diff --git a/src/Container.js b/src/Container.js
index ebb75742..87eeed7a 100644
--- a/src/Container.js
+++ b/src/Container.js
@@ -310,24 +310,6 @@
 
             return this;
         }
-        /*
-        _isListeningEnabled: function() {
-            var ret;
-
-            if (this._listeningEnabled) {
-                return true;
-            }
-            else {
-                ret = false;
-                this.children.each(function(child) {
-                    if (child.isListeningEnabled()) {
-                        ret = true;
-                    }
-                });
-                return ret;
-            }
-        }
-        */
     });
 
     Kinetic.Util.extend(Kinetic.Container, Kinetic.Node);
diff --git a/src/Global.js b/src/Global.js
index c1d9b077..2645e873 100644
--- a/src/Global.js
+++ b/src/Global.js
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ var Kinetic = {};
         traceArrMax: 100,
         dblClickWindow: 400,
         pixelRatio: undefined,
-        enableHitGraph: true,
 
         // user agent  
         UA: (function() {
diff --git a/src/Node.js b/src/Node.js
index c7d79579..daea9889 100644
--- a/src/Node.js
+++ b/src/Node.js
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
             this.attrs = {};
             this.cache = {};
             this.setAttrs(config);
-            //this._listeningEnabled = false;
 
             // event bindings for cache handling
             this.on(TRANSFORM_CHANGE_STR, function() {
@@ -418,13 +417,8 @@
          * @memberof Kinetic.Node.prototype
          * @returns {Boolean}
          */
-         /*
-        isListeningEnabled: function() {
-          return this._getCache(LISTENING_ENABLED, this._isListeningEnabled);
-        },
-        */
         shouldDrawHit: function() {
-            return  Kinetic.enableHitGraph && /*this.isListeningEnabled() &&*/ this.isListening() && this.isVisible() && !Kinetic.isDragging();
+            return  this.isListening() && this.isVisible() && !Kinetic.isDragging();
         },
         /**
          * determine if node is visible or not.  Node is visible only
diff --git a/src/Shape.js b/src/Shape.js
index 0a7b2732..7253ceb4 100644
--- a/src/Shape.js
+++ b/src/Shape.js
@@ -296,11 +296,6 @@
                 this.setDrawHitFunc(this.drawHitFunc);
             }
         }
-        /*
-        _isListeningEnabled: function() {
-            return this._listeningEnabled;
-        },
-        */
     });
     Kinetic.Util.extend(Kinetic.Shape, Kinetic.Node);
 
diff --git a/test/unit/Node-test.js b/test/unit/Node-test.js
index dda0cf06..3fa6eb12 100644
--- a/test/unit/Node-test.js
+++ b/test/unit/Node-test.js
@@ -2620,7 +2620,7 @@ suite('Node', function() {
     });
 
   // ======================================================
-  test('Kinetic.enableHitGraph, listening, & shouldDrawHit', function(){
+  test('listening, & shouldDrawHit', function(){
     var stage = addStage();
 
     var layer = new Kinetic.Layer();
@@ -2638,20 +2638,16 @@ suite('Node', function() {
     stage.add(layer);
 
 
-    // test enableHitGraph default
-    assert.equal(Kinetic.enableHitGraph, true);
 
     assert.equal(rect.isListening(), true);
     assert.equal(rect.shouldDrawHit(), true);
 
-    // disable hit graph
-    Kinetic.enableHitGraph = false;
+    rect.setListening(false);
 
-    assert.equal(rect.isListening(), true);
+
+    assert.equal(rect.isListening(), false);
     assert.equal(rect.shouldDrawHit(), false);
 
-    // set the flag back for future tests
-    Kinetic.enableHitGraph = true;
 
   });
 });
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