diff --git a/editor/libeditor/text/nsPlaintextEditor.cpp b/editor/libeditor/text/nsPlaintextEditor.cpp
index 9ef08b04f775..14e69e41f496 100644
--- a/editor/libeditor/text/nsPlaintextEditor.cpp
+++ b/editor/libeditor/text/nsPlaintextEditor.cpp
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ nsPlaintextEditor::ExtendSelectionForDelete(nsISelection *aSelection,
         break;
       case eNext:
         result = selCont->CharacterExtendForDelete();
-        // Don't set aAction to eNone (see Bug 502259)
+        *aAction = eNone;
         break;
       case ePrevious:
         /* FIXME: extend selection over UTF-16 surrogates for Bug #332636
diff --git a/layout/generic/test/test_backspace_delete.xul b/layout/generic/test/test_backspace_delete.xul
index 2d303237df55..c2e0d1546011 100644
--- a/layout/generic/test/test_backspace_delete.xul
+++ b/layout/generic/test/test_backspace_delete.xul
@@ -202,10 +202,6 @@ function execTests() {
   testDeleteNextWord(editor.firstChild, 0, "\u00A0text.");
   // testDeleteNextWord(editor, 0, "");
 
-  // Tests for Bug 502259
-  setupTest("<p>foo</p>\n<p>bar</p>", 3);
-  testDelete(editor.firstChild.firstChild, 3, "foobar");
-
   SimpleTest.finish();
 }