diff --git a/src/Angular.js b/src/Angular.js
index 57f478b5b944..a3117ee435f2 100644
--- a/src/Angular.js
+++ b/src/Angular.js
@@ -1430,8 +1430,10 @@ function snake_case(name, separator){
 }
 
 function bindJQuery() {
+  var originalCleanData;
   // bind to jQuery if present;
   jQuery = window.jQuery;
+
   // reset to jQuery or default to us.
   if (jQuery) {
     jqLite = jQuery;
@@ -1442,14 +1444,22 @@ function bindJQuery() {
       injector: JQLitePrototype.injector,
       inheritedData: JQLitePrototype.inheritedData
     });
-    // Method signature:
-    //     jqLitePatchJQueryRemove(name, dispatchThis, filterElems, getterIfNoArguments)
-    jqLitePatchJQueryRemove('remove', true, true, false);
-    jqLitePatchJQueryRemove('empty', false, false, false);
-    jqLitePatchJQueryRemove('html', false, false, true);
+
+    originalCleanData = jQuery.cleanData;
+    // Prevent double-proxying.
+    originalCleanData = originalCleanData.$$original || originalCleanData;
+
+    jQuery.cleanData = function(elems) {
+      for (var i = 0, elem; (elem = elems[i]) != null; i++) {
+        jQuery(elem).triggerHandler('$destroy');
+      }
+      originalCleanData(elems);
+    };
+    jQuery.cleanData.$$original = originalCleanData;
   } else {
     jqLite = JQLite;
   }
+
   angular.element = jqLite;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/jqLite.js b/src/jqLite.js
index d03ea67b4676..771c4312432d 100644
--- a/src/jqLite.js
+++ b/src/jqLite.js
@@ -136,49 +136,6 @@ function camelCase(name) {
     replace(MOZ_HACK_REGEXP, 'Moz$1');
 }
 
-/////////////////////////////////////////////
-// jQuery mutation patch
-//
-// In conjunction with bindJQuery intercepts all jQuery's DOM destruction apis and fires a
-// $destroy event on all DOM nodes being removed.
-//
-/////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-function jqLitePatchJQueryRemove(name, dispatchThis, filterElems, getterIfNoArguments) {
-  var originalJqFn = jQuery.fn[name];
-  originalJqFn = originalJqFn.$original || originalJqFn;
-  removePatch.$original = originalJqFn;
-  jQuery.fn[name] = removePatch;
-
-  function removePatch(param) {
-    // jshint -W040
-    var list = filterElems && param ? [this.filter(param)] : [this],
-        fireEvent = dispatchThis,
-        set, setIndex, setLength,
-        element, childIndex, childLength, children;
-
-    if (!getterIfNoArguments || param != null) {
-      while(list.length) {
-        set = list.shift();
-        for(setIndex = 0, setLength = set.length; setIndex < setLength; setIndex++) {
-          element = jqLite(set[setIndex]);
-          if (fireEvent) {
-            element.triggerHandler('$destroy');
-          } else {
-            fireEvent = !fireEvent;
-          }
-          for(childIndex = 0, childLength = (children = element.children()).length;
-              childIndex < childLength;
-              childIndex++) {
-            list.push(jQuery(children[childIndex]));
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
-    return originalJqFn.apply(this, arguments);
-  }
-}
-
 var SINGLE_TAG_REGEXP = /^<(\w+)\s*\/?>(?:<\/\1>|)$/;
 var HTML_REGEXP = /<|&#?\w+;/;
 var TAG_NAME_REGEXP = /<([\w:]+)/;
diff --git a/test/jQueryPatchSpec.js b/test/jQueryPatchSpec.js
index 10e46be8a499..4c588092dc57 100644
--- a/test/jQueryPatchSpec.js
+++ b/test/jQueryPatchSpec.js
@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@ if (window.jQuery) {
 
     describe('$detach event', function() {
 
-      it('should fire on detach()', function() {
-        doc.find('span').detach();
-      });
-
       it('should fire on remove()', function() {
         doc.find('span').remove();
       });
@@ -83,12 +79,6 @@ if (window.jQuery) {
 
     describe('$detach event is not invoked in too many cases', function() {
 
-      it('should fire only on matched elements on detach(selector)', function() {
-        doc.find('span').detach('.second');
-        expect(spy2).toHaveBeenCalled();
-        expect(spy2.callCount).toEqual(1);
-      });
-
       it('should fire only on matched elements on remove(selector)', function() {
         doc.find('span').remove('.second');
         expect(spy2).toHaveBeenCalled();