Rails: button_to with [data-confirm] tries to confirm tries and nothing happens

If you are using jquery-ujs and happens to get two confirm dialogs when using [data-confirm] with a button, all you have to do is put the data confirm attribute in a form attribute:

Before:

<%= button_to registration_path(resource_name), data: { confirm: "Are you sure?" }, method: :delete do %>
    Cancel my account
<% end %>

After

<%= button_to registration_path(resource_name), form: { data: { confirm: "Are you sure?" } }, method: :delete do %>
    Cancel my account
<% end %>

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