diff --git a/layout/svg/base/src/nsSVGForeignObjectFrame.cpp b/layout/svg/base/src/nsSVGForeignObjectFrame.cpp
index fc23732825b8..2e71816c5122 100644
--- a/layout/svg/base/src/nsSVGForeignObjectFrame.cpp
+++ b/layout/svg/base/src/nsSVGForeignObjectFrame.cpp
@@ -67,22 +67,9 @@ nsSVGForeignObjectFrame::Init(nsIContent* aContent,
                (NS_STATE_SVG_NONDISPLAY_CHILD | NS_STATE_SVG_CLIPPATH_CHILD));
   AddStateBits(NS_FRAME_FONT_INFLATION_CONTAINER |
                NS_FRAME_FONT_INFLATION_FLOW_ROOT);
-  if (NS_SUCCEEDED(rv) &&
-      !(mState & NS_STATE_SVG_NONDISPLAY_CHILD)) {
-    nsSVGUtils::GetOuterSVGFrame(this)->RegisterForeignObject(this);
-  }
   return rv;
 }
 
-void nsSVGForeignObjectFrame::DestroyFrom(nsIFrame* aDestructRoot)
-{
-  // Only unregister if we registered in the first place:
-  if (!(mState & NS_STATE_SVG_NONDISPLAY_CHILD)) {
-      nsSVGUtils::GetOuterSVGFrame(this)->UnregisterForeignObject(this);
-  }
-  nsSVGForeignObjectFrameBase::DestroyFrom(aDestructRoot);
-}
-
 nsIAtom *
 nsSVGForeignObjectFrame::GetType() const
 {
diff --git a/layout/svg/base/src/nsSVGForeignObjectFrame.h b/layout/svg/base/src/nsSVGForeignObjectFrame.h
index c4511d4616b3..bc031c96bcf5 100644
--- a/layout/svg/base/src/nsSVGForeignObjectFrame.h
+++ b/layout/svg/base/src/nsSVGForeignObjectFrame.h
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ public:
   NS_IMETHOD  Init(nsIContent* aContent,
                    nsIFrame*   aParent,
                    nsIFrame*   aPrevInFlow);
-  virtual void DestroyFrom(nsIFrame* aDestructRoot);
   NS_IMETHOD  AttributeChanged(PRInt32         aNameSpaceID,
                                nsIAtom*        aAttribute,
                                PRInt32         aModType);
diff --git a/layout/svg/base/src/nsSVGOuterSVGFrame.cpp b/layout/svg/base/src/nsSVGOuterSVGFrame.cpp
index 950b818f5473..375aa38fecd4 100644
--- a/layout/svg/base/src/nsSVGOuterSVGFrame.cpp
+++ b/layout/svg/base/src/nsSVGOuterSVGFrame.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include "nsIObjectLoadingContent.h"
 #include "nsRenderingContext.h"
 #include "nsStubMutationObserver.h"
-#include "nsSVGForeignObjectFrame.h"
 #include "nsSVGIntegrationUtils.h"
 #include "nsSVGSVGElement.h"
 #include "nsSVGTextFrame.h"
@@ -80,33 +79,6 @@ nsSVGMutationObserver::AttributeChanged(nsIDocument* aDocument,
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Implementation helpers
 
-void
-nsSVGOuterSVGFrame::RegisterForeignObject(nsSVGForeignObjectFrame* aFrame)
-{
-  NS_ASSERTION(aFrame, "Who on earth is calling us?!");
-
-  if (!mForeignObjectHash.IsInitialized()) {
-    mForeignObjectHash.Init();
-  }
-
-  NS_ASSERTION(!mForeignObjectHash.GetEntry(aFrame),
-               "nsSVGForeignObjectFrame already registered!");
-
-  mForeignObjectHash.PutEntry(aFrame);
-
-  NS_ASSERTION(mForeignObjectHash.GetEntry(aFrame),
-               "Failed to register nsSVGForeignObjectFrame!");
-}
-
-void
-nsSVGOuterSVGFrame::UnregisterForeignObject(nsSVGForeignObjectFrame* aFrame)
-{
-  NS_ASSERTION(aFrame, "Who on earth is calling us?!");
-  NS_ASSERTION(mForeignObjectHash.GetEntry(aFrame),
-               "nsSVGForeignObjectFrame not in registry!");
-  return mForeignObjectHash.RemoveEntry(aFrame);
-}
-
 void
 nsSVGMutationObserver::UpdateTextFragmentTrees(nsIFrame *aFrame)
 {
diff --git a/layout/svg/base/src/nsSVGOuterSVGFrame.h b/layout/svg/base/src/nsSVGOuterSVGFrame.h
index 9cc11ed54593..e2a8d550eaa7 100644
--- a/layout/svg/base/src/nsSVGOuterSVGFrame.h
+++ b/layout/svg/base/src/nsSVGOuterSVGFrame.h
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 #include "nsISVGSVGFrame.h"
 #include "nsSVGContainerFrame.h"
 
-class nsSVGForeignObjectFrame;
-
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // nsSVGOuterSVGFrame class
 
@@ -29,13 +27,6 @@ public:
   NS_DECL_QUERYFRAME
   NS_DECL_FRAMEARENA_HELPERS
 
-#ifdef DEBUG
-  ~nsSVGOuterSVGFrame() {
-    NS_ASSERTION(mForeignObjectHash.Count() == 0,
-                 "foreignObject(s) still registered!");
-  }
-#endif
-
   // nsIFrame:
   virtual nscoord GetMinWidth(nsRenderingContext *aRenderingContext);
   virtual nscoord GetPrefWidth(nsRenderingContext *aRenderingContext);
@@ -102,18 +93,6 @@ public:
   // nsSVGContainerFrame methods:
   virtual gfxMatrix GetCanvasTM(PRUint32 aFor);
 
-  /* Methods to allow descendant nsSVGForeignObjectFrame frames to register and
-   * unregister themselves with their nearest nsSVGOuterSVGFrame ancestor. This
-   * is temporary until display list based invalidation is impleented for SVG.
-   * Maintaining a list of our foreignObject descendants allows us to search
-   * them for areas that need to be invalidated, without having to also search
-   * the SVG frame tree for foreignObjects. This is important so that bug 539356
-   * does not slow down SVG in general (only foreignObjects, until bug 614732 is
-   * fixed).
-   */
-  void RegisterForeignObject(nsSVGForeignObjectFrame* aFrame);
-  void UnregisterForeignObject(nsSVGForeignObjectFrame* aFrame);
-
   virtual bool HasChildrenOnlyTransform(gfxMatrix *aTransform) const;
 
 #ifdef XP_MACOSX
@@ -151,13 +130,6 @@ protected:
    */
   bool IsRootOfImage();
 
-  // This is temporary until display list based invalidation is implemented for
-  // SVG.
-  // A hash-set containing our nsSVGForeignObjectFrame descendants. Note we use
-  // a hash-set to avoid the O(N^2) behavior we'd get tearing down an SVG frame
-  // subtree if we were to use a list (see bug 381285 comment 20).
-  nsTHashtable<nsVoidPtrHashKey> mForeignObjectHash;
-
   nsAutoPtr<gfxMatrix> mCanvasTM;
 
   float mFullZoom;