diff --git a/jquery.flot.js b/jquery.flot.js
index 19de082..3c96a6c 100644
--- a/jquery.flot.js
+++ b/jquery.flot.js
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ Licensed under the MIT license.
 
                 // accept various kinds of newlines, including HTML ones
                 // (you can actually split directly on regexps in Javascript,
-                // but IE is unfortunately broken)
+                // but IE < 9 is unfortunately broken)
                 var lines = (t.label + "").replace(/<br ?\/?>|\r\n|\r/g, "\n").split("\n");
                 for (var j = 0; j < lines.length; ++j) {
                     var line = { text: lines[j] },
@@ -1749,8 +1749,10 @@ Licensed under the MIT license.
                         y += line.height/2 + offset;
                         offset += line.height;
 
-                        if ($.browser.opera) {
-                            // FIXME: UGLY BROWSER DETECTION
+                        if (!!(window.opera && window.opera.version().split('.')[0] < 12)) {
+                            // FIXME: LEGACY BROWSER FIX
+                            // AFFECTS: Opera < 12.00
+
                             // round the coordinates since Opera
                             // otherwise switches to more ugly
                             // rendering (probably non-hinted) and
diff --git a/jquery.flot.pie.js b/jquery.flot.pie.js
index 5c19404..8a04533 100644
--- a/jquery.flot.pie.js
+++ b/jquery.flot.pie.js
@@ -426,8 +426,6 @@ More detail and specific examples can be found in the included HTML file.
 					ctx.beginPath();
 					if (Math.abs(angle - Math.PI * 2) > 0.000000001) {
 						ctx.moveTo(0, 0); // Center of the pie
-					} else if ($.browser.msie) {
-						angle -= 0.0001;
 					}
 
 					//ctx.arc(0, 0, radius, 0, angle, false); // This doesn't work properly in Opera