diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6d21c4a..5cea025 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ trigger-build:
 push-gh-pages: build-gh-pages
 	git push origin gh-pages:gh-pages
 
+# build site into a gh-pages branch
 build-gh-pages: gen-site gh-pages-add
 
 gen-site: clean
diff --git a/src/reagent/impl/component.cljs b/src/reagent/impl/component.cljs
index fb08e0f..32efe6c 100644
--- a/src/reagent/impl/component.cljs
+++ b/src/reagent/impl/component.cljs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 (ns reagent.impl.component
   (:require [reagent.impl.util :as util]
             [reagent.impl.batching :as batch]
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@
 (defn do-render [c]
   (binding [*current-component* c]
     (let [f (.' c :cljsRender)
-          _ (assert (util/clj-ifn? f))
+          _ (assert (ifn? f))
           p (.' c :props)
           res (if (nil? (.' c :componentFunction))
                 (f c)
@@ -169,7 +168,7 @@
 (defn wrap-funs [fun-map]
   (let [render-fun (or (:componentFunction fun-map)
                        (:render fun-map))
-        _ (assert (util/clj-ifn? render-fun)
+        _ (assert (ifn? render-fun)
                   (str "Render must be a function, not "
                        (pr-str render-fun)))
         name (str (or (:displayName fun-map)
diff --git a/src/reagent/impl/template.cljs b/src/reagent/impl/template.cljs
index 4c41dd0..9861dee 100644
--- a/src/reagent/impl/template.cljs
+++ b/src/reagent/impl/template.cljs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 (ns reagent.impl.template
   (:require [clojure.string :as string]
             [reagent.impl.util :as util :refer [is-client]]
@@ -28,14 +27,12 @@
 
 (defn valid-tag? [x]
   (or (hiccup-tag? x)
-      (util/clj-ifn? x)))
+      (ifn? x)))
 
 (defn to-js-val [v]
   (cond
-   (string? v) v
-   (number? v) v
-   (keyword? v) (name v)
-   (symbol? v) (str v)
+   (or (string? v) (number? v)) v
+   (implements? INamed v) (name v)
    (coll? v) (clj->js v)
    (ifn? v) (fn [& args] (apply v args))
    :else v))
@@ -48,7 +45,6 @@
 ;;; Props conversion
 
 (def cached-prop-name (util/memoize-1 undash-prop-name))
-(def cached-style-name (util/memoize-1 util/dash-to-camel))
 
 (defn convert-prop-value [x]
   (cond (string? x) x
@@ -120,8 +116,8 @@
     (.! this :cljsInputValue nil)))
 
 (defn input-component? [x]
-  (or (= x "input")
-      (= x "textarea")))
+  (or (identical? x "input")
+      (identical? x "textarea")))
 
 (def reagent-input-class nil)
 
diff --git a/src/reagent/impl/util.cljs b/src/reagent/impl/util.cljs
index 7939f21..21eb6b9 100644
--- a/src/reagent/impl/util.cljs
+++ b/src/reagent/impl/util.cljs
@@ -76,13 +76,6 @@
   IHash
   (-hash [_] (hash [f args])))
 
-; patch for CLJS-777; Can be replaced with clojure.core/ifn? after updating
-; ClojureScript to a version that includes the fix:
-; https://github.com/clojure/clojurescript/commit/525154f2a4874cf3b88ac3d5755794de425a94cb
-(defn clj-ifn? [x]
-  (or (ifn? x)
-      (satisfies? IMultiFn x)))
-
 (defn- merge-class [p1 p2]
   (let [class (when-let [c1 (:class p1)]
                 (when-let [c2 (:class p2)]
@@ -109,19 +102,6 @@
 
 (declare ^:dynamic *always-update*)
 
-(def doc-node-type 9)
-(def react-id-name "data-reactid")
-
-(defn get-react-node [cont]
-  (when (some? cont)
-    (if (== doc-node-type (.' cont :nodeType))
-      (.' cont :documentElement)
-      (.' cont :firstChild))))
-
-(defn get-root-id [cont]
-  (some-> (get-react-node cont)
-          (.' getAttribute react-id-name)))
-
 (defonce roots (atom {}))
 
 (defn clear-container [node]
@@ -130,10 +110,8 @@
   (try
     (.' js/React unmountComponentAtNode node)
     (catch js/Object e
-      (log e)))
-  (when-let [n (get-react-node node)]
-    (.' n removeAttribute react-id-name)
-    (.! n :innerHTML "")))
+      (do (log "Error unmounting:")
+          (log e)))))
 
 (defn render-component [comp container callback force-update]
   (try
@@ -207,4 +185,3 @@
   (Wrapper. value
             (partial-ifn. callback-fn args nil)
             false))
-