diff --git a/src/core.js b/src/core.js
index 39ffdb58..582e53e7 100644
--- a/src/core.js
+++ b/src/core.js
@@ -494,16 +494,9 @@ jQuery.fn = jQuery.prototype = {
 					this.cloneNode( true ) :
 					this;
 
+				// execute all scripts after the elements have been injected
 				if ( jQuery.nodeName( elem, "script" ) ) {
-
-					// If scripts are waiting to be executed, wait on this script as well
-					if ( scripts.length )
-						scripts = scripts.add( elem );
-
-					// If nothing is waiting to be executed, run immediately
-					else
-						evalScript( 0, elem );
-
+					scripts = scripts.add( elem );
 				} else {
 					// Remove any inner scripts for later evaluation
 					if ( elem.nodeType == 1 )
diff --git a/test/unit/core.js b/test/unit/core.js
index 533fcef2..3aa66b32 100644
--- a/test/unit/core.js
+++ b/test/unit/core.js
@@ -1022,7 +1022,8 @@ test("html(String)", function() {
 
 	$("#main").html('foo <form><script type="text/javascript">ok( true, "$().html().evalScripts() Evals Scripts Twice in Firefox, see #975" );</script></form>');
 
-	$("#main").html("<script>ok(scriptorder++ == 0, 'Script is executed in order');ok($('#scriptorder').length == 0,'Execute before html')<\/script><span id='scriptorder'><script>ok(scriptorder++ == 1, 'Script is executed in order');ok($('#scriptorder').length == 1,'Execute after html')<\/script></span><script>ok(scriptorder++ == 2, 'Script is executed in order');ok($('#scriptorder').length == 1,'Execute after html')<\/script>");
+	// it was decided that waiting to execute ALL scripts makes sense since nested ones have to wait anyway so this test case is changed, see #1959
+	$("#main").html("<script>ok(scriptorder++ == 0, 'Script is executed in order');ok($('#scriptorder').length == 1,'Execute after html (even though appears before)')<\/script><span id='scriptorder'><script>ok(scriptorder++ == 1, 'Script (nested) is executed in order');ok($('#scriptorder').length == 1,'Execute after html')<\/script></span><script>ok(scriptorder++ == 2, 'Script (unnested) is executed in order');ok($('#scriptorder').length == 1,'Execute after html')<\/script>");
 
 	setTimeout( start, 100 );
 });