diff --git a/editor/svg-editor.js b/editor/svg-editor.js
index f89608dc..d9ea7571 100644
--- a/editor/svg-editor.js
+++ b/editor/svg-editor.js
@@ -820,28 +820,7 @@
 
 				zoomDone();
 			}
-         
-			//bad UA sniffing ...modernizr can't help https://github.com/Modernizr/Modernizr/wiki/Undetectables
-			var mouseWheelEvt=(/Firefox/i.test(navigator.userAgent))? "DOMMouseScroll" : "mousewheel" 
-			$('#workarea').bind(mouseWheelEvt, function(e){
-				  var evt = e.originalEvent;
-				  var delta;
-				  if (evt.wheelDelta) delta = Math.max(-1, Math.min(1, (evt.wheelDelta)));
-				  else if (evt.detail) delta = Math.max(-1, Math.min(1, (-evt.detail)));
-				  var zoom = Math.round((svgCanvas.getZoom() + delta * 0.05) * 100)/100; 
-				  var w_area = workarea;
-				  zoomChanged(window, {
-						width: 0,
-						height: 0,
-						// center pt of scroll position
-						// should be relative to mouse position
-						x: (w_area[0].scrollLeft + w_area.width()/2)/zoom,
-						y: (w_area[0].scrollTop + w_area.height()/2)/zoom,
-						zoom: zoom
-					}, true);
-					if (evt.preventDefault) evt.preventDefault();
-					evt.returnValue = false;
-			});
+     
 
 			$('#cur_context_panel').delegate('a', 'click', function() {
 				var link = $(this);