diff --git a/src/traversing.js b/src/traversing.js
index 968aab03..3ed0a1c2 100644
--- a/src/traversing.js
+++ b/src/traversing.js
@@ -11,11 +11,6 @@ var runtil = /Until$/,
 
 jQuery.fn.extend({
 	find: function( selector ) {
-		// Handle "> div" child selectors and pass them to .children()
-		if ( typeof selector === "string" && rchild.test( selector ) ) {
-			return this.children( selector.replace( rchild, "$1" ) );
-		}
-
 		var ret = this.pushStack( "", "find", selector ), length = 0;
 
 		for ( var i = 0, l = this.length; i < l; i++ ) {
diff --git a/test/unit/traversing.js b/test/unit/traversing.js
index 3332f077..0d079f19 100644
--- a/test/unit/traversing.js
+++ b/test/unit/traversing.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module("traversing");
 
 test("find(String)", function() {
-	expect(4);
+	expect(5);
 	equals( 'Yahoo', jQuery('#foo').find('.blogTest').text(), 'Check for find' );
 
 	// using contents will get comments regular, text, and comment nodes
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ test("find(String)", function() {
 
 	same( jQuery("#main").find("> div").get(), q("foo", "moretests", "tabindex-tests", "liveHandlerOrder", "siblingTest"), "find child elements" );
 	same( jQuery("#main").find("> #foo, > #moretests").get(), q("foo", "moretests"), "find child elements" );
+	same( jQuery("#main").find("> #foo > p").get(), q("sndp", "en", "sap"), "find child elements" );
 });
 
 test("is(String)", function() {