diff --git a/src/attributes.js b/src/attributes.js
index 5aaadb7c4..7d4fd9492 100644
--- a/src/attributes.js
+++ b/src/attributes.js
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ jQuery.fn.extend({
 	},
 
 	val: function( value ) {
-		var hooks, ret, isFunction,
+		var ret, hooks, isFunction,
 			elem = this[0];
 
 		if ( !arguments.length ) {
diff --git a/src/callbacks.js b/src/callbacks.js
index 2bb378047..32c22ce59 100644
--- a/src/callbacks.js
+++ b/src/callbacks.js
@@ -40,18 +40,18 @@ jQuery.Callbacks = function( options ) {
 		( optionsCache[ options ] || createOptions( options ) ) :
 		jQuery.extend( {}, options );
 
-	var // Last fire value (for non-forgettable lists)
+	var // Flag to know if list is currently firing
+		firing,
+		// Last fire value (for non-forgettable lists)
 		memory,
 		// Flag to know if list was already fired
 		fired,
-		// Flag to know if list is currently firing
-		firing,
 		// First callback to fire (used internally by add and fireWith)
 		firingStart,
-		// End of the loop when firing
-		firingLength,
 		// Index of currently firing callback (modified by remove if needed)
 		firingIndex,
+		// End of the loop when firing
+		firingLength,
 		// Actual callback list
 		list = [],
 		// Stack of fire calls for repeatable lists
diff --git a/src/core.js b/src/core.js
index 64c9f9cc7..4098f8fef 100644
--- a/src/core.js
+++ b/src/core.js
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ jQuery.fn = jQuery.prototype = {
 
 	constructor: jQuery,
 	init: function( selector, context, rootjQuery ) {
-		var match, elem;
+		var elem, match;
 
 		// HANDLE: $(""), $(null), $(undefined), $(false)
 		if ( !selector ) {
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ jQuery.fn = jQuery.prototype = {
 jQuery.fn.init.prototype = jQuery.fn;
 
 jQuery.extend = jQuery.fn.extend = function() {
-	var options, name, src, copy, copyIsArray, clone,
+	var copy, options, src, copyIsArray, name, clone,
 		target = arguments[0] || {},
 		i = 1,
 		length = arguments.length,
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ jQuery.extend({
 	// Bind a function to a context, optionally partially applying any
 	// arguments.
 	proxy: function( fn, context ) {
-		var tmp, args, proxy;
+		var args, proxy, tmp;
 
 		if ( typeof context === "string" ) {
 			tmp = fn[ context ];
diff --git a/src/event.js b/src/event.js
index 7b8b77709..c10c684df 100644
--- a/src/event.js
+++ b/src/event.js
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ jQuery.event = {
 
 	add: function( elem, types, handler, data, selector ) {
 
-		var handleObjIn, eventHandle, tmp,
-			events, t, handleObj,
-			special, handlers, type, namespaces, origType,
+		var handleObjIn, tmp, eventHandle,
+			t, handleObj, special,
+			events, handlers, type, namespaces, origType,
 			elemData = jQuery._data( elem );
 
 		// Don't attach events to noData or text/comment nodes (but allow plain objects)
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ jQuery.event = {
 	// Detach an event or set of events from an element
 	remove: function( elem, types, handler, selector, mappedTypes ) {
 
-		var j, origCount, tmp,
-			events, t, handleObj,
+		var events, handleObj, tmp,
+			j, t, origCount,
 			special, handlers, type, namespaces, origType,
 			elemData = jQuery.hasData( elem ) && jQuery._data( elem );
 
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ jQuery.event = {
 
 	trigger: function( event, data, elem, onlyHandlers ) {
 
-		var i, cur, tmp, bubbleType, ontype, handle, special,
+		var i, handle, ontype, bubbleType, tmp, special, cur,
 			eventPath = [ elem || document ],
 			type = event.type || event,
 			namespaces = event.namespace ? event.namespace.split(".") : [];
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ jQuery.event = {
 		// Make a writable jQuery.Event from the native event object
 		event = jQuery.event.fix( event );
 
-		var i, j, ret, matched, handleObj,
+		var ret, j, handleObj, matched, i,
 			handlerQueue = [],
 			args = core_slice.call( arguments ),
 			handlers = ( jQuery._data( this, "events" ) || {} )[ event.type ] || [],
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ if ( !jQuery.support.focusinBubbles ) {
 jQuery.fn.extend({
 
 	on: function( types, selector, data, fn, /*INTERNAL*/ one ) {
-		var origFn, type;
+		var type, origFn;
 
 		// Types can be a map of types/handlers
 		if ( typeof types === "object" ) {
diff --git a/src/manipulation.js b/src/manipulation.js
index 569a71d83..b947df8e9 100644
--- a/src/manipulation.js
+++ b/src/manipulation.js
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ jQuery.fn.extend({
 		// Flatten any nested arrays
 		args = core_concat.apply( [], args );
 
-		var fragment, first, scripts, hasScripts, node, doc,
+		var scripts, node, doc, fragment, hasScripts, first,
 			i = 0,
 			l = this.length,
 			set = this,
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ function fixDefaultChecked( elem ) {
 
 jQuery.extend({
 	clone: function( elem, dataAndEvents, deepDataAndEvents ) {
-		var destElements, srcElements, node, i, clone,
+		var clone, node, srcElements, i, destElements,
 			inPage = jQuery.contains( elem.ownerDocument, elem );
 
 		if ( jQuery.support.html5Clone || jQuery.isXMLDoc(elem) || !rnoshimcache.test( "<" + elem.nodeName + ">" ) ) {
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ jQuery.extend({
 	},
 
 	buildFragment: function( elems, context, scripts, selection ) {
-		var contains, elem, tag, tmp, wrap, tbody, j,
+		var contains, elem, j, tmp, tag, wrap, tbody,
 			l = elems.length,
 
 			// Ensure a safe fragment
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ jQuery.extend({
 	},
 
 	cleanData: function( elems, /* internal */ acceptData ) {
-		var data, id, elem, type,
+		var elem, id, type, data,
 			i = 0,
 			internalKey = jQuery.expando,
 			cache = jQuery.cache,