diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_click_catcher.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_click_catcher.coffee
deleted file mode 100644
index a8c9f80aa..000000000
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_click_catcher.coffee
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-class App.ClickCatcher extends Spine.Controller
-  # clickCatcher has no template because it's a plain <div>
-  className: 'clickCatcher'
-
-  constructor: ->
-    super
-    @render() if @callback and @holder
-
-  triggerCallback: (e) =>
-    e.stopPropagation()
-    @callback()
-    @remove()
-
-  render: ->
-    @el.addClass("zIndex-#{ @zIndexScale }") if @zIndexScale
-    @el.on('click', @triggerCallback)
-    @el.height(@holder.prop('scrollHeight'))
-    @el.appendTo(@holder)
-
-  remove: ->
-    @el.remove()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/layout_ref.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/layout_ref.coffee
index a691c9ee0..b19701837 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/layout_ref.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/layout_ref.coffee
@@ -208,6 +208,9 @@ class LayoutRefCommunicationReply extends App.ControllerContent
 
     @$('[contenteditable]').textmodule()
 
+  release: =>
+    @remove_textarea_catcher()
+
   detect_empty_textarea: =>
     if !@textarea.text()
       @add_textarea_catcher()
@@ -267,15 +270,10 @@ class LayoutRefCommunicationReply extends App.ControllerContent
           duration: duration
 
   add_textarea_catcher: ->
-    @textareaCatcher = new App.ClickCatcher
-      holder: @articleNewEdit.offsetParent()
-      callback: @close_textarea
-      zIndexScale: 4
+    $(window).on 'click.LayoutRefCommunicationReply-textarea', @close_textarea
 
   remove_textarea_catcher: ->
-    return if !@textareaCatcher
-    @textareaCatcher.remove()
-    @textareaCatcher = null
+    $(window).off 'click.LayoutRefCommunicationReply-textarea'
 
   close_textarea: =>
     @remove_textarea_catcher()
@@ -2151,7 +2149,6 @@ class TwitterConversationRef extends App.ControllerContent
       options:
         duration: duration
         easing: 'easeOutQuad'
-        complete: => @addTextareaCatcher()
 
     @textBubble.velocity
       properties:
@@ -2180,13 +2177,6 @@ class TwitterConversationRef extends App.ControllerContent
           stagger: 50
           drag: true
 
-  addTextareaCatcher: =>
-    if @articleNewEdit.is(':visible')
-      @textareaCatcher = new App.ClickCatcher
-        holder:      @articleNewEdit.offsetParent()
-        callback:    @closeTextarea
-        zIndexScale: 4
-
 App.Config.set( 'layout_ref/twitter_conversation', TwitterConversationRef, 'Routes' )