diff --git a/js/id/ui/entity_editor.js b/js/id/ui/entity_editor.js
index de0032207..9d5c67d88 100644
--- a/js/id/ui/entity_editor.js
+++ b/js/id/ui/entity_editor.js
@@ -159,18 +159,5 @@ iD.ui.EntityEditor = function(context) {
         return entityEditor;
     };
 
-    entityEditor.close = function() {
-        // Blur focused element so that tag changes are dispatched
-        // See #1295
-        document.activeElement.blur();
-
-        // Firefox incorrectly implements blur, so typeahead elements
-        // are not correctly removed. Remove any stragglers manually.
-        d3.selectAll('div.typeahead').remove();
-
-        context.history()
-            .on('change.entity-editor', null);
-    };
-
     return d3.rebind(entityEditor, event, 'on');
 };
diff --git a/js/id/ui/inspector.js b/js/id/ui/inspector.js
index f0d88b504..ba14e87b7 100644
--- a/js/id/ui/inspector.js
+++ b/js/id/ui/inspector.js
@@ -61,12 +61,6 @@ iD.ui.Inspector = function(context) {
         }
     }
 
-    inspector.close = function(selection) {
-        entityEditor.close();
-
-        selection.style('display', 'none');
-    };
-
     inspector.state = function(_) {
         if (!arguments.length) return state;
         state = _;