diff --git a/actionpack/CHANGELOG b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
index 939e9f5b8f36ea665d5e18d0dd18b3f82a29b712..d8a898f8ef3a03946186e59eea5cc02d2fb74dcc 100644
--- a/actionpack/CHANGELOG
+++ b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Don't include a layout when rendering an rjs template using render's :template option. [Marcel Molina Jr.]
+
 * Update to script.aculo.us 1.5.0 final (equals 1.5.0_rc6) [Thomas Fuchs]
 
 * Update to Prototype 1.4.0 final [Sam Stephenson]
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb
index 9aab2c50286082b6f13fd63096cde5a1cea92de9..c1adbf3b8adc90f4abbd271a4b1035ccc550c1f4 100755
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb
@@ -937,7 +937,17 @@ def assert_existance_of_template_file(template_name)
       end
 
       def default_template_name(default_action_name = action_name)
+        default_action_name = default_action_name.dup
+        strip_out_controller!(default_action_name) if template_path_includes_controller?(default_action_name)
         "#{self.class.controller_path}/#{default_action_name}"
       end
+      
+      def strip_out_controller!(path)
+        path.replace path.split('/', 2).last
+      end
+      
+      def template_path_includes_controller?(path)
+        path.to_s['/'] && self.class.controller_path.split('/')[-1] == path.split('/')[0]
+      end
   end
 end
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/layout.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/layout.rb
index d6a4789befbc2cf87ef95bcf943efa151b5c7f89..3ec125f08817df0a726a1967f4315188e235510b 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/layout.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/layout.rb
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ def apply_layout?(template_with_options, options)
       def candidate_for_layout?(options)
         (options.has_key?(:layout) && options[:layout] != false) || 
         options.values_at(:text, :file, :inline, :partial, :nothing).compact.empty? &&
-        !template_exempt_from_layout?(default_template_name(options[:action]))
+        !template_exempt_from_layout?(default_template_name(options[:action] || options[:template]))
       end
 
       def pick_layout(template_with_options, options, deprecated_layout)
diff --git a/actionpack/test/controller/new_render_test.rb b/actionpack/test/controller/new_render_test.rb
index a1ed9f71d06f9f3db2e180b355ccd6465b40550a..5652803e1d90e01a50c773d801c27efe15a97c6b 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/controller/new_render_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/controller/new_render_test.rb
@@ -209,7 +209,10 @@ def determine_layout
              "accessing_params_in_template",
              "accessing_params_in_template_with_layout",
              "render_with_explicit_template",
-             "test_rendering_rjs_action_explicitly"
+             "render_js_with_explicit_template",
+             "render_js_with_explicit_action_template",
+             "delete_with_js"
+    
           "layouts/standard"
         when "builder_layout_test"
           "layouts/builder"