diff --git a/src/core.js b/src/core.js
index 072642f63..66efc182c 100644
--- a/src/core.js
+++ b/src/core.js
@@ -86,17 +86,8 @@ jQuery.fn = jQuery.prototype = {
 		// Shortcut for document ready
 		} else if ( jQuery.isFunction( selector ) )
 			return new jQuery( document )[ jQuery.fn.ready ? "ready" : "load" ]( selector );
-
-		return this.setArray(
-			// HANDLE: $(array)
-			selector.constructor == Array && selector ||
-
-			// HANDLE: $(arraylike)
-			// Watch for when an array-like object, contains DOM nodes, is passed in as the selector
-			(selector.jquery || selector.length && selector != window && !selector.nodeType && selector[0] != undefined && selector[0].nodeType) && jQuery.makeArray( selector ) ||
-
-			// HANDLE: $(*)
-			[ selector ] );
+		
+		return this.setArray(jQuery.makeArray(selector));
 	},
 	
 	// The current version of jQuery being used
diff --git a/src/event.js b/src/event.js
index 25161d3fe..5b77e8c51 100644
--- a/src/event.js
+++ b/src/event.js
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ jQuery.event = {
 
 	trigger: function(type, data, elem, donative, extra) {
 		// Clone the incoming data, if any
-		data = jQuery.makeArray(data || []);
+		data = jQuery.makeArray(data);
 
 		if ( type.indexOf("!") >= 0 ) {
 			type = type.slice(0, -1);
diff --git a/src/fx.js b/src/fx.js
index 64cfbc625..824616afb 100644
--- a/src/fx.js
+++ b/src/fx.js
@@ -188,8 +188,7 @@ var queue = function( elem, type, array ) {
 	var q = jQuery.data( elem, type + "queue" );
 
 	if ( !q || array )
-		q = jQuery.data( elem, type + "queue", 
-			array ? jQuery.makeArray(array) : [] );
+		q = jQuery.data( elem, type + "queue", jQuery.makeArray(array) );
 
 	return q;
 };