diff --git a/lib/network/Images.js b/lib/network/Images.js
index a7fddea0..9e6962d5 100644
--- a/lib/network/Images.js
+++ b/lib/network/Images.js
@@ -7,14 +7,6 @@ function Images() {
   this.callback = undefined;
 }
 
-Images.prototype._resolveRelativeUrl = function(url){
-  var img = document.createElement('img');
-  img.src = url; // set string url
-  url = img.src; // get qualified url
-  img.src = null; // no server request
-  return url;
-}
-
 /**
  * Set an onload callback function. This will be called each time an image
  * is loaded
@@ -60,13 +52,6 @@ Images.prototype.load = function(url, brokenUrl) {
           me.callback(this);
         }
       }
-      else if (this.src === me._resolveRelativeUrl(brokenUrl)){
-        console.error("Could not load brokenImage:", brokenUrl);
-        delete this.src;
-        if (me.callback) {
-          me.callback(this);
-        }          
-      }
       else {
         this.src = brokenUrl;
       }