diff --git a/Mac/MainWindow/Detail/DetailWebViewController.swift b/Mac/MainWindow/Detail/DetailWebViewController.swift
index e8089c9cb..47866c4cd 100644
--- a/Mac/MainWindow/Detail/DetailWebViewController.swift
+++ b/Mac/MainWindow/Detail/DetailWebViewController.swift
@@ -63,11 +63,6 @@ final class DetailWebViewController: NSViewController {
 	private var waitingForFirstReload = false
 	private let keyboardDelegate = DetailKeyboardDelegate()
 	private var windowScrollY: CGFloat?
-	private var isArticleContentJavascriptEnabled = AppDefaults.shared.isArticleContentJavascriptEnabled {
-		didSet {
-			reloadHTML()
-		}
-	}
 
 	private var isShowingExtractedArticle: Bool {
 		switch state {
@@ -102,7 +97,7 @@ final class DetailWebViewController: NSViewController {
 
 		let configuration = WKWebViewConfiguration()
 		configuration.preferences = preferences
-		configuration.defaultWebpagePreferences.allowsContentJavaScript = isArticleContentJavascriptEnabled
+		configuration.defaultWebpagePreferences.allowsContentJavaScript = AppDefaults.shared.isArticleContentJavascriptEnabled
 		configuration.setURLSchemeHandler(detailIconSchemeHandler, forURLScheme: ArticleRenderer.imageIconScheme)
 
 		let userContentController = WKUserContentController()
@@ -172,19 +167,8 @@ final class DetailWebViewController: NSViewController {
 	}
 	
 	@objc func userDefaultsDidChange(_ note: Notification) {
-
-		var shouldReloadHTML = false
-
 		if articleTextSize != AppDefaults.shared.articleTextSize {
 			articleTextSize = AppDefaults.shared.articleTextSize
-			shouldReloadHTML = true
-		}
-		if AppDefaults.shared.isArticleContentJavascriptEnabled != isArticleContentJavascriptEnabled {
-			isArticleContentJavascriptEnabled = AppDefaults.shared.isArticleContentJavascriptEnabled
-			shouldReloadHTML = true
-		}
-
-		if shouldReloadHTML {
 			reloadHTMLMaintainingScrollPosition()
 		}
 	}
@@ -266,7 +250,6 @@ extension DetailWebViewController: WKNavigationDelegate, WKUIDelegate {
 			return
 		}
 
-		webView.configuration.defaultWebpagePreferences.allowsContentJavaScript = isArticleContentJavascriptEnabled
 		decisionHandler(.allow)
 	}