diff --git a/mithril.js b/mithril.js
index 015d706f..056a5170 100644
--- a/mithril.js
+++ b/mithril.js
@@ -275,8 +275,7 @@ Mithril = m = new function app(window, undefined) {
 		for (var attrName in dataAttrs) {
 			var dataAttr = dataAttrs[attrName]
 			var cachedAttr = cachedAttrs[attrName]
-			//see #29 for the reason behind `activeElement` usage
-			if (!(attrName in cachedAttrs) || (cachedAttr !== dataAttr) || node === window.document.activeElement) {
+			if (!(attrName in cachedAttrs) || (cachedAttr !== dataAttr)) {
 				cachedAttrs[attrName] = dataAttr
 				try {
 					//`config` isn't a real attributes, so ignore it
@@ -300,10 +299,6 @@ Mithril = m = new function app(window, undefined) {
 						else if (attrName === "className") node.setAttribute("class", dataAttr)
 						else node.setAttribute(attrName, dataAttr)
 					}
-					//part of fix for #29
-					else if (attrName === "value" && tag === "input") {
-						if (node.value !== dataAttr) node.value = dataAttr
-					}
 					//handle cases that are properties (but ignore cases where we should use setAttribute instead)
 					//- list and form are typically used as strings, but are DOM element references in js
 					//- when using CSS selectors (e.g. `m("[style='']")`), style is used as a string, but it's an object in js
diff --git a/tests/mithril-tests.js b/tests/mithril-tests.js
index 3f41eba5..8064beb2 100644
--- a/tests/mithril-tests.js
+++ b/tests/mithril-tests.js
@@ -167,26 +167,6 @@ function testMithril(mock) {
 		m.render(root, m("a", {config: m.route}, "test"))
 		return root.childNodes[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue === "test"
 	})
-	test(function() {
-		//https://github.com/lhorie/mithril.js/issues/29
-		var root = mock.document.createElement("div")
-		var list = [false, false]
-		m.render(root, list.reverse().map(function(flag, index) {
-			return m("input[type=checkbox]", {onclick: m.withAttr("checked", function(value) {list[index] = value}), checked: flag})
-		}))
-
-		mock.document.activeElement = root.childNodes[0]
-		root.childNodes[0].checked = true
-		root.childNodes[0].onclick({currentTarget: {checked: true}})
-
-		m.render(root, list.reverse().map(function(flag, index) {
-			return m("input[type=checkbox]", {onclick: m.withAttr("checked", function(value) {list[index] = value}), checked: flag})
-		}))
-
-		mock.document.activeElement = null
-
-		return root.childNodes[0].checked === false && root.childNodes[1].checked === true
-	})
 	test(function() {
 		//https://github.com/lhorie/mithril.js/issues/44 (1)
 		var root = mock.document.createElement("div")