diff --git a/HTMLKit/HTMLDocument.m b/HTMLKit/HTMLDocument.m
index b071e21..5ffaf3b 100644
--- a/HTMLKit/HTMLDocument.m
+++ b/HTMLKit/HTMLDocument.m
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 	}
 
 	[node.parentNode removeChildNode:node];
-	node.parentNode = self;
 	return node;
 }