_test.rb
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ def test_encoded_password
         end
 
         def test_url_with_authority_for_sqlite3
-          spec = assert_deprecated { resolve 'sqlite3:///foo_test' }
-          assert_equal('foo_test', spec["database"])
+          spec = resolve 'sqlite3:///foo_test'
+          assert_equal('/foo_test', spec["database"])
         end
 
         def test_url_absolute_path_for_sqlite3