diff --git a/4chan_x.user.js b/4chan_x.user.js
index 78a68da09..764c4ff2a 100644
--- a/4chan_x.user.js
+++ b/4chan_x.user.js
@@ -1746,10 +1746,10 @@
           continue;
         }
         link = $.el('a', {
+          href: '#' + id,
           className: 'backlink',
           textContent: '>>' + id
         });
-        link.setAttribute('data-href', '#' + id);
         if ($.config('Quote Preview')) {
           $.bind(link, 'mouseover', quotePreview.mouseover);
           $.bind(link, 'mousemove', ui.hover);
@@ -1879,8 +1879,6 @@
         if (!quote.hash) {
           continue;
         }
-        quote.setAttribute('data-href', quote.href);
-        quote.removeAttribute('href');
         $.bind(quote, 'mouseover', quotePreview.mouseover);
         $.bind(quote, 'mousemove', ui.hover);
         $.bind(quote, 'mouseout', ui.hoverend);
@@ -1888,17 +1886,15 @@
       }
       return _results;
     },
-    mouseout: function(e) {
-      var el, id;
-      id = this.hash.slice(1);
-      this.removeAttribute('href');
-      if (el = d.getElementById(id)) {
-        return $.removeClass(el, 'qphl');
+    mouseout: function() {
+      var el;
+      if (!(el = d.getElementById(this.hash.slice(1)))) {
+        return;
       }
+      return $.removeClass(el, 'qphl');
     },
     mouseover: function(e) {
       var el, id, qp, quote, replyID, threadID, _i, _len, _ref, _ref2;
-      this.href = this.dataset.href;
       id = this.hash.slice(1);
       qp = $('#qp');
       if (el = d.getElementById(id)) {
@@ -2548,9 +2544,6 @@
         cursor: pointer;\
       }\
 \
-      .backlink, .quotelink {\
-        text-decoration: underline;\
-      }\
       .new {\
         background: lime;\
       }\
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index 7a5d9d8eb..62feecd3d 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -1395,9 +1395,9 @@ quoteBacklink =
     for qid, quote of quotes
       continue unless el = d.getElementById qid
       link = $.el 'a',
+        href: '#'+id
         className: 'backlink'
         textContent: '>>'+id
-      link.setAttribute 'data-href', '#'+id
       if $.config 'Quote Preview'
         $.bind link, 'mouseover', quotePreview.mouseover
         $.bind link, 'mousemove', ui.hover
@@ -1480,21 +1480,14 @@ quotePreview =
   node: (root) ->
     for quote in $$ 'a.quotelink, a.backlink', root
       continue unless quote.hash
-      # XXX this needs a globalEval (wtf?) on firefox 6.0a2 / scriptish
-      # quote.dataset.href = quote.href
-      quote.setAttribute 'data-href', quote.href
-      quote.removeAttribute 'href'
       $.bind quote, 'mouseover', quotePreview.mouseover
       $.bind quote, 'mousemove', ui.hover
       $.bind quote, 'mouseout',  ui.hoverend
       $.bind quote, 'mouseout',  quotePreview.mouseout
-  mouseout: (e) ->
-    id = @hash[1..]
-    @.removeAttribute 'href'
-    if el = d.getElementById id
-      $.removeClass el, 'qphl'
+  mouseout: ->
+    return unless el = d.getElementById @hash[1..]
+    $.removeClass el, 'qphl'
   mouseover: (e) ->
-    @href = @dataset.href
     id = @hash[1..]
     qp = $ '#qp'
     if el = d.getElementById id
@@ -1961,9 +1954,6 @@ main =
         cursor: pointer;
       }
 
-      .backlink, .quotelink {
-        text-decoration: underline;
-      }
       .new {
         background: lime;
       }