diff --git a/4chan_x.user.js b/4chan_x.user.js
index 5a90d6700..6238582dc 100644
--- a/4chan_x.user.js
+++ b/4chan_x.user.js
@@ -2456,12 +2456,7 @@
       });
     },
     mouseover: function(e) {
-      /*
-          http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=36142
-          manipulating img src via javascript will generate a massive memory leak
-      
-          instead of manipulating src, we manipulate the entire img
-          */      var img;
+      var img;
       img = $.el('img', {
         id: 'iHover',
         src: this.parentNode.href
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index d49ebb756..f7139490d 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -1853,12 +1853,6 @@ imgHover =
       $.bind thumb, 'mousemove', ui.hover
       $.bind thumb, 'mouseout',  imgHover.mouseout
   mouseover: (e) ->
-    ###
-    http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=36142
-    manipulating img src via javascript will generate a massive memory leak
-
-    instead of manipulating src, we manipulate the entire img
-    ###
     img = $.el 'img'
       id: 'iHover'
       src: @parentNode.href