diff --git a/view/src/nsViewManager.cpp b/view/src/nsViewManager.cpp
index aa2bb227cedf..c38d2e5fe4f2 100644
--- a/view/src/nsViewManager.cpp
+++ b/view/src/nsViewManager.cpp
@@ -80,21 +80,6 @@
 
 #define NSCOORD_NONE      PR_INT32_MIN
 
-void
-nsViewManager::PostInvalidateEvent()
-{
-  NS_ASSERTION(IsRootVM(), "Caller screwed up");
-
-  if (!mInvalidateEvent.IsPending()) {
-    nsRefPtr<nsInvalidateEvent> ev = new nsInvalidateEvent(this);
-    if (NS_FAILED(NS_DispatchToCurrentThread(ev))) {
-      NS_WARNING("failed to dispatch nsInvalidateEvent");
-    } else {
-      mInvalidateEvent = ev;
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 #undef DEBUG_MOUSE_LOCATION
 
 PRInt32 nsViewManager::mVMCount = 0;
@@ -132,10 +117,6 @@ nsViewManager::~nsViewManager()
     mRootView = nsnull;
   }
 
-  // Make sure to revoke pending events for all viewmanagers, since some events
-  // are posted by a non-root viewmanager.
-  mInvalidateEvent.Revoke();
-  
   if (!IsRootVM()) {
     // We have a strong ref to mRootViewManager
     NS_RELEASE(mRootViewManager);
@@ -1387,11 +1368,7 @@ void nsViewManager::TriggerRefresh(PRUint32 aUpdateFlags)
   if (mUpdateBatchCnt > 0)
     return;
 
-  if (!mHasPendingUpdates) {
-    // Nothing to do
-  } else if (aUpdateFlags & NS_VMREFRESH_DEFERRED) {
-    PostInvalidateEvent();
-  } else { // NO_SYNC
+  if (mHasPendingUpdates) {
     FlushPendingInvalidates();
   }
 }
@@ -1531,24 +1508,6 @@ nsViewManager::CallDidPaintOnObservers()
   }
 }
 
-void
-nsViewManager::ProcessInvalidateEvent()
-{
-  NS_ASSERTION(IsRootVM(),
-               "Incorrectly targeted invalidate event");
-  // If we're in the middle of an update batch, just repost the event,
-  // to be processed when the batch ends.
-  bool processEvent = (mUpdateBatchCnt == 0);
-  if (processEvent) {
-    FlushPendingInvalidates();
-  }
-  mInvalidateEvent.Forget();
-  if (!processEvent) {
-    // We didn't actually process this event... post a new one
-    PostInvalidateEvent();
-  }
-}
-
 NS_IMETHODIMP
 nsViewManager::GetLastUserEventTime(PRUint32& aTime)
 {
diff --git a/view/src/nsViewManager.h b/view/src/nsViewManager.h
index 1be861b4e5e8..f0be3f7d0f35 100644
--- a/view/src/nsViewManager.h
+++ b/view/src/nsViewManager.h
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@
    Composite() calls should also be forwarded to the root view manager.
 */
 
-class nsInvalidateEvent;
-
 class nsViewManager : public nsIViewManager {
 public:
   nsViewManager();
@@ -142,7 +140,6 @@ public:
  
   NS_IMETHOD IsPainting(bool& aIsPainting);
   NS_IMETHOD GetLastUserEventTime(PRUint32& aTime);
-  void ProcessInvalidateEvent();
   static PRUint32 gLastUserEventTime;
 
   /* Update the cached RootViewManager pointer on this view manager. */
@@ -259,8 +256,6 @@ private:
   // never null (if we have no ancestors, it will be |this|).
   nsViewManager     *mRootViewManager;
 
-  nsRevocableEventPtr<nsInvalidateEvent> mInvalidateEvent;
-
   // The following members should not be accessed directly except by
   // the root view manager.  Some have accessor functions to enforce
   // this, as noted.
@@ -281,24 +276,6 @@ private:
 
   //list of view managers
   static nsVoidArray       *gViewManagers;
-
-  void PostInvalidateEvent();
-};
-
-class nsInvalidateEvent : public nsRunnable {
-public:
-  nsInvalidateEvent(class nsViewManager *vm) : mViewManager(vm) {
-    NS_ASSERTION(mViewManager, "null parameter");
-  }
-  void Revoke() { mViewManager = nsnull; }
-
-  NS_IMETHOD Run() {
-    if (mViewManager)
-      mViewManager->ProcessInvalidateEvent();
-    return NS_OK;
-  }
-protected:
-  class nsViewManager *mViewManager;
 };
 
 #endif /* nsViewManager_h___ */