diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 573386826..0dc426b36 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+* Revert Opera-specific behavior for calling Element#getStyle with (left|right|top|bottom). [#268 state:resolved] (kangax, Andrew Dupont)
+
 * Fix issue with Event#isMiddleClick and #isRightClick on Safari and Chrome. [#731 state:resolved] (Arthur Schreiber)
 
 * Fix issue where an Ajax request in IE sometimes returns 1223 instead of 204 as the status code. [#129 state:resolved] (adevadeh, gordyt, Andrew Dupont)
diff --git a/src/dom/dom.js b/src/dom/dom.js
index c7b0c557c..384731496 100644
--- a/src/dom/dom.js
+++ b/src/dom/dom.js
@@ -2645,8 +2645,6 @@ if (Prototype.Browser.Opera) {
   Element.Methods.getStyle = Element.Methods.getStyle.wrap(
     function(proceed, element, style) {
       switch (style) {
-        case 'left': case 'top': case 'right': case 'bottom':
-          if (proceed(element, 'position') === 'static') return null;
         case 'height': case 'width':
           // returns '0px' for hidden elements; we want it to return null
           if (!Element.visible(element)) return null;