diff --git a/xpfe/components/find/public/nsISearchContext.idl b/xpfe/components/find/public/nsISearchContext.idl
index d64c7e741d53..b076176273bb 100644
--- a/xpfe/components/find/public/nsISearchContext.idl
+++ b/xpfe/components/find/public/nsISearchContext.idl
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ class nsIWebShell;
 | default implementation of the find component.                                |
 |                                                                              |
 | This interface is very simple: it provides 5 attributes that control the     |
-| Find and FindNext methods of nsFindComponent.                                |
+| Find and FindNext methods of nsFindComponent.  In addition, it provides      |
+| two additional attributes used for implementation purposes.                  |
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 [scriptable, uuid(31ABA0F0-2D93-11d3-8069-00600811A9C3)]
 interface nsISearchContext : nsISupports {
@@ -49,6 +50,4 @@ interface nsISearchContext : nsISupports {
     attribute boolean wrapSearch;
     readonly attribute nsIDOMWindow targetWindow;
     attribute nsIDOMWindow findDialog;
-    void ConvertToWeakReference();
-    void ConvertToOwningReference();
 };
diff --git a/xpfe/components/find/resources/finddialog.js b/xpfe/components/find/resources/finddialog.js
index 4dfc41a4c8d0..db0d63d8aa1c 100644
--- a/xpfe/components/find/resources/finddialog.js
+++ b/xpfe/components/find/resources/finddialog.js
@@ -95,9 +95,6 @@
             // Tell search context about this dialog.
             data.findDialog = window;
 
-            // Turn "data" into weak reference.
-            data.ConvertToWeakReference();
-
             // Fill dialog.
             loadDialog();
 
@@ -106,10 +103,6 @@
         }
 
         function onUnload() {
-            // Turn "data" back to owning reference (since xpconnect
-            // will do Release() regardless).
-            data.ConvertToOwningReference();
-
             // Disconnect context from this dialog.
             data.findDialog = null;
         }
diff --git a/xpfe/components/find/src/nsFindComponent.cpp b/xpfe/components/find/src/nsFindComponent.cpp
index 9fc96dfc8471..d2043aaf304a 100644
--- a/xpfe/components/find/src/nsFindComponent.cpp
+++ b/xpfe/components/find/src/nsFindComponent.cpp
@@ -62,11 +62,11 @@ nsFindComponent::Context::Context()
 
 nsFindComponent::Context::~Context()
 {
+    #ifdef DEBUG_law
+    printf( "\nnsFindComponent::Context destructor called\n\n" );
+    #endif
     // Close the dialog (if there is one).
     if ( mFindDialog ) {
-        // Bump refcnt so cleanup of the bogus owning reference in JS doesn't
-        // cause re-entry.
-        this->AddRef();
         mFindDialog->Close();
         mFindDialog = 0;
     }
@@ -668,16 +668,16 @@ nsFindComponent::Context::SetWrapSearch(PRBool aBool)
 NS_IMETHODIMP
 nsFindComponent::Context::GetTargetWindow( nsIDOMWindow * *aWindow)
 {
-	NS_ENSURE_ARG_POINTER(aWindow);
-	NS_IF_ADDREF(*aWindow = mTargetWindow);
+  NS_ENSURE_ARG_POINTER(aWindow);
+  NS_IF_ADDREF(*aWindow = mTargetWindow);
   return NS_OK;
 }
 
 NS_IMETHODIMP
 nsFindComponent::Context::GetFindDialog( nsIDOMWindow  * *aDialog)
 {
-	NS_ENSURE_ARG_POINTER(aDialog);
-	NS_IF_ADDREF(*aDialog = mFindDialog);
+  NS_ENSURE_ARG_POINTER(aDialog);
+  NS_IF_ADDREF(*aDialog = mFindDialog);
   return NS_OK;
 }
 
@@ -688,21 +688,6 @@ nsFindComponent::Context::SetFindDialog( nsIDOMWindow *aDialog )
   return NS_OK;
 }
 
-NS_IMETHODIMP
-nsFindComponent::Context::ConvertToWeakReference()
-{
-    NS_ASSERTION( mRefCnt >= 1, "Can't convert last reference to a weak one!" );
-    this->Release();
-    return NS_OK;
-};
-
-NS_IMETHODIMP
-nsFindComponent::Context::ConvertToOwningReference()
-{
-    this->AddRef();
-    return NS_OK;
-};
-
 #ifdef XP_MAC
 #pragma mark -
 #endif