diff --git a/src/attributes.js b/src/attributes.js
index 7868e08e..c34cd619 100644
--- a/src/attributes.js
+++ b/src/attributes.js
@@ -23,20 +23,6 @@ jQuery.fn.extend({
 		return jQuery.access( this, name, value, true, jQuery.prop );
 	},
 	
-	removeProp: function( name ) {
-		return this.each(function() {
-			// try/catch handles cases where IE balks (such as removing a property on window)
-			try {
-				this[ name ] = undefined;
-				delete this[ name ];
-			} catch( e ) {}
-		});
-	},
-	
-	prop: function( name, value ) {
-		return jQuery.access( this, name, value, true, jQuery.prop );
-	},
-	
 	removeProp: function( name ) {
 		return this.each(function() {
 			// try/catch handles cases where IE balks (such as removing a property on window)
diff --git a/src/support.js b/src/support.js
index 2d7bc7ca..34960505 100644
--- a/src/support.js
+++ b/src/support.js
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ jQuery.support = (function() {
 		isSupported;
 
 	// Preliminary tests
-	div.innerHTML = "   <link/><table></table><a href='/a' style='color:red;float:left;opacity:.55;'>a</a><input type='checkbox'/>";
+	div.setAttribute("className", "t");
+	div.innerHTML = "   <link/><table></table><a href='/a' style='top:1px;float:left;opacity:.55;'>a</a><input type='checkbox'/>";
 
 	all = div.getElementsByTagName( "*" );
 	a = div.getElementsByTagName( "a" )[ 0 ];
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ jQuery.support = (function() {
 
 		// Get the style information from getAttribute
 		// (IE uses .cssText instead)
-		style: /red/.test( a.getAttribute("style") ),
+		style: /top/.test( a.getAttribute("style") ),
 
 		// Make sure that URLs aren't manipulated
 		// (IE normalizes it by default)
diff --git a/test/unit/attributes.js b/test/unit/attributes.js
index fa30ff04..f3f0bab2 100644
--- a/test/unit/attributes.js
+++ b/test/unit/attributes.js
@@ -127,10 +127,6 @@ test("attr(String)", function() {
 
 	body.removeAttribute('foo'); // Cleanup
 
-	var select = document.createElement("select"), optgroup = document.createElement("optgroup"), option = document.createElement("option");
-	optgroup.appendChild( option );
-	select.appendChild( optgroup );
-
 	var $img = jQuery('<img style="display:none" width="215" height="53" src="http://static.jquery.com/files/rocker/images/logo_jquery_215x53.gif"/>').appendTo('body');
 	equals( $img.attr('width'), "215", "Retrieve width attribute an an element with display:none." );
 	equals( $img.attr('height'), "53", "Retrieve height attribute an an element with display:none." );