diff --git a/widgets/index-browser.js b/widgets/index-browser.js
index 29743ee67..5429aa531 100644
--- a/widgets/index-browser.js
+++ b/widgets/index-browser.js
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
-exports = module.exports = new EventEmitter();
-
 var dom = require('./dom');
 var ready = dom.ready;
 var EMPTY_OBJ = {};