diff --git a/4chan_x.user.js b/4chan_x.user.js
index e2a3e241c..5a90d6700 100644
--- a/4chan_x.user.js
+++ b/4chan_x.user.js
@@ -2466,12 +2466,11 @@
         id: 'iHover',
         src: this.parentNode.href
       });
-      imgHover.img = img;
       ui.el = img;
       return $.append(d.body, img);
     },
     mouseout: function(e) {
-      return $.rm(imgHover.img);
+      return $.rm(ui.el);
     }
   };
   imgPreloading = {
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index 80d9f696f..d49ebb756 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -1862,11 +1862,10 @@ imgHover =
     img = $.el 'img'
       id: 'iHover'
       src: @parentNode.href
-    imgHover.img = img
     ui.el = img
     $.append d.body, img
   mouseout: (e) ->
-    $.rm imgHover.img
+    $.rm ui.el
 
 imgPreloading =
   init: ->