diff --git a/src/core/parseHTML.js b/src/core/parseHTML.js
index c501cdfc9..e0348971d 100644
--- a/src/core/parseHTML.js
+++ b/src/core/parseHTML.js
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ jQuery.parseHTML = function( data, context, keepScripts ) {
 		keepScripts = context;
 		context = false;
 	}
-	// document.implementation stops scripts or inline event handlers from
-	// being executed immediately
-	context = context || document.implementation.createHTMLDocument( "" );
+	context = context || document;
 
 	var parsed = rsingleTag.exec( data ),
 		scripts = !keepScripts && [];
diff --git a/test/unit/core.js b/test/unit/core.js
index c4c5ffa1a..17006a8ab 100644
--- a/test/unit/core.js
+++ b/test/unit/core.js
@@ -1370,20 +1370,6 @@ test("jQuery.parseHTML", function() {
 	ok( jQuery.parseHTML("<#if><tr><p>This is a test.</p></tr><#/if>") || true, "Garbage input should not cause error" );
 });
 
-asyncTest("jQuery.parseHTML", function() {
-	expect ( 1 );
-
-	Globals.register("parseHTMLError");
-
-	jQuery.globalEval("parseHTMLError = false;");
-	jQuery.parseHTML( "<img src=x onerror='parseHTMLError = true'>" );
-
-	window.setTimeout(function() {
-		start();
-		equal( window.parseHTMLError, false, "onerror eventhandler has not been called." );
-	}, 2000);
-});
-
 test("jQuery.parseJSON", function() {
 	expect( 20 );