diff --git a/themes/base/jquery.ui.autocomplete.css b/themes/base/jquery.ui.autocomplete.css
index 05ae3108f1..b9835baa13 100644
--- a/themes/base/jquery.ui.autocomplete.css
+++ b/themes/base/jquery.ui.autocomplete.css
@@ -13,6 +13,3 @@
 	top: 0; /* #8656 */
 	cursor: default;
 }
-
-/* workarounds */
-* html .ui-autocomplete { width:1px; } /* without this, the menu expands to 100% in IE6 */