diff --git a/layout/base/nsDocumentViewer.cpp b/layout/base/nsDocumentViewer.cpp
index 24e2512f0fe..ba9a4994322 100644
--- a/layout/base/nsDocumentViewer.cpp
+++ b/layout/base/nsDocumentViewer.cpp
@@ -839,11 +839,6 @@ DocumentViewerImpl::InitInternal(nsIWidget* aParentWidget,
                                  PRBool aInPrintPreview,
                                  PRBool aNeedMakeCX /*= PR_TRUE*/)
 {
-  // We don't want any scripts to run here. That can cause flushing,
-  // which can cause reentry into initialization of this document viewer,
-  // which would be disastrous.
-  nsAutoScriptBlocker blockScripts;
-
   mParentWidget = aParentWidget; // not ref counted
   mBounds = aBounds;