diff --git a/content/base/src/nsDocument.cpp b/content/base/src/nsDocument.cpp
index 00bdb1914be..f94e35b90f3 100644
--- a/content/base/src/nsDocument.cpp
+++ b/content/base/src/nsDocument.cpp
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ static NS_DEFINE_CID(kDOMEventGroupCID, NS_DOMEVENTGROUP_CID);
 #include "nsIDOMXPathEvaluator.h"
 #include "nsDOMCID.h"
 
-#include "nsLayoutStatics.h"
 #include "nsIJSContextStack.h"
 #include "nsIXPConnect.h"
 #include "nsCycleCollector.h"
@@ -772,7 +771,6 @@ nsDocument::nsDocument(const char* aContentType)
     mChildren(nsnull),
     mVisible(PR_TRUE)
 {
-  nsLayoutStatics::AddRef();
   mContentType = aContentType;
   
 #ifdef PR_LOGGING
@@ -881,7 +879,6 @@ nsDocument::~nsDocument()
   delete mHeaderData;
   delete mBoxObjectTable;
   delete mContentWrapperHash;
-  nsLayoutStatics::Release();
 }
 
 NS_IMPL_CYCLE_COLLECTION_CLASS(nsDocument)
diff --git a/content/base/src/nsNodeInfoManager.cpp b/content/base/src/nsNodeInfoManager.cpp
index 77a62b86f94..a6a239e22a1 100644
--- a/content/base/src/nsNodeInfoManager.cpp
+++ b/content/base/src/nsNodeInfoManager.cpp
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 #include "prbit.h"
 #include "plarena.h"
 #include "nsMemory.h"
+#include "nsLayoutStatics.h"
 
 #define NS_SMALL_NODE_ARENA_SIZE \
   (512 * (sizeof(void*)/4))
@@ -219,8 +220,6 @@ nsDOMNodeAllocator::Free(size_t aSize, void* aPtr)
 #endif
 }
 
-PRUint32 nsNodeInfoManager::gNodeManagerCount;
-
 PLHashNumber
 nsNodeInfoManager::GetNodeInfoInnerHashValue(const void *key)
 {
@@ -257,36 +256,23 @@ nsNodeInfoManager::nsNodeInfoManager()
     mCommentNodeInfo(nsnull),
     mDocumentNodeInfo(nsnull)
 {
-  ++gNodeManagerCount;
+  nsLayoutStatics::AddRef();
 
   mNodeInfoHash = PL_NewHashTable(32, GetNodeInfoInnerHashValue,
                                   NodeInfoInnerKeyCompare,
                                   PL_CompareValues, nsnull, nsnull);
-
-#ifdef DEBUG_jst
-  printf ("Creating NodeInfoManager, gcount = %d\n", gNodeManagerCount);
-#endif
 }
 
 
 nsNodeInfoManager::~nsNodeInfoManager()
 {
-  --gNodeManagerCount;
-
   if (mNodeInfoHash)
     PL_HashTableDestroy(mNodeInfoHash);
 
-
-  if (gNodeManagerCount == 0) {
-    nsNodeInfo::ClearCache();
-  }
-
   // Note: mPrincipal may be null here if we never got inited correctly
   NS_IF_RELEASE(mPrincipal);
 
-#ifdef DEBUG_jst
-  printf ("Removing NodeInfoManager, gcount = %d\n", gNodeManagerCount);
-#endif
+  nsLayoutStatics::Release();
 }
 
 
diff --git a/content/base/src/nsNodeInfoManager.h b/content/base/src/nsNodeInfoManager.h
index dfc6bc15d73..4b7cf31f6f4 100644
--- a/content/base/src/nsNodeInfoManager.h
+++ b/content/base/src/nsNodeInfoManager.h
@@ -198,8 +198,6 @@ private:
   nsINodeInfo *mDocumentNodeInfo; // WEAK to avoid circular ownership
 
   nsRefPtr<nsDOMNodeAllocator> mNodeAllocator;
-
-  static PRUint32 gNodeManagerCount;
 };
 
 #endif /* nsNodeInfoManager_h___ */