diff --git a/rhino_modules/jsdoc/src/handlers.js b/rhino_modules/jsdoc/src/handlers.js
index fe3a0ee1..2cdd1abf 100644
--- a/rhino_modules/jsdoc/src/handlers.js
+++ b/rhino_modules/jsdoc/src/handlers.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ exports.attachTo = function(parser) {
         }
         e.doclet = newDoclet;
 
-        resolveProperties(newDoclet);
+        //resolveProperties(newDoclet);
     });
 
     // handles named symbols in the code, may or may not have a JSDoc comment attached
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ exports.attachTo = function(parser) {
             return false;
         }
 
-        resolveProperties(newDoclet);
+        //resolveProperties(newDoclet);
 
         if (!newDoclet.memberof) {
             newDoclet.scope = 'global';
@@ -172,19 +172,6 @@ exports.attachTo = function(parser) {
         return false;
     }
 
-    function resolveProperties(newDoclet) {
-        // find name and description from each property tag text
-        if (newDoclet.properties) {
-            for (var i = 0, len = newDoclet.properties.length; i < len; i++) {
-                var property = newDoclet.properties[i];
-
-                if (property.description) {
-                    var parts = jsdoc.name.splitName(property.description);
-                    property.name = parts.name;
-                    property.description = parts.description;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
+    function resolveProperties(newDoclet) {}
 };
 
diff --git a/test/fixtures/propertytag.js b/test/fixtures/propertytag.js
index 7b9a1cb8..475fe31b 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/propertytag.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/propertytag.js
@@ -8,12 +8,6 @@ myobject = {
     defaults: {
         a: 1,
         b: "Hit the light",
-        /**
-         *  The c property of the defaults.
-         *  @member
-         *  @type {Boolean}
-         *  @property {String} prop The property of c.
-         */
         c: true
     }
 };
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diff --git a/test/specs/tags/propertytag.js b/test/specs/tags/propertytag.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..374c64ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/specs/tags/propertytag.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+describe("@property tag", function() {
+    var docSet = jasmine.getDocSetFromFile('test/fixtures/propertytag.js'),
+        myobject = docSet.getByLongname('myobject')[0];
+
+    it('When a symbol has an @property tag with a those properties appear in the parsed object.', function() {
+        expect(typeof myobject.properties).toEqual('object');
+        expect(myobject.properties.length).toEqual(3);
+        expect(myobject.properties[0].name).toEqual('defaults');
+        expect(myobject.properties[1].name).toEqual('defaults.a');
+        expect(myobject.properties[2].name).toEqual('defaults.b');
+        expect(myobject.properties[0].description).toEqual('The default values.');
+        expect(myobject.properties[0].type.names[0]).toEqual('Object');
+    });
+
+});
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