diff --git a/build/js/ox.ui.js b/build/js/ox.ui.js
index ffb4103a..d924b3d6 100644
--- a/build/js/ox.ui.js
+++ b/build/js/ox.ui.js
@@ -781,6 +781,7 @@ requires
                             // if an ox object was passed
                             // then pass its $element instead
                             // so we can do oxObj.jqFn(oxObj)
+                            /*
                             if (arg.ox) { // fixme: or is this too much magic?
                                 if (fn == "appendTo" && arg.$content) {
                                     args[i] = arg.$content
@@ -788,12 +789,15 @@ requires
                                     args[i] = arg.$element;
                                 }
                             }
+                            */
                         });
+                        /*
                         if (fn == "html" && that.$content) { // fixme: or is this too much magic?
                             $element = that.$content;
                         } else {
                             $element = that.$element;
                         }
+                        */
                         // why does this not work?
                         // ret = that.$element[v].apply(this, arguments);
                         if (length == 0) {