diff --git a/core/modules/editor/engines/framed.js b/core/modules/editor/engines/framed.js
index 7984eff4f..6e7da24da 100644
--- a/core/modules/editor/engines/framed.js
+++ b/core/modules/editor/engines/framed.js
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ function FramedEngine(options) {
 	// Add event listeners
 	$tw.utils.addEventListeners(this.domNode,[
 		{name: "click",handlerObject: this,handlerMethod: "handleClickEvent"},
-		{name: "focus",handlerObject: this,handlerMethod: "handleFocusEvent"},
 		{name: "input",handlerObject: this,handlerMethod: "handleInputEvent"},
 		{name: "keydown",handlerObject: this.widget,handlerMethod: "handleKeydownEvent"}
 	]);
@@ -153,16 +152,6 @@ FramedEngine.prototype.focus  = function() {
 		this.domNode.select();
 	}
 };
-	
-/*
-Handle the focus event
-*/
-FramedEngine.prototype.handleFocusEvent = function(event) {
-	if(this.widget.cancelPopups) {
-		this.widget.cancelPopups();		
-	}
-	return true;
-};
 
 /*
 Handle a click
diff --git a/core/modules/editor/engines/simple.js b/core/modules/editor/engines/simple.js
index acd4bc3d2..bb77893d7 100644
--- a/core/modules/editor/engines/simple.js
+++ b/core/modules/editor/engines/simple.js
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ SimpleEngine.prototype.handleInputEvent = function(event) {
 Handle a dom "focus" event
 */
 SimpleEngine.prototype.handleFocusEvent = function(event) {
-	this.widget.cancelPopups();
 	if(this.widget.editFocusPopup) {
 		$tw.popup.triggerPopup({
 			domNode: this.domNode,
diff --git a/core/modules/editor/factory.js b/core/modules/editor/factory.js
index 82b4484c6..8dfc88037 100644
--- a/core/modules/editor/factory.js
+++ b/core/modules/editor/factory.js
@@ -248,13 +248,6 @@ function editTextWidgetFactory(toolbarEngine,nonToolbarEngine) {
 		}
 	};
 
-	/*
-	Cancel Popups
-	*/
-	EditTextWidget.prototype.cancelPopups = function() {
-		$tw.popup.cancel(0,this.engine.domNode);
-	};
-
 	/*
 	Handle a dom "keydown" event, which we'll bubble up to our container for the keyboard widgets benefit
 	*/
diff --git a/core/modules/utils/dom/popup.js b/core/modules/utils/dom/popup.js
index aa89d705c..4ae1a44cd 100644
--- a/core/modules/utils/dom/popup.js
+++ b/core/modules/utils/dom/popup.js
@@ -149,46 +149,21 @@ Popup.prototype.show = function(options) {
 	}
 };
 
-/*
-Detect if a Popup contains an input field that has focus
-Returns true or false
-*/
-Popup.prototype.detectInputWithinPopup = function(node) {
-	var withinPopup = false,
-	    currNode = node;
-	for(var i=0; i<this.popups.length; i++) {
-		var popup = (this.popups[i] && this.popups[i].domNode) ? this.popups[i].domNode : null;
-		while(node && popup) {
-			if(node === popup || (node.classList && (node.classList.contains("tc-popup-keep") || (node !== currNode && node.classList.contains("tc-popup-handle"))))) {
-				withinPopup = true;
-			}
-			node = node.parentNode;
-		}
-	}
-	return withinPopup;
-};
-
 /*
 Cancel all popups at or above a specified level or DOM node
 level: popup level to cancel (0 cancels all popups)
 */
-Popup.prototype.cancel = function(level,focusedInputNode) {
+Popup.prototype.cancel = function(level) {
 	var numPopups = this.popups.length;
 	level = Math.max(0,Math.min(level,numPopups));
 	for(var t=level; t<numPopups; t++) {
-		var inputWithinPopup;
-		if(focusedInputNode) {
-			inputWithinPopup = this.detectInputWithinPopup(focusedInputNode);
-		}
-		if(!inputWithinPopup) {
-			var popup = this.popups.pop();
-		  	if(popup.title) {
-				if(popup.noStateReference) {
-					popup.wiki.deleteTiddler(popup.title);
-				} else {
-					popup.wiki.deleteTiddler($tw.utils.parseTextReference(popup.title).title);
-        			}
-			}
+		var popup = this.popups.pop();
+		if(popup.title) {
+			if(popup.noStateReference) {
+				popup.wiki.deleteTiddler(popup.title);
+			} else {
+				popup.wiki.deleteTiddler($tw.utils.parseTextReference(popup.title).title);
+        		}
 		}
 	}
 	if(this.popups.length === 0) {