diff --git a/src/display/api.js b/src/display/api.js
index 8ee45c0788f87..3c71e412c6794 100644
--- a/src/display/api.js
+++ b/src/display/api.js
@@ -1301,16 +1301,7 @@ var PDFWorker = (function PDFWorkerClosure() {
           // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=683280
           var worker = new Worker(workerSrc);
           var messageHandler = new MessageHandler('main', 'worker', worker);
-//#if !PRODUCTION
-          // Don't allow worker to be destroyed by Chrome, see:
-          // https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=572225
-          var jsWorkerId = '_workerKungfuGrip_' + Math.random();
-          window[jsWorkerId] = worker;
-//#endif
           messageHandler.on('test', function PDFWorker_test(data) {
-//#if !PRODUCTION
-            delete window[jsWorkerId];
-//#endif
             if (this.destroyed) {
               this._readyCapability.reject(new Error('Worker was destroyed'));
               messageHandler.destroy();
diff --git a/src/worker_loader.js b/src/worker_loader.js
index ea480c74113a9..5c3af1a38658c 100644
--- a/src/worker_loader.js
+++ b/src/worker_loader.js
@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
+//#if !PRODUCTION
+//// Patch importScripts to work around a bug in WebKit and Chrome 48-.
+//// See https://crbug.com/572225 and https://webkit.org/b/153317.
+self.importScripts = (function (importScripts) {
+  return function() {
+    setTimeout(function () {}, 0);
+    return importScripts.apply(this, arguments);
+  };
+})(importScripts);
+//#endif
+
 importScripts('../node_modules/requirejs/require.js');
 
 require.config({paths: {'pdfjs': '.'}});