diff --git a/4chan_x.user.js b/4chan_x.user.js
index 5e7a91ffa..d1b6afe23 100644
--- a/4chan_x.user.js
+++ b/4chan_x.user.js
@@ -2043,6 +2043,19 @@
     toggle: function(e) {
       var el, hidden, id, inline, inlined, pathname, root, table, threadID, _i, _len, _ref;
       e.preventDefault();
+      /*
+          https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=674955
+          `mouseout` does not fire when element removed
+          RESOLVED INVALID
+      
+          inline a post, then hover over an inlined quote / image, then remove
+          the inlined post by clicking `enter` on the still-focused link - the
+          mouseout event doesn't fire, and the quote preview / image hover remains.
+      
+          we can prevent this sequence by `blur`-ing the clicked links. chrome
+          doesn't focus clicked links anyway.
+          */
+      this.blur();
       id = this.hash.slice(1);
       if (table = $("#i" + id, $.x('ancestor::td[1]', this))) {
         $.rm(table);
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index ca5868da6..90d29f708 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -1587,6 +1587,19 @@ quoteInline =
         $.bind quote, 'click', quoteInline.toggle
   toggle: (e) ->
     e.preventDefault()
+    ###
+    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=674955
+    `mouseout` does not fire when element removed
+    RESOLVED INVALID
+
+    inline a post, then hover over an inlined quote / image, then remove
+    the inlined post by clicking `enter` on the still-focused link - the
+    mouseout event doesn't fire, and the quote preview / image hover remains.
+
+    we can prevent this sequence by `blur`-ing the clicked links. chrome
+    doesn't focus clicked links anyway.
+    ###
+    @blur()
     id = @hash[1..]
     if table = $ "#i#{id}", $.x 'ancestor::td[1]', @
       $.rm table