diff --git a/src/static/js/admin/plugins.js b/src/static/js/admin/plugins.js
index a3bcbc2c3..e51e1102d 100644
--- a/src/static/js/admin/plugins.js
+++ b/src/static/js/admin/plugins.js
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ $(document).ready(() => {
     if (data.query.offset === 0) search.results = [];
     search.messages.hide('nothing-found');
     search.messages.hide('fetching');
-    $('#search-query').removeAttr('disabled');
+    $('#search-query').prop('disabled', false);
 
     console.log('got search results', data);
 
diff --git a/src/static/js/pad_impexp.js b/src/static/js/pad_impexp.js
index 80df3502b..4d607ff83 100644
--- a/src/static/js/pad_impexp.js
+++ b/src/static/js/pad_impexp.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const padimpexp = (() => {
   const fileInputUpdated = () => {
     $('#importsubmitinput').addClass('throbbold');
     $('#importformfilediv').addClass('importformenabled');
-    $('#importsubmitinput').removeAttr('disabled');
+    $('#importsubmitinput').prop('disabled', false);
     $('#importmessagefail').fadeOut('fast');
   };
 
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ const padimpexp = (() => {
         $('#import_export').removeClass('popup-show');
         if (directDatabaseAccess) window.location.reload();
       }
-      $('#importsubmitinput').removeAttr('disabled').val(html10n.get('pad.impexp.importbutton'));
-      window.setTimeout(() => $('#importfileinput').removeAttr('disabled'), 0);
+      $('#importsubmitinput').prop('disabled', false).val(html10n.get('pad.impexp.importbutton'));
+      window.setTimeout(() => $('#importfileinput').prop('disabled', false), 0);
       $('#importstatusball').hide();
       addImportFrames();
     })();
diff --git a/src/static/js/pad_userlist.js b/src/static/js/pad_userlist.js
index 6b18c1a96..b689ae1ad 100644
--- a/src/static/js/pad_userlist.js
+++ b/src/static/js/pad_userlist.js
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ const paduserlist = (() => {
     }, () => {
       jqueryNode.val(valueGetter()).trigger('blur');
     });
-    jqueryNode.removeAttr('disabled').addClass('editable');
+    jqueryNode.prop('disabled', false).addClass('editable');
   };
 
   let pad = undefined;
diff --git a/src/static/js/pad_utils.js b/src/static/js/pad_utils.js
index 99c5bbede..58105d23c 100644
--- a/src/static/js/pad_utils.js
+++ b/src/static/js/pad_utils.js
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ const padutils = {
     if (value) {
       $(node).attr('checked', 'checked');
     } else {
-      $(node).removeAttr('checked');
+      $(node).prop('checked', false);
     }
   },
   bindCheckboxChange: (node, func) => {