diff --git a/docs/api.js b/docs/api.js
index 12c142db..127acdc5 100644
--- a/docs/api.js
+++ b/docs/api.js
@@ -205,9 +205,6 @@ function getDocsJSON() {
     return ret;
 
     function getDoc(key) {
-        var standardElement = new Ox.Element();
-        var standardMethods = Ox.filter(Ox.keys(standardElement), function(m) { return typeof standardElement[m] === 'function' });
-
         //FIXME: eventually we want to document all Ox values and functions
         if (!/^[A-Z][a-z]/.test(key)) {
             return false
@@ -219,7 +216,6 @@ function getDocsJSON() {
                 'functionString': functionString
             }
         }
-        var functionString = Ox[key].toString();
         try {
             var o = new Ox[key]();
         } catch(err) {
@@ -232,6 +228,7 @@ function getDocsJSON() {
         var opts = {};
         if ('options' in o && typeof o['options'] == 'function') {
             var opts = o.options();
+            //only inclue methods that are defined in the function
             var _methods = Ox.filter(Ox.keys(o), function(m) { return (functionString.indexOf('that.'+m+' =') > -1 && typeof o[m] === 'function')});
             $.each(_methods, function(i, m) { methods[m] = o[m].toString() });
         }