diff --git a/lib/ajax/section_classes.js b/lib/ajax/section_classes.js
index 10aa4bb6b03..c475e2e2f30 100755
--- a/lib/ajax/section_classes.js
+++ b/lib/ajax/section_classes.js
@@ -367,17 +367,15 @@ section_class.prototype.remove_resource = function(el) {
             }
         }
     }
-    //remove "text" nodes to keep DOM clean
-    var childIndex = null;
-    var childrenCount = this.resources_ul.childNodes.length; 
-    for (var i=0; i<childrenCount; i++) {
-        if (this.resources_ul.childNodes[i] == el.getEl()) {
-            childIndex = i;
-		}
-	}
-    if (childIndex > 0 && childIndex < this.resources_ul.childNodes.length) {
-        this.resources_ul.removeChild(this.resources_ul.childNodes[childIndex - 1]);
+    // Remove any extra text nodes to keep DOM clean.
+	var kids = el.getEl().parentNode.childNodes;
+	var i = kids.length;
+	while (i--) {
+		if (kids[i].nodeType == 3) {
+	    	kids[i].parentNode.removeChild(kids[i]);
+	    }
 	}
+
     YAHOO.log("Removing "+el.getEl().id);
     if (el.getEl().parentNode != null) {
         el.getEl().parentNode.removeChild(el.getEl());