diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 9af774d2..04eb776f 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.4.1-alpha.2+timestamp.2013.02.22.10.18.20
+Version 2.4.1-alpha.2+timestamp.2013.02.22.18.44.48
diff --git a/gluon/http.py b/gluon/http.py
index 62ef7227..48efacad 100644
--- a/gluon/http.py
+++ b/gluon/http.py
@@ -97,9 +97,6 @@ class HTTP(BaseException):
             if not body:
                 body = status
             if isinstance(body, str):
-                if len(body) < 512 and \
-                        headers['Content-Type'].startswith('text/html'):
-                    body += '<!-- %s //-->' % ('x' * 512)  # trick IE
                 headers['Content-Length'] = len(body)
         rheaders = []
         for k, v in headers.iteritems():