diff --git a/content/buffer.js b/content/buffer.js
index cf1b1200..996e71a4 100644
--- a/content/buffer.js
+++ b/content/buffer.js
@@ -1292,13 +1292,6 @@ function Buffer() //{{{
             return selection;
         },
 
-        // quick function to get elements inside the document reliably
-        // argument "args" is something like: @id='myid' or @type='text' (don't forget the quotes around myid)
-        getElement: function (args, index)
-        {
-            return buffer.evaluateXPath("//*[" + (args || "") + "]").snapshotItem(index || 0);
-        },
-
         // more advanced than a simple elem.focus() as it also works for iframes
         // and image maps
         // TODO: merge with followLink()?
diff --git a/content/liberator.js b/content/liberator.js
index eb807320..1d2a6194 100644
--- a/content/liberator.js
+++ b/content/liberator.js
@@ -886,9 +886,9 @@ const liberator = (function () //{{{
             function jumpToTag(file, tag)
             {
                 liberator.open("chrome://liberator/locale/" + file, where);
-                // TODO: it would be better wo wait for pageLoad
+                // TODO: it would be better to wait for pageLoad
                 setTimeout(function () {
-                    var elem = buffer.getElement('@class="tag" and text()="' + tag + '"');
+                    let elem = buffer.evaluateXPath("//*[@class='tag' and text()='" + tag + "']").snapshotItem(0);
                     if (elem)
                         window.content.scrollTo(0, elem.getBoundingClientRect().top - 10); // 10px context
                     else