diff --git a/src/typeahead/typeahead.js b/src/typeahead/typeahead.js
index e3256bbd..76beaf3e 100644
--- a/src/typeahead/typeahead.js
+++ b/src/typeahead/typeahead.js
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ var Typeahead = (function() {
     .onSync('queryChanged', this._onQueryChanged, this)
     .onSync('whitespaceChanged', this._onWhitespaceChanged, this);
 
-    // HACK: prevents input blur on menu click
-    // https://github.com/twitter/typeahead.js/pull/351
+    // #351: prevents input blur on menu click
     $menu.on('mousedown.tt', function($e) {
       if (_.isMsie() && _.isMsie() < 9) {
         $input[0].onbeforedeactivate = function() {
@@ -242,14 +241,13 @@ var Typeahead = (function() {
       this.input.clearHint();
       this.input.setQuery(datum.value);
       this.input.setInputValue(datum.value, true);
-      this.dropdown.empty();
+      this.dropdown.close();
 
       this._setLanguageDirection();
 
-      // in ie, focus is not a synchronous event, so when a selection
-      // is triggered by a click within the dropdown menu, we need to
-      // defer the closing of the dropdown otherwise it'll stay open
-      _.defer(_.bind(this.dropdown.close, this.dropdown));
+      // #118: allow click event to bubble up to the body before removing
+      // the suggestions otherwise we break event delegation
+      _.defer(_.bind(this.dropdown.empty, this.dropdown));
 
       this.eventBus.trigger('selected', datum.raw, datum.datasetName);
     },