diff --git a/content/base/public/nsContentUtils.h b/content/base/public/nsContentUtils.h
index 60b6dc52ba2e..f5b549db2e26 100644
--- a/content/base/public/nsContentUtils.h
+++ b/content/base/public/nsContentUtils.h
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@
 #include "nsIPrefBranch2.h"
 #include "mozilla/AutoRestore.h"
 #include "nsINode.h"
-#include "nsHashtable.h"
 
 #include "jsapi.h"
 
@@ -111,7 +110,6 @@ class nsIScriptContext;
 class nsIRunnable;
 class nsIInterfaceRequestor;
 template<class E> class nsCOMArray;
-template<class K, class V> class nsRefPtrHashtable;
 struct JSRuntime;
 class nsIUGenCategory;
 class nsIWidget;
@@ -121,7 +119,6 @@ class nsPIDOMEventTarget;
 class nsIPresShell;
 class nsIXPConnectJSObjectHolder;
 class nsPrefOldCallback;
-class nsPrefObserverHashKey;
 #ifdef MOZ_XTF
 class nsIXTFService;
 #endif
@@ -1713,8 +1710,7 @@ private:
 
   static nsIPrefBranch2 *sPrefBranch;
   // For old compatibility of RegisterPrefCallback
-  static nsRefPtrHashtable<nsPrefObserverHashKey, nsPrefOldCallback>
-    *sPrefCallbackTable;
+  static nsCOMArray<nsPrefOldCallback> *sPrefCallbackList;
 
   static bool sImgLoaderInitialized;
   static void InitImgLoader();
diff --git a/content/base/src/nsContentUtils.cpp b/content/base/src/nsContentUtils.cpp
index 5999578446f8..b7b3c2aa0bdc 100644
--- a/content/base/src/nsContentUtils.cpp
+++ b/content/base/src/nsContentUtils.cpp
@@ -262,8 +262,7 @@ PRBool nsContentUtils::sIsHandlingKeyBoardEvent = PR_FALSE;
 
 PRBool nsContentUtils::sInitialized = PR_FALSE;
 
-nsRefPtrHashtable<nsPrefObserverHashKey, nsPrefOldCallback>
-  *nsContentUtils::sPrefCallbackTable = nsnull;
+nsCOMArray<nsPrefOldCallback> *nsContentUtils::sPrefCallbackList = nsnull;
 
 static PLDHashTable sEventListenerManagersHash;
 
@@ -314,95 +313,39 @@ class nsSameOriginChecker : public nsIChannelEventSink,
   NS_DECL_NSIINTERFACEREQUESTOR
 };
 
-class nsPrefObserverHashKey : public PLDHashEntryHdr {
-public:
-  typedef nsPrefObserverHashKey* KeyType;
-  typedef const nsPrefObserverHashKey* KeyTypePointer;
-
-  static const nsPrefObserverHashKey* KeyToPointer(nsPrefObserverHashKey *aKey)
-  {
-    return aKey;
-  }
-
-  static PLDHashNumber HashKey(const nsPrefObserverHashKey *aKey)
-  {
-    PRUint32 strHash = nsCRT::HashCode(aKey->mPref.BeginReading(),
-                                       aKey->mPref.Length());
-    return PR_ROTATE_LEFT32(strHash, 4) ^
-           NS_PTR_TO_UINT32(aKey->mCallback);
-  }
-
-  nsPrefObserverHashKey(const char *aPref, PrefChangedFunc aCallback) :
-    mPref(aPref), mCallback(aCallback) { }
-
-  nsPrefObserverHashKey(const nsPrefObserverHashKey *aOther) :
-    mPref(aOther->mPref), mCallback(aOther->mCallback)
-  { }
-
-  PRBool KeyEquals(const nsPrefObserverHashKey *aOther) const
-  {
-    return mCallback == aOther->mCallback &&
-           mPref.Equals(aOther->mPref);
-  }
-
-  nsPrefObserverHashKey *GetKey() const
-  {
-    return const_cast<nsPrefObserverHashKey*>(this);
-  }
-
-  enum { ALLOW_MEMMOVE = PR_TRUE };
-
-public:
-  nsCString mPref;
-  PrefChangedFunc mCallback;
-};
-
 // For nsContentUtils::RegisterPrefCallback/UnregisterPrefCallback
-class nsPrefOldCallback : public nsIObserver,
-                          public nsPrefObserverHashKey
+class nsPrefOldCallback : public nsIObserver
 {
 public:
   NS_DECL_ISUPPORTS
   NS_DECL_NSIOBSERVER
 
 public:
-  nsPrefOldCallback(const char *aPref, PrefChangedFunc aCallback)
-    : nsPrefObserverHashKey(aPref, aCallback) { }
-
-  ~nsPrefOldCallback() {
-    nsContentUtils::GetPrefBranch()->RemoveObserver(mPref.get(), this);
+  nsPrefOldCallback(const char *aPref, PrefChangedFunc aCallback, void *aClosure) : mPref(aPref), mCallback(aCallback), mClosure(aClosure) {
   }
 
-  void AppendClosure(void *aClosure) {
-    mClosures.AppendElement(aClosure);
-  }
-
-  void RemoveClosure(void *aClosure) {
-    mClosures.RemoveElement(aClosure);
-  }
-
-  PRBool HasNoClosures() {
-    return mClosures.Length() == 0;
+  PRBool IsEqual(const char *aPref, PrefChangedFunc aCallback, void *aClosure) {
+    return aCallback == mCallback &&
+           aClosure == mClosure &&
+           mPref.Equals(aPref);
   }
 
 public:
-  nsTObserverArray<void *> mClosures;
+  nsCString       mPref;
+  PrefChangedFunc mCallback;
+  void            *mClosure;
 };
 
 NS_IMPL_ISUPPORTS1(nsPrefOldCallback, nsIObserver)
 
 NS_IMETHODIMP
-nsPrefOldCallback::Observe(nsISupports     *aSubject,
-                           const char      *aTopic,
-                           const PRUnichar *aData)
+nsPrefOldCallback::Observe(nsISupports   *aSubject,
+                         const char      *aTopic,
+                         const PRUnichar *aData)
 {
   NS_ASSERTION(!strcmp(aTopic, NS_PREFBRANCH_PREFCHANGE_TOPIC_ID),
                "invalid topic");
-  NS_LossyConvertUTF16toASCII data(aData);
-  nsTObserverArray<void *>::ForwardIterator iter(mClosures);
-  while (iter.HasMore()) {
-    mCallback(data.get(), iter.GetNext());
-  }
+  mCallback(NS_LossyConvertUTF16toASCII(aData).get(), mClosure);
 
   return NS_OK;
 }
@@ -1109,9 +1052,16 @@ nsContentUtils::Shutdown()
     NS_IF_RELEASE(sStringBundles[i]);
 
   // Clean up c-style's observer 
-  if (sPrefCallbackTable) {
-    delete sPrefCallbackTable;
-    sPrefCallbackTable = nsnull;
+  if (sPrefCallbackList) {
+    while (sPrefCallbackList->Count() > 0) {
+      nsRefPtr<nsPrefOldCallback> callback = (*sPrefCallbackList)[0];
+      NS_ABORT_IF_FALSE(callback, "Invalid c-style callback is appended");
+      if (sPrefBranch)
+        sPrefBranch->RemoveObserver(callback->mPref.get(), callback);
+      sPrefCallbackList->RemoveObject(callback);
+    }
+    delete sPrefCallbackList;
+    sPrefCallbackList = nsnull;
   }
 
   delete sPrefCacheData;
@@ -2670,8 +2620,8 @@ nsContentUtils::GetStringPref(const char *aPref)
   return result;
 }
 
-// RegisterPrefCallback/UnregisterPrefCallback are for backward compatiblity
-// with c-style observers.
+// RegisterPrefCallback/UnregisterPrefCallback are backward compatiblity for
+// c-style observer.
 
 // static
 void
@@ -2680,24 +2630,20 @@ nsContentUtils::RegisterPrefCallback(const char *aPref,
                                      void * aClosure)
 {
   if (sPrefBranch) {
-    if (!sPrefCallbackTable) {
-      sPrefCallbackTable = 
-        new nsRefPtrHashtable<nsPrefObserverHashKey, nsPrefOldCallback>();
-      sPrefCallbackTable->Init();
+    if (!sPrefCallbackList) {
+      sPrefCallbackList = new nsCOMArray<nsPrefOldCallback> ();
+      if (!sPrefCallbackList)
+        return;
     }
 
-    nsPrefObserverHashKey hashKey(aPref, aCallback);
-    nsRefPtr<nsPrefOldCallback> callback;
-    sPrefCallbackTable->Get(&hashKey, getter_AddRefs(callback));
+    nsPrefOldCallback *callback = new nsPrefOldCallback(aPref, aCallback, aClosure);
     if (callback) {
-      callback->AppendClosure(aClosure);
-      return;
-    }
-
-    callback = new nsPrefOldCallback(aPref, aCallback);
-    callback->AppendClosure(aClosure);
-    if (NS_SUCCEEDED(sPrefBranch->AddObserver(aPref, callback, PR_FALSE))) {
-      sPrefCallbackTable->Put(callback, callback);
+      if (NS_SUCCEEDED(sPrefBranch->AddObserver(aPref, callback, PR_FALSE))) {
+        sPrefCallbackList->AppendObject(callback);
+        return;
+      }
+      // error to get/add nsIPrefBranch2.  Destroy callback information
+      delete callback;
     }
   }
 }
@@ -2709,19 +2655,16 @@ nsContentUtils::UnregisterPrefCallback(const char *aPref,
                                        void * aClosure)
 {
   if (sPrefBranch) {
-    if (!sPrefCallbackTable) {
+    if (!sPrefCallbackList)
       return;
-    }
 
-    nsPrefObserverHashKey hashKey(aPref, aCallback);
-    nsRefPtr<nsPrefOldCallback> callback;
-    sPrefCallbackTable->Get(&hashKey, getter_AddRefs(callback));
-
-    if (callback) {
-      callback->RemoveClosure(aClosure);
-      if (callback->HasNoClosures()) {
-        // Delete the callback since its list of closures is empty.
-        sPrefCallbackTable->Remove(callback);
+    int i;
+    for (i = 0; i < sPrefCallbackList->Count(); i++) {
+      nsRefPtr<nsPrefOldCallback> callback = (*sPrefCallbackList)[i];
+      if (callback && callback->IsEqual(aPref, aCallback, aClosure)) {
+        sPrefBranch->RemoveObserver(aPref, callback);
+        sPrefCallbackList->RemoveObject(callback);
+        return;
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/modules/libpref/src/prefapi.cpp b/modules/libpref/src/prefapi.cpp
index 8ba30f3f70cf..1f8b274404b1 100644
--- a/modules/libpref/src/prefapi.cpp
+++ b/modules/libpref/src/prefapi.cpp
@@ -852,9 +852,9 @@ PREF_UnregisterCallback(const char *pref_node,
 
     while (node != NULL)
     {
-        if ( node->func == callback &&
-             node->data == instance_data &&
-             strcmp(node->domain, pref_node) == 0)
+        if ( strcmp(node->domain, pref_node) == 0 &&
+             node->func == callback &&
+             node->data == instance_data)
         {
             if (gCallbacksInProgress)
             {