diff --git a/render/render.js b/render/render.js
index 8d7188dff..80db4365a 100644
--- a/render/render.js
+++ b/render/render.js
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ module.exports = function() {
 		}
 	}
 	function updateText(old, vnode) {
-		if (old.children.toString() !== vnode.children.toString()) {
+		if (old.children !== vnode.children) {
 			old.dom.nodeValue = vnode.children
 		}
 		vnode.dom = old.dom
@@ -863,7 +863,6 @@ module.exports = function() {
 		// unlike special "attributes" internally.
 		vnode.attrs = old.attrs
 		vnode.children = old.children
-		vnode.text = old.text
 		return true
 	}
 
diff --git a/render/trust.js b/render/trust.js
index 5995e287e..6cc3fcdc3 100644
--- a/render/trust.js
+++ b/render/trust.js
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ var Vnode = require("../render/vnode")
 
 module.exports = function(html) {
 	if (html == null) html = ""
-	return Vnode("<", undefined, undefined, html, undefined, undefined)
+	return Vnode("<", undefined, undefined, html)
 }
diff --git a/render/vnode.js b/render/vnode.js
index 3616c0fec..7926d8882 100644
--- a/render/vnode.js
+++ b/render/vnode.js
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 "use strict"
 
-function Vnode(tag, key, attrs, children, text, dom) {
-	return {tag: tag, key: key, attrs: attrs, children: children, text: text, dom: dom, is: undefined, domSize: undefined, state: undefined, events: undefined, instance: undefined}
+function Vnode(tag, key, attrs, children) {
+	return {tag: tag, key: key, attrs: attrs, children: children, dom: undefined, is: undefined, domSize: undefined, state: undefined, events: undefined, instance: undefined}
 }
 Vnode.normalize = function(node) {
-	if (Array.isArray(node)) return Vnode("[", undefined, undefined, Vnode.normalizeChildren(node), undefined, undefined)
+	if (Array.isArray(node)) return Vnode("[", undefined, undefined, Vnode.normalizeChildren(node))
 	if (node == null || typeof node === "boolean") return null
 	if (typeof node === "object") return node
-	return Vnode("#", undefined, undefined, String(node), undefined, undefined)
+	return Vnode("#", undefined, undefined, String(node))
 }
 Vnode.normalizeChildren = function(input) {
 	// Preallocate the array length (initially holey) and fill every index immediately in order.