diff --git a/www/assert/hyperjson.js b/www/assert/hyperjson.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a363bb79..000000000
--- a/www/assert/hyperjson.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,125 +0,0 @@
-define([], function () {
-    // this makes recursing a lot simpler
-    var isArray = function (A) {
-        return Object.prototype.toString.call(A)==='[object Array]';
-    };
-
-    var parseStyle = function(el){
-      var style = el.style;
-      var output = {};
-      for (var i = 0; i < style.length; ++i) {
-        var item = style.item(i);
-        output[item] = style[item];
-      }
-      return output;
-    };
-
-    var callOnHyperJSON = function (hj, cb) {
-        var children;
-
-        if (hj && hj[2]) {
-            children = hj[2].map(function (child) {
-                if (isArray(child)) {
-                    // if the child is an array, recurse
-                    return callOnHyperJSON(child, cb);
-                } else if (typeof (child) === 'string') {
-                    // string nodes have leading and trailing quotes
-                    // don't strip them!
-                    return child; //child.replace(/(^"|"$)/g,"");
-                } else {
-                    // the above branches should cover all methods
-                    // if we hit this, there is a problem
-                    throw new Error();
-                }
-            });
-        } else {
-            children = [];
-        }
-        // this should return the top level element of your new DOM
-        return cb(hj[0], hj[1], children);
-    };
-
-    var classify = function (token) {
-        return '.' + token.trim();
-    };
-
-    var isValidClass = function (x) {
-        if (x && /\S/.test(x)) {
-            return true;
-        }
-    };
-
-    var isTruthy = function (x) {
-        return x;
-    };
-
-    var DOM2HyperJSON = function(el, predicate, filter){
-        if(!el.tagName && el.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE){
-            return el.textContent;
-        }
-        if(!el.attributes){
-          return;
-        }
-        if (predicate) {
-            if (!predicate(el)) {
-                // shortcircuit
-                return;
-            }
-        }
-
-        var attributes = {};
-
-        var i = 0;
-        for(;i < el.attributes.length; i++){
-          var attr = el.attributes[i];
-          if(attr.name && attr.value){
-            if(attr.name === "style"){
-              attributes.style = parseStyle(el);
-            }
-            else{
-              attributes[attr.name] = attr.value;
-            }
-          }
-        }
-
-        // this should never be longer than three elements
-        var result = [];
-
-        // get the element type, id, and classes of the element
-        // and push them to the result array
-        var sel = el.tagName;
-
-        if(attributes.id){
-            // we don't have to do much to validate IDs because the browser
-            // will only permit one id to exist
-            // unless we come across a strange browser in the wild
-          sel = sel +'#'+ attributes.id;
-          delete attributes.id;
-        }
-        result.push(sel);
-
-        // second element of the array is the element attributes
-        result.push(attributes);
-
-        // third element of the array is an array of child nodes
-        var children = [];
-
-        // js hint complains if we use 'var' here
-        i = 0;
-        for(; i < el.childNodes.length; i++){
-            children.push(DOM2HyperJSON(el.childNodes[i], predicate, filter));
-        }
-        result.push(children.filter(isTruthy));
-
-        if (filter) {
-            return filter(result);
-        } else {
-            return result;
-        }
-    };
-
-    return {
-        fromDOM: DOM2HyperJSON,
-        callOn: callOnHyperJSON
-    };
-});
diff --git a/www/common/hyperjson.js b/www/common/hyperjson.js
index ff04a0da9..9a363bb79 100644
--- a/www/common/hyperjson.js
+++ b/www/common/hyperjson.js
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ define([], function () {
                     return callOnHyperJSON(child, cb);
                 } else if (typeof (child) === 'string') {
                     // string nodes have leading and trailing quotes
-                    return child.replace(/(^"|"$)/g,"");
+                    // don't strip them!
+                    return child; //child.replace(/(^"|"$)/g,"");
                 } else {
                     // the above branches should cover all methods
                     // if we hit this, there is a problem
@@ -95,21 +96,6 @@ define([], function () {
           sel = sel +'#'+ attributes.id;
           delete attributes.id;
         }
-        if(attributes.class){
-            // actually parse out classes so that we produce a valid selector
-            // string. leading or trailing spaces would have caused it to choke
-            // these are really common in generated html
-            /* TODO this can be done with RegExps alone, and it will be faster
-                but this works and is a little less error prone, albeit slower
-                come back and speed it up when it comes time to optimize */
-          sel = sel + attributes.class
-            .split(/\s+/g)
-            .filter(isValidClass)
-            .map(classify)
-            .join('')
-            .replace(/\.\./g, '.');
-          delete attributes.class;
-        }
         result.push(sel);
 
         // second element of the array is the element attributes