diff --git a/xpfe/browser/resources/content/navigator.js b/xpfe/browser/resources/content/navigator.js
index 78d11930d73..35b2a5db2c9 100644
--- a/xpfe/browser/resources/content/navigator.js
+++ b/xpfe/browser/resources/content/navigator.js
@@ -206,24 +206,6 @@ function Shutdown()
     appCore.close();
 }
 
-  function onLoadWithArgs() {
-    // See if Startup has been run.
-    if ( appCore ) {
-        // See if load in progress (loading default page).
-        if ( document.getElementById("Browser:Throbber").getAttribute("busy") == "true" ) {
-            dump( "Stopping load of default initial page\n" );
-            appCore.stop();
-        }
-        dump( "Loading page specified on ShowWindowWithArgs\n" );
-        appCore.loadInitialPage();
-    } else {
-        // onLoad handler timing is not correct yet.
-        dump( "onLoadWithArgs not needed yet\n" );
-        // Remember that we want this url.
-        explicitURL = true;
-    }
-  }
-
   function onLoadViaOpenDialog() {
     // See if load in progress (loading default page).
     if ( document.getElementById("Browser:Throbber").getAttribute("busy") == "true" ) {
diff --git a/xpfe/browser/resources/content/navigator.xul b/xpfe/browser/resources/content/navigator.xul
index e85a612b565..52ce49a3de1 100644
--- a/xpfe/browser/resources/content/navigator.xul
+++ b/xpfe/browser/resources/content/navigator.xul
@@ -69,10 +69,6 @@ Contributor(s): ______________________________________. -->
   <broadcaster id="args" value=""/> 
 </broadcasterset>
 
-<!-- Interim hack to transition from nsIXULWindowCallbacks/ShowWindowWithArgs -->
-<broadcaster id="dialog.start" ready="false"/>
-<observes element="dialog.start" attribute="ready" onbroadcast="onLoadWithArgs()"/>
-  
 <!-- keys are appended from the overlay -->
 <keyset id="keyset"/>
   
@@ -447,7 +443,6 @@ Contributor(s): ______________________________________. -->
 		<spring style="width: 1em"/>
         <titledbutton id="statusText" class="status-bar" align="left" flex="100%" 
           value="&statusText.label;"  style="min-width: 1px">
-
           <observes element="WebBrowserChrome" attribute="status" onbroadcast="onStatus()"/>
           <observes element="WebBrowserChrome" attribute="overLink" onbroadcast="onOverLink()"/>
           <observes element="WebBrowserChrome" attribute="defaultStatus" onbroadcast="onDefaultStatus()"/>