diff --git a/src/traversing.js b/src/traversing.js
index 49197c1f..91bc017e 100644
--- a/src/traversing.js
+++ b/src/traversing.js
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ jQuery.fn.extend({
 
 			return ret;
 		}
-		
+
 		// String
 		var pos = POS.test( selectors ) || typeof selectors !== "string" ?
 				jQuery( selectors, context || this.context ) :
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ jQuery.fn.extend({
 			}
 		}
 
-		ret = ret.length > 1 ? jQuery.unique(ret) : ret;
+		ret = ret.length > 1 ? jQuery.unique( ret ) : ret;
 
 		return this.pushStack( ret, "closest", selectors );
 	},
diff --git a/test/unit/traversing.js b/test/unit/traversing.js
index 43a9f22a..117e4600 100644
--- a/test/unit/traversing.js
+++ b/test/unit/traversing.js
@@ -168,9 +168,6 @@ test("closest()", function() {
 
 	// Test on disconnected node
 	equals( jQuery("<div><p></p></div>").find("p").closest("table").length, 0, "Make sure disconnected closest work." );
-	// Bug #7369
-	equals( jQuery('<div foo="bar"></div>').closest('[foo]').length, 1, "Disconnected nodes with attribute selector" );
-	equals( jQuery('<div></div>').closest('[lang]').length, 0, "Disconnected nodes with non-existent attribute selector" );
 });
 
 test("closest(Array)", function() {