diff --git a/js/controllers/autoanimate.js b/js/controllers/autoanimate.js
index 5da88fa284..6a706e3c4c 100644
--- a/js/controllers/autoanimate.js
+++ b/js/controllers/autoanimate.js
@@ -178,28 +178,12 @@ export default class AutoAnimate {
 		let fromProps = this.getAutoAnimatableProperties( 'from', from, elementOptions ),
 			toProps = this.getAutoAnimatableProperties( 'to', to, elementOptions );
 
-		// Maintain fragment visibility for matching elements when
-		// we're navigating forwards, this way the viewer won't need
-		// to step through the same fragments twice
 		if( to.classList.contains( 'fragment' ) ) {
 
 			// Don't auto-animate the opacity of fragments to avoid
 			// conflicts with fragment animations
 			delete toProps.styles['opacity'];
 
-			if( from.classList.contains( 'fragment' ) ) {
-
-				let fromFragmentStyle = ( from.className.match( FRAGMENT_STYLE_REGEX ) || [''] )[0];
-				let toFragmentStyle = ( to.className.match( FRAGMENT_STYLE_REGEX ) || [''] )[0];
-
-				// Only skip the fragment if the fragment animation style
-				// remains unchanged
-				if( fromFragmentStyle === toFragmentStyle && animationOptions.slideDirection === 'forward' ) {
-					to.classList.add( 'visible', 'disabled' );
-				}
-
-			}
-
 		}
 
 		// If translation and/or scaling are enabled, css transform
@@ -471,7 +455,7 @@ export default class AutoAnimate {
 
 		// Text
 		this.findAutoAnimateMatches( pairs, fromSlide, toSlide, textNodes, node => {
-			return node.nodeName + ':::' + node.innerText;
+			return node.nodeName + ':::' + node.textContent.trim();
 		} );
 
 		// Media
@@ -481,7 +465,7 @@ export default class AutoAnimate {
 
 		// Code
 		this.findAutoAnimateMatches( pairs, fromSlide, toSlide, codeNodes, node => {
-			return node.nodeName + ':::' + node.innerText;
+			return node.nodeName + ':::' + node.textContent.trim();
 		} );
 
 		pairs.forEach( pair => {