diff --git a/www/common/hyperjson.js b/www/common/hyperjson.js
index 9a363bb79..b9dc87b9b 100644
--- a/www/common/hyperjson.js
+++ b/www/common/hyperjson.js
@@ -4,16 +4,6 @@ define([], function () {
         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;
 
@@ -23,9 +13,7 @@ define([], function () {
                     // 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,"");
+                    return child;
                 } else {
                     // the above branches should cover all methods
                     // if we hit this, there is a problem
@@ -39,16 +27,6 @@ define([], function () {
         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;
     };
@@ -71,15 +49,10 @@ define([], function () {
 
         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;
+            var attr = el.attributes[i];
+            if(attr.name && attr.value){
+                attributes[attr.name] = attr.value;
             }
-          }
         }
 
         // this should never be longer than three elements