diff --git a/widget/src/cocoa/nsCocoaWindow.h b/widget/src/cocoa/nsCocoaWindow.h
index b9673af41b7e..849fc324ec03 100644
--- a/widget/src/cocoa/nsCocoaWindow.h
+++ b/widget/src/cocoa/nsCocoaWindow.h
@@ -281,11 +281,6 @@ public:
     // be notified that a some form of drag event needs to go into Gecko
     virtual PRBool DragEvent(unsigned int aMessage, Point aMouseGlobal, UInt16 aKeyModifiers);
 
-    // Helpers to prevent recursive resizing during live-resize
-    PRBool IsResizing () const { return mIsResizing; }
-    void StartResizing () { mIsResizing = PR_TRUE; }
-    void StopResizing () { mIsResizing = PR_FALSE; }
-
     PRBool HasModalDescendents() { return mNumModalDescendents > 0; }
     NSWindow *GetCocoaWindow() { return mWindow; }
 
@@ -338,7 +333,6 @@ protected:
   PRInt32              mShadowStyle;
   NSUInteger           mWindowFilter;
 
-  PRPackedBool         mIsResizing;     // we originated the resize, prevent infinite recursion
   PRPackedBool         mWindowMadeHere; // true if we created the window, false for embedding
   PRPackedBool         mSheetNeedsShow; // if this is a sheet, are we waiting to be shown?
                                         // this is used for sibling sheet contention only
diff --git a/widget/src/cocoa/nsCocoaWindow.mm b/widget/src/cocoa/nsCocoaWindow.mm
index 0b1fd44688af..675774a65323 100644
--- a/widget/src/cocoa/nsCocoaWindow.mm
+++ b/widget/src/cocoa/nsCocoaWindow.mm
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ nsCocoaWindow::nsCocoaWindow()
 , mPopupContentView(nil)
 , mShadowStyle(NS_STYLE_WINDOW_SHADOW_DEFAULT)
 , mWindowFilter(0)
-, mIsResizing(PR_FALSE)
 , mWindowMadeHere(PR_FALSE)
 , mSheetNeedsShow(PR_FALSE)
 , mFullScreen(PR_FALSE)
@@ -1134,35 +1133,16 @@ NS_IMETHODIMP nsCocoaWindow::Resize(PRInt32 aX, PRInt32 aY, PRInt32 aWidth, PRIn
   BOOL isMoving = (windowBounds.x != newBounds.x || windowBounds.y != newBounds.y);
   BOOL isResizing = (windowBounds.width != newBounds.width || windowBounds.height != newBounds.height);
 
-  if (IsResizing() || !mWindow || (!isMoving && !isResizing))
+  if (!mWindow || (!isMoving && !isResizing))
     return NS_OK;
   
   mBounds = newBounds;
   NSRect newFrame = nsCocoaUtils::GeckoRectToCocoaRect(mBounds);
 
-  // We have to report the size event -first-, to make sure that content
-  // repositions itself.  Cocoa views are anchored at the bottom left,
-  // so if we don't do this our child view will end up being stuck in the
-  // wrong place during a resize.
-  if (isResizing)
-    ReportSizeEvent(&newFrame);
-
-  StartResizing();
   // We ignore aRepaint -- we have to call display:YES, otherwise the
   // title bar doesn't immediately get repainted and is displayed in
   // the wrong place, leading to a visual jump.
   [mWindow setFrame:newFrame display:YES];
-  StopResizing();
-
-  // now, check whether we got the frame that we wanted
-  NSRect actualFrame = [mWindow frame];
-  if (newFrame.size.width != actualFrame.size.width || newFrame.size.height != actualFrame.size.height) {
-    // We didn't; the window must have been too big or otherwise invalid.
-    // Report -another- resize in this case, to make sure things are in
-    // the right place.  This will cause some visual jitter, but
-    // shouldn't happen often.
-    ReportSizeEvent();
-  }
 
   return NS_OK;
 
@@ -1788,7 +1768,7 @@ PRBool nsCocoaWindow::ShouldFocusPlugin()
 
 - (void)windowDidResize:(NSNotification *)aNotification
 {
-  if (!mGeckoWindow || mGeckoWindow->IsResizing())
+  if (!mGeckoWindow)
     return;
 
   // Resizing might have changed our zoom state.