diff --git a/js/src/tooltip.js b/js/src/tooltip.js
index c97f491084..47c3d8d058 100644
--- a/js/src/tooltip.js
+++ b/js/src/tooltip.js
@@ -308,8 +308,7 @@ const Tooltip = (($) => {
         // empty mouseover listeners to the body's immediate children;
         // only needed because of broken event delegation on iOS
         // https://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2014/02/mouse_event_bub.html
-        if ('ontouchstart' in document.documentElement &&
-           !$(parent).closest(Selector.NAVBAR_NAV).length) {
+        if ('ontouchstart' in document.documentElement) {
           $('body').children().on('mouseover', null, $.noop)
         }