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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f0c6486f..69c196ca 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@
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diff --git a/src/web/OperationsWaiter.js b/src/web/OperationsWaiter.js
index 6dfaef01..f2e5277d 100755
--- a/src/web/OperationsWaiter.js
+++ b/src/web/OperationsWaiter.js
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ OperationsWaiter.prototype.searchOperations = function(e) {
 
         while (searchResultsEl.firstChild) {
             try {
-                $(searchResultsEl.firstChild).popover("destroy");
+                $(searchResultsEl.firstChild).popover("dispose");
             } catch (err) {}
             searchResultsEl.removeChild(searchResultsEl.firstChild);
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         onFilter: function (evt) {
             const el = editableList.closest(evt.item);
             if (el && el.parentNode) {
-                $(el).popover("destroy");
+                $(el).popover("dispose");
                 el.parentNode.removeChild(el);
             }
         },
         onEnd: function(evt) {
             if (this.removeIntent) {
-                $(evt.item).popover("destroy");
+                $(evt.item).popover("dispose");
                 evt.item.remove();
             }
         }.bind(this),
diff --git a/src/web/RecipeWaiter.js b/src/web/RecipeWaiter.js
index be7ace65..d6ad0b23 100755
--- a/src/web/RecipeWaiter.js
+++ b/src/web/RecipeWaiter.js
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-            $(evt.clone).off(".popover").removeData("bs.popover");
-            evt.item.setAttribute("data-toggle", "popover-disabled");
+            $(evt.item)
+                .popover("dispose")
+                .removeData("bs.popover")
+                .off("mouseenter")
+                .off("mouseleave")
+                .attr("data-toggle", "popover-disabled");
+            $(evt.clone)
+                .off(".popover")
+                .removeData("bs.popover");
         },
         onEnd: this.opSortEnd.bind(this)
     });
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index 6f8b3e2f..bb4a5b14 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -70,16 +70,6 @@ module.exports = {
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-                use: ExtractTextPlugin.extract({
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-                        { loader: "postcss-loader" },
-                        { loader: "less-loader" }
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-                })
-            },
             {
                 test: /\.(ico|eot|ttf|woff|woff2)$/,
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