diff --git a/docshell/test/chrome/bug113934_window.xhtml b/docshell/test/chrome/bug113934_window.xhtml
index 794b8b28363f..c5b676b6b8e0 100644
--- a/docshell/test/chrome/bug113934_window.xhtml
+++ b/docshell/test/chrome/bug113934_window.xhtml
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@
       // which are a result of swapping the docshells.
       var DOMLinkListener = {
         _afterFirst: false,
-        _removedDispatched: false,
         _addedDispatched: false,
         async handleEvent(aEvent) {
           if (!this._afterFirst) {
@@ -134,16 +133,10 @@
             is(this._addedDispatched, false);
             this._addedDispatched = true;
           }
-          else {
-            is(this._removedDispatched, false);
-            this._removedDispatched = true;
-          }
 
-          if (this._addedDispatched && this._removedDispatched) {
+          if (this._addedDispatched) {
             $("f1").removeEventListener("DOMLinkAdded", this);
-            $("f1").removeEventListener("DOMLinkRemoved", this);
             $("f3").removeEventListener("DOMLinkAdded", this);
-            $("f3").removeEventListener("DOMLinkRemoved", this);
             window.close();
             SimpleTest.finish();
           }
@@ -151,9 +144,7 @@
       };
 
       $("f1").addEventListener("DOMLinkAdded", DOMLinkListener);
-      $("f1").addEventListener("DOMLinkRemoved", DOMLinkListener);
       $("f3").addEventListener("DOMLinkAdded", DOMLinkListener);
-      $("f3").addEventListener("DOMLinkRemoved", DOMLinkListener);
 
       var linkElement = $("f1").contentDocument.createElement("link");
       linkElement.setAttribute("rel", "alternate");
diff --git a/dom/base/Document.cpp b/dom/base/Document.cpp
index 7af91579e3d2..20073e552558 100644
--- a/dom/base/Document.cpp
+++ b/dom/base/Document.cpp
@@ -11827,19 +11827,6 @@ void Document::OnPageHide(bool aPersisted, EventTarget* aDispatchStartTarget,
       inFrameLoaderSwap ==
       (mDocumentContainer && mDocumentContainer->InFrameSwap()));
 
-  // Send out notifications that our <link> elements are detached,
-  // but only if this is not a full unload.
-  Element* root = GetRootElement();
-  if (aPersisted && root) {
-    RefPtr<nsContentList> links =
-        NS_GetContentList(root, kNameSpaceID_XHTML, u"link"_ns);
-
-    uint32_t linkCount = links->Length(true);
-    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < linkCount; ++i) {
-      static_cast<HTMLLinkElement*>(links->Item(i, false))->LinkRemoved();
-    }
-  }
-
   if (mAnimationController) {
     mAnimationController->OnPageHide();
   }
diff --git a/dom/html/HTMLLinkElement.cpp b/dom/html/HTMLLinkElement.cpp
index f78e24453b80..9d5dc0bca952 100644
--- a/dom/html/HTMLLinkElement.cpp
+++ b/dom/html/HTMLLinkElement.cpp
@@ -108,10 +108,6 @@ void HTMLLinkElement::LinkAdded() {
   CreateAndDispatchEvent(u"DOMLinkAdded"_ns);
 }
 
-void HTMLLinkElement::LinkRemoved() {
-  CreateAndDispatchEvent(u"DOMLinkRemoved"_ns);
-}
-
 void HTMLLinkElement::UnbindFromTree(bool aNullParent) {
   CancelDNSPrefetch(*this);
   CancelPrefetchOrPreload();
@@ -130,8 +126,6 @@ void HTMLLinkElement::UnbindFromTree(bool aNullParent) {
                     eIgnoreCase)) {
       oldDoc->LocalizationLinkRemoved(this);
     }
-
-    CreateAndDispatchEvent(u"DOMLinkRemoved"_ns);
   }
 
   nsGenericHTMLElement::UnbindFromTree(aNullParent);
diff --git a/dom/html/HTMLLinkElement.h b/dom/html/HTMLLinkElement.h
index 49969b2c9ab0..6bbeb9a39750 100644
--- a/dom/html/HTMLLinkElement.h
+++ b/dom/html/HTMLLinkElement.h
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ class HTMLLinkElement final : public nsGenericHTMLElement,
   NS_DECL_ADDSIZEOFEXCLUDINGTHIS
 
   void LinkAdded();
-  void LinkRemoved();
 
   // nsINode
   nsresult Clone(dom::NodeInfo*, nsINode** aResult) const override;