diff --git a/src/static/js/ace2_inner.js b/src/static/js/ace2_inner.js
index a4d3580a0..182e40be5 100644
--- a/src/static/js/ace2_inner.js
+++ b/src/static/js/ace2_inner.js
@@ -1626,15 +1626,14 @@ function Ace2Inner(){
 
         if (linesWrapped > 0)
         {
-          if(browser.chrome){
+          if(!browser.ie){
             // chrome decides in it's infinite wisdom that its okay to put the browsers visisble window in the middle of the span
             // an outcome of this is that the first chars of the string are no longer visible to the user..  Yay chrome..
             // Move the browsers visible area to the left hand side of the span
+            // Firefox isn't quite so bad, but it's still pretty quirky.
             var scrollToTheLeftNeeded = true;
           }
           // console.log("Editor warning: " + linesWrapped + " long line" + (linesWrapped == 1 ? " was" : "s were") + " hard-wrapped into " + ccData.numLinesAfter + " lines.");
-        }else{
-          var scrollToTheLeftNeeded = false;
         }
 
         if (ss[0] >= 0) selStart = [ss[0] + a + netNumLinesChangeSoFar, ss[1]];