diff --git a/4chan_x.user.js b/4chan_x.user.js
index 11209e783..af9f135f2 100644
--- a/4chan_x.user.js
+++ b/4chan_x.user.js
@@ -1383,9 +1383,6 @@
       ta.setSelectionRange(l, l);
       return ta.focus();
     },
-    hasContent: function() {
-      return $('textarea', QR.qr).value || $('[type=file]', QR.qr).files.length;
-    },
     keydown: function(e) {
       if (!(e.keyCode === 13 && this.value)) {
         return;
@@ -1448,7 +1445,7 @@
     },
     submit: function(e) {
       var captcha, challenge, el, qr, response;
-      if (!QR.hasContent()) {
+      if (!($('textarea', QR.qr).value || $('[type=file]', QR.qr).files.length)) {
         if (e) {
           alert('Error: No text entered.');
         }
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index ab379d067..6a775ec7d 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -1089,8 +1089,6 @@ QR =
     l = text.length
     ta.setSelectionRange l, l
     ta.focus()
-  hasContent: ->
-    $('textarea', QR.qr).value or $('[type=file]', QR.qr).files.length
   keydown: (e) ->
     return unless e.keyCode is 13 and @value #enter, captcha filled
     QR.captchaPush @
@@ -1135,8 +1133,8 @@ QR =
     QR.attachNext()
   submit: (e) ->
     #XXX e is undefined if method is called explicitly, eg, from auto posting
-    unless QR.hasContent()
-      alert 'Error: No text entered.' if e #don't alert at the end of auto posting
+    unless $('textarea', QR.qr).value or $('[type=file]', QR.qr).files.length
+      alert 'Error: No text entered.' if e #only alert if explicitly submitting
       return
     {qr} = QR
     $('.error', qr).textContent = ''