diff --git a/components/script/dom/node.rs b/components/script/dom/node.rs
index 048ee28b3a92..ee1451a0137c 100644
--- a/components/script/dom/node.rs
+++ b/components/script/dom/node.rs
@@ -304,6 +304,7 @@ impl<'a> PrivateNodeHelpers for JSRef<'a, Node> {
         assert!(self.parent_node.get().is_none());
         for node in self.traverse_preorder() {
             let node = node.root();
+            node.r().set_flag(IS_IN_DOC, false);
             vtable_for(&node.r()).unbind_from_tree(parent_in_doc);
         }
         self.layout_data.dispose();
@@ -1658,7 +1659,7 @@ impl Node {
     }
 
     // https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#concept-node-remove
-    fn remove(node: JSRef<Node>, parent: JSRef<Node>, suppress_observers: SuppressObserver) {
+    fn remove(node: JSRef<Node>, parent: JSRef<Node>, _suppress_observers: SuppressObserver) {
         assert!(node.GetParentNode().map_or(false, |node_parent| node_parent == Temporary::from_rooted(parent)));
 
         // Step 1-5: ranges.
@@ -1666,13 +1667,8 @@ impl Node {
         // Step 8.
         parent.remove_child(node);
 
-        node.set_flag(IS_IN_DOC, false);
-
         // Step 9.
-        match suppress_observers {
-            SuppressObserver::Suppressed => (),
-            SuppressObserver::Unsuppressed => node.node_removed(parent.is_in_doc()),
-        }
+        node.node_removed(parent.is_in_doc());
     }
 
     // https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#concept-node-clone
diff --git a/support/android-rs-glue b/support/android-rs-glue
index 10116eb3af33..dc8aef3e1b8f 160000
--- a/support/android-rs-glue
+++ b/support/android-rs-glue
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 10116eb3af332f9565e0fb803e600511bb585d6b
+Subproject commit dc8aef3e1b8f1acd141986cfab492e3f57d2d5f6
diff --git a/tests/wpt/web-platform-tests/dom/nodes/Document-getElementById.html b/tests/wpt/web-platform-tests/dom/nodes/Document-getElementById.html
index 66ca0e7c81b8..3a67dcd423ef 100644
--- a/tests/wpt/web-platform-tests/dom/nodes/Document-getElementById.html
+++ b/tests/wpt/web-platform-tests/dom/nodes/Document-getElementById.html
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@
     <input id="test5" type="submit" value="Submit" data-name="3rd">
   </div>
 
+  <!-- test 15 -->
+  <div id="outer">
+    <div id="middle">
+      <div id="inner"></div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+
 <script>
   var gBody = document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0];
 
@@ -300,6 +307,21 @@
     assert_equals(document.getElementById(TEST_ID), b);
   }, "Inserting an id by inserting its parent node");
 
+  test(function () {
+    var TEST_ID = "test15"
+    var outer = document.getElementById("outer");
+    var middle = document.getElementById("middle");
+    var inner = document.getElementById("inner");
+    outer.removeChild(middle);
+
+    var new_el = document.createElement("h1");
+    new_el.id = "heading";
+    inner.appendChild(new_el);
+    // the new element is not part of the document since
+    // "middle" element was removed previously
+    assert_equals(document.getElementById("heading"), null);
+  }, "Document.getElementById must not return nodes not present in document");
+
   // TODO:
   // id attribute in a namespace