diff --git a/Source/Element/Element.js b/Source/Element/Element.js
index e35f68b11..4d3008b09 100644
--- a/Source/Element/Element.js
+++ b/Source/Element/Element.js
@@ -800,6 +800,7 @@ var formProps = {input: 'checked', option: 'selected', textarea: 'value'};
 Element.implement({
 
 	destroy: function(){
+        if(! this.getElementsByTagName) return null; //textNode
 		var children = clean(this).getElementsByTagName('*');
 		Array.each(children, clean);
 		Element.dispose(this);
@@ -807,11 +808,12 @@ Element.implement({
 	},
 
 	empty: function(){
-		Array.from(this.childNodes).each(Element.dispose);
+		Array.from(this.childNodes).each(Element.destroy);
 		return this;
 	},
 
 	dispose: function(){
+        this._fireEvent = null;
 		return (this.parentNode) ? this.parentNode.removeChild(this) : this;
 	},
 
@@ -949,6 +951,13 @@ Element.Properties.html = {
 
 };
 
+// fix for IE leak on Element.set('text','')
+Element.Properties.text = {
+    set: function(text){
+        Element.prototype.empty.call(this).setProperty('text',text);
+    }
+}
+
 var supportsHTML5Elements, supportsTableInnerHTML, supportsTRInnerHTML;
 
 /*<ltIE9>*/