diff --git a/examples/basic/app.js b/examples/basic/app.js
index 00b5ad47..648296a9 100644
--- a/examples/basic/app.js
+++ b/examples/basic/app.js
@@ -6,46 +6,16 @@ var appElement = document.getElementById('example');
 
 Modal.setAppElement('#example');
 
-Modal.defaultStyles = {
-  overlay : {
-    position          : 'fixed',
-    top               : 0,
-    left              : 0,
-    right             : 0,
-    bottom            : 0,
-    backgroundColor   : 'rebeccapurple'
-  },
-  content : {
-    position                   : 'absolute',
-    top                        : '40px',
-    left                       : '40px',
-    right                      : '40px',
-    bottom                     : '40px',
-    border                     : '1px solid #ccc',
-    background                 : '#fff',
-    overflow                   : 'auto',
-    WebkitOverflowScrolling    : 'touch',
-    borderRadius               : '4px',
-    outline                    : 'none',
-    padding                    : '20px'
-
-  }
-}
-
 var App = React.createClass({
 
   getInitialState: function() {
-    return { modalIsOpen: false, modalIsOpen2: false };
+    return { modalIsOpen: false };
   },
 
   openModal: function() {
     this.setState({modalIsOpen: true});
   },
 
-  openModal2: function() {
-    this.setState({modalIsOpen2: true});
-  },
-
   closeModal: function() {
     this.setState({modalIsOpen: false});
   },
@@ -69,7 +39,6 @@ var App = React.createClass({
     return (
       <div>
         <button onClick={this.openModal}>Open Modal</button>
-        <button onClick={this.openModal2}>Open Modal 2</button>
         <Modal
           ref="mymodal"
           closeTimeoutMS={150}
@@ -92,27 +61,6 @@ var App = React.createClass({
             <button>hi</button>
           </form>
         </Modal>
-        <Modal
-          closeTimeoutMS={150}
-          isOpen={this.state.modalIsOpen2}
-          onRequestClose={this.handleModalCloseRequest}
-        >
-          <h1>Hello</h1>
-          <button onClick={this.closeModal}>close</button>
-          <div>I am a modal</div>
-          <form>
-            <input onChange={this.handleInputChange} />
-            <input />
-            <input />
-            <input />
-            <input />
-            <br/>
-            <button>hi</button>
-            <button>hi</button>
-            <button>hi</button>
-            <button>hi</button>
-          </form>
-        </Modal>
       </div>
     );
   }
diff --git a/lib/components/Modal.js b/lib/components/Modal.js
index 5f409ff4..6fcc4ad5 100644
--- a/lib/components/Modal.js
+++ b/lib/components/Modal.js
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ var Modal = React.createClass({
   },
 
   componentWillReceiveProps: function(newProps) {
-    sanitizeProps(newProps);
     this.renderPortal(newProps);
   },
 
@@ -110,7 +109,3 @@ Modal.defaultStyles = {
 }
 
 module.exports = Modal
-
-function sanitizeProps(props) {
-  delete props.ref;
-}