diff --git a/content/base/src/nsDOMSerializer.cpp b/content/base/src/nsDOMSerializer.cpp
index ebc9bb5d8bfe..b5cf435e9fb0 100644
--- a/content/base/src/nsDOMSerializer.cpp
+++ b/content/base/src/nsDOMSerializer.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 
 #include "nsDOMSerializer.h"
 #include "nsIDOMNode.h"
-#include "nsIDOMRange.h"
 #include "nsIDOMClassInfo.h"
 #include "nsIOutputStream.h"
 #include "nsIDocument.h"
@@ -54,9 +53,6 @@
 #include "nsICodebasePrincipal.h"
 #include "nsIURI.h"
 
-#include "nsLayoutCID.h" // XXX Need range CID
-static NS_DEFINE_CID(kRangeCID,NS_RANGE_CID);
-
 nsDOMSerializer::nsDOMSerializer()
 {
 }
@@ -117,11 +113,7 @@ static nsresult SetUpEncoder(nsIDOMNode *aRoot, const char* aCharset, nsIDocumen
 
   // If we are working on the entire document we do not need to specify which part to serialize
   if (!entireDocument) {
-    nsCOMPtr<nsIDOMRange> range(do_CreateInstance(kRangeCID));
-    rv = range->SelectNode(aRoot);
-    if (NS_SUCCEEDED(rv)) {
-      rv = encoder->SetRange(range);
-    }
+    rv = encoder->SetNode(aRoot);
   }
 
   if (NS_SUCCEEDED(rv)) {