diff --git a/user/src/com/google/gwt/xhr/client/XMLHttpRequest.java b/user/src/com/google/gwt/xhr/client/XMLHttpRequest.java
index f18cc85..08adeb6 100644
--- a/user/src/com/google/gwt/xhr/client/XMLHttpRequest.java
+++ b/user/src/com/google/gwt/xhr/client/XMLHttpRequest.java
@@ -82,22 +82,14 @@
    */
   public static native XMLHttpRequest create() /*-{
     if ($wnd.XMLHttpRequest) {
+      return new XMLHttpRequest();
+    } else {
       try {
-        return new $wnd.XMLHttpRequest;
-      } catch(e) {
-        // Some third-party libraries define it but not as a function.
-        // See Issue 3608.
-        // Fall through to alternatives.
+        return new ActiveXObject('MSXML2.XMLHTTP.3.0');
+      } catch (e) {
+        return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
       }
     }
-
-    try {
-      // some IE6 installations can use this
-      return new ActiveXObject('MSXML2.XMLHTTP.3.0');
-    } catch (e) {
-      // other IE6 installations need this
-      return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); 
-    }    
   }-*/;
 
   protected XMLHttpRequest() {