diff --git a/builds/4chan-X.user.js b/builds/4chan-X.user.js
index 27835f28c..690c1005d 100644
--- a/builds/4chan-X.user.js
+++ b/builds/4chan-X.user.js
@@ -575,12 +575,7 @@
   })();
 
   $.rmAll = function(root) {
-    var node, _i, _len, _ref;
-    _ref = __slice.call(root.childNodes);
-    for (_i = 0, _len = _ref.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
-      node = _ref[_i];
-      root.removeChild(node);
-    }
+    return root.textContent = '';
   };
 
   $.tn = function(s) {
@@ -12156,13 +12151,11 @@
       }
     },
     clean: function() {
-      var board;
       g.threads.forEach(function(thread) {
         return thread.collect();
       });
       QuoteBacklink.containers = {};
-      board = $('.board');
-      return $.replace(board, board.cloneNode(false));
+      return $.rmAll($('.board'));
     },
     features: [['Thread Excerpt', ThreadExcerpt], ['Unread Count', Unread], ['Quote Threading', QuoteThreading], ['Thread Stats', ThreadStats], ['Thread Updater', ThreadUpdater], ['Thread Expansion', ExpandThread]],
     disconnect: function() {
diff --git a/builds/crx/script.js b/builds/crx/script.js
index 3fd4559a2..5a949b0c4 100644
--- a/builds/crx/script.js
+++ b/builds/crx/script.js
@@ -552,12 +552,7 @@
   })();
 
   $.rmAll = function(root) {
-    var node, _i, _len, _ref;
-    _ref = __slice.call(root.childNodes);
-    for (_i = 0, _len = _ref.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
-      node = _ref[_i];
-      root.removeChild(node);
-    }
+    return root.textContent = '';
   };
 
   $.tn = function(s) {
@@ -12155,13 +12150,11 @@
       }
     },
     clean: function() {
-      var board;
       g.threads.forEach(function(thread) {
         return thread.collect();
       });
       QuoteBacklink.containers = {};
-      board = $('.board');
-      return $.replace(board, board.cloneNode(false));
+      return $.rmAll($('.board'));
     },
     features: [['Thread Excerpt', ThreadExcerpt], ['Unread Count', Unread], ['Quote Threading', QuoteThreading], ['Thread Stats', ThreadStats], ['Thread Updater', ThreadUpdater], ['Thread Expansion', ExpandThread]],
     disconnect: function() {
diff --git a/src/General/Navigate.coffee b/src/General/Navigate.coffee
index d37f664df..9795831a0 100644
--- a/src/General/Navigate.coffee
+++ b/src/General/Navigate.coffee
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ Navigate =
     g.threads.forEach (thread) -> thread.collect()
     QuoteBacklink.containers = {}
 
-    board = $('.board')
-    $.replace board, board.cloneNode false
+    $.rmAll $('.board')
 
   features: [
     ['Thread Excerpt',   ThreadExcerpt]
diff --git a/src/General/lib/$.coffee b/src/General/lib/$.coffee
index 48467ef33..c33f2271c 100755
--- a/src/General/lib/$.coffee
+++ b/src/General/lib/$.coffee
@@ -133,12 +133,8 @@ $.rm = do ->
   else
     (el) -> el.parentNode?.removeChild el
 
-$.rmAll = (root) ->
-  # jsperf.com/emptify-element
-  for node in [root.childNodes...]
-    # HTMLSelectElement.remove !== Element.remove
-    root.removeChild node
-  return
+# jsperf.com/emptify-element/9
+$.rmAll = (root) -> root.textContent = ''
 
 $.tn = (s) ->
   d.createTextNode s