diff -r 16550726fd0d anolislib/processes/filter.py
--- a/anolislib/processes/filter.py	Sun Aug 30 16:53:19 2009 -0500
+++ b/anolislib/processes/filter.py	Mon Jan 25 20:00:28 2010 +0900
@@ -8,20 +8,4 @@
         remove(element)
 
 def remove(element):
-    if element.tail:
-        if element.getprevious() is not None:
-            target = element.getprevious()
-            if target.tail:
-                target.tail += element.tail
-            else:
-                target.tail = element.tail
-        else:
-            target = element.getparent()
-            if target.text:
-                target.text += element.text
-            else:
-                target.text = element.text
-        
-    element.getparent().remove(element)
-
-        
+    element.drop_tree()