diff --git a/src/traversing.js b/src/traversing.js
index e72335ecb..a62bbfeb6 100644
--- a/src/traversing.js
+++ b/src/traversing.js
@@ -216,12 +216,7 @@ jQuery.each({
 	}
 }, function( name, fn ) {
 	jQuery.fn[ name ] = function( until, selector ) {
-		var ret = jQuery.map( this, fn, until ),
-			// The variable 'args' was introduced in
-			// https://github.com/jquery/jquery/commit/52a0238
-			// to work around a bug in Chrome 10 (Dev) and should be removed when the bug is fixed.
-			// http://code.google.com/p/v8/issues/detail?id=1050
-			args = slice.call(arguments);
+		var ret = jQuery.map( this, fn, until );
 
 		if ( !runtil.test( name ) ) {
 			selector = until;
@@ -237,7 +232,7 @@ jQuery.each({
 			ret = ret.reverse();
 		}
 
-		return this.pushStack( ret, name, args.join(",") );
+		return this.pushStack( ret, name, slice.call( arguments ).join(",") );
 	};
 });