diff --git a/ui/ui.colorpicker.js b/ui/ui.colorpicker.js
index 60a93d6a4..4919804e8 100644
--- a/ui/ui.colorpicker.js
+++ b/ui/ui.colorpicker.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ $.widget("ui.colorpicker", {
this.charMin = 65;
var o = this.options, self = this,
- tpl = '
';
+ tpl = '';
if (typeof o.color == 'string') {
this.color = this.HexToHSB(o.color);
diff --git a/ui/ui.sortable.js b/ui/ui.sortable.js
index ec42d2589..81b71fb24 100644
--- a/ui/ui.sortable.js
+++ b/ui/ui.sortable.js
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ $.widget("ui.sortable", $.extend({}, $.ui.mouse, {
this.floating = this.items.length ? (/left|right/).test(this.items[0].item.css('float')) : false;
//Let's determine the parent's offset
- //if(!(/(relative|absolute|fixed)/).test(this.element.css('position'))) this.element.css('position', 'relative');
this.offset = this.element.offset();
//Initialize mouse events for interaction