diff --git a/mozilla/layout/html/table/src/BasicTableLayoutStrategy.cpp b/mozilla/layout/html/table/src/BasicTableLayoutStrategy.cpp
index 5181badf6b4..176c2ffb481 100644
--- a/mozilla/layout/html/table/src/BasicTableLayoutStrategy.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/layout/html/table/src/BasicTableLayoutStrategy.cpp
@@ -229,8 +229,6 @@ PRBool BasicTableLayoutStrategy::AssignFixedColumnWidths(nsIPresContext* aPresCo
     NS_ASSERTION(nsnull != colData, "bad column data");
     nsTableColFrame *colFrame = colData->GetColFrame();
     NS_ASSERTION(nsnull!=colFrame, "bad col frame");
-    nsTableColPtr col = colData->GetCol();    // col: ADDREF++
-    NS_ASSERTION(col.IsNotNull(), "bad col");
 
     // need to track min/max column width for setting min/max table widths
     PRInt32 minColWidth = 0;
@@ -448,7 +446,6 @@ PRBool BasicTableLayoutStrategy::SetColumnsToMinWidth(nsIPresContext* aPresConte
   for (PRInt32 colIndex = 0; colIndex<numCols; colIndex++)
   { 
     nsColLayoutData * colData = (nsColLayoutData *)(columnLayoutData->ElementAt(colIndex));
-    nsTableColPtr col = colData->GetCol();  // col: ADDREF++
     nsVoidArray *cells = colData->GetCells();
     PRInt32 minColWidth = 0;
     PRInt32 maxColWidth = 0;
@@ -520,7 +517,6 @@ PRBool BasicTableLayoutStrategy::BalanceColumnsTableFits(nsIPresContext* aPresCo
     PRInt32 maxColWidth = 0;
     // Get column information
     nsColLayoutData * colData = (nsColLayoutData *)(columnLayoutData->ElementAt(colIndex));
-    nsTableColPtr col = colData->GetCol();  // col: ADDREF++
     nsVoidArray *cells = colData->GetCells();
     PRInt32 numCells = cells->Count();
 
@@ -863,7 +859,6 @@ PRBool BasicTableLayoutStrategy::BalanceColumnsConstrained( nsIPresContext* aPre
     PRInt32 maxColWidth = 0;
     // Get column information
     nsColLayoutData * colData = (nsColLayoutData *)(columnLayoutData->ElementAt(colIndex));
-    nsTableColPtr col = colData->GetCol();  // col: ADDREF++
     nsVoidArray *cells = colData->GetCells();
     PRInt32 numCells = cells->Count();
 
diff --git a/mozilla/layout/html/table/src/nsColLayoutData.cpp b/mozilla/layout/html/table/src/nsColLayoutData.cpp
index 8dbf8e8de5c..280bb8298bd 100644
--- a/mozilla/layout/html/table/src/nsColLayoutData.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/layout/html/table/src/nsColLayoutData.cpp
@@ -16,14 +16,12 @@
  * Reserved.
  */
 #include "nsColLayoutData.h"
-#include "nsTableCol.h"
 #include "nsVoidArray.h"
 #include "nsCellLayoutData.h"
 #include "nsTableCell.h"
 
-nsColLayoutData::nsColLayoutData(nsTableCol *aCol)
+nsColLayoutData::nsColLayoutData()
 {
-  mCol = aCol;
   mCells = new nsVoidArray();
   mColFrame = nsnull;
 }
@@ -43,11 +41,11 @@ nsColLayoutData::~nsColLayoutData()
   mCells = 0;
 }
 
-PRInt32 nsColLayoutData::IndexOf(nsTableCell* aTableCell) const
+PRInt32 nsColLayoutData::IndexOf(nsIContent* aCell) const
 {
   PRInt32 count = this->Count();
   PRInt32 result = -1;
-  if (aTableCell != nsnull)
+  if (aCell != nsnull)
   {
     for (PRInt32 index = 0; index < count; index++)
     {
@@ -57,10 +55,10 @@ PRInt32 nsColLayoutData::IndexOf(nsTableCell* aTableCell) const
         nsTableCellFrame* frame = cellData->GetCellFrame();
         if (frame != nsnull)
         {
-          nsTableCell* cell;
+          nsIContent* cell;
            
-          frame->GetContent((nsIContent*&)cell);
-          if (cell == aTableCell)
+          frame->GetContent(cell);
+          if (cell == aCell)
           {
             result = index;
             NS_RELEASE(cell);
diff --git a/mozilla/layout/html/table/src/nsColLayoutData.h b/mozilla/layout/html/table/src/nsColLayoutData.h
index 46f42c03e2b..a3e79f94791 100644
--- a/mozilla/layout/html/table/src/nsColLayoutData.h
+++ b/mozilla/layout/html/table/src/nsColLayoutData.h
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@
 #include "nscore.h"
 #include "nsSize.h"
 #include "nsIFrame.h"
-#include "nsTableCol.h"
+#include "nsVoidArray.h"
 
-class nsVoidArray;
 class nsCellLayoutData;
 class nsTableFrame;
 class nsTableColFrame;
+class nsIContent;
 
 
 /** Simple data class that represents in-process reflow information about a column.
@@ -34,15 +34,11 @@ class nsTableColFrame;
 class nsColLayoutData
 {
 public:
-  nsColLayoutData(nsTableCol *aCol);
+  nsColLayoutData();
 
   // NOT VIRTUAL BECAUSE THIS CLASS SHOULD **NEVER** BE SUBCLASSED  
   ~nsColLayoutData();
 
-  nsTableCol * GetCol();
-
-  void SetCol(nsTableCol * aCol);
-
   nsTableColFrame *GetColFrame();
 
   void SetColFrame(nsTableColFrame *aColFrame);
@@ -54,7 +50,7 @@ public:
   nsCellLayoutData* ElementAt(PRInt32 aIndex) const;
 
   PRInt32 IndexOf(nsCellLayoutData* aCellLayoutData) const;
-  PRInt32 IndexOf(nsTableCell* aTableCell) const;
+  PRInt32 IndexOf(nsIContent* aTableCell) const;
   
   nsCellLayoutData* GetNext(nsCellLayoutData* aCellLayoutData) const;
   
@@ -71,7 +67,6 @@ public:
   
 private:
 
-  nsTableCol        *mCol;
   nsTableColFrame   *mColFrame;
   nsVoidArray       *mCells;
 
@@ -79,22 +74,6 @@ private:
 
 /* ---------- inlines ---------- */
 
-inline nsTableCol * nsColLayoutData::GetCol()
-{
-  NS_IF_ADDREF(mCol);
-  return mCol; 
-};
-
-inline void nsColLayoutData::SetCol(nsTableCol * aCol)
-{
-  if (aCol != mCol)
-  {
-    NS_IF_ADDREF(aCol);
-    NS_IF_RELEASE(mCol);
-    mCol = aCol; 
-  }
-}
-
 inline nsTableColFrame * nsColLayoutData::GetColFrame()
 {  return mColFrame;}
 
diff --git a/mozilla/layout/html/table/src/nsTableFrame.cpp b/mozilla/layout/html/table/src/nsTableFrame.cpp
index d23c17dbb49..657af8dc132 100644
--- a/mozilla/layout/html/table/src/nsTableFrame.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/layout/html/table/src/nsTableFrame.cpp
@@ -2123,9 +2123,7 @@ PRBool nsTableFrame::SetCellLayoutData(nsIPresContext* aPresContext,
               // TODO:  unify these 2 kinds of column data
               // TODO:  cache more column data, like the mWidth.GetUnit and what its value
 
-              nsTableColPtr col = (nsTableCol *)tableKid->ChildAt(j);
-              NS_ASSERTION(col.IsNotNull(), "bad content");
-              nsColLayoutData *colData = new nsColLayoutData(col);
+              nsColLayoutData *colData = new nsColLayoutData();
               nsTableColFrame *colFrame=nsnull;
               colGroupFrame->ChildAt(j, (nsIFrame *&)colFrame);
               colData->SetColFrame(colFrame);
diff --git a/mozilla/layout/tables/BasicTableLayoutStrategy.cpp b/mozilla/layout/tables/BasicTableLayoutStrategy.cpp
index 5181badf6b4..176c2ffb481 100644
--- a/mozilla/layout/tables/BasicTableLayoutStrategy.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/layout/tables/BasicTableLayoutStrategy.cpp
@@ -229,8 +229,6 @@ PRBool BasicTableLayoutStrategy::AssignFixedColumnWidths(nsIPresContext* aPresCo
     NS_ASSERTION(nsnull != colData, "bad column data");
     nsTableColFrame *colFrame = colData->GetColFrame();
     NS_ASSERTION(nsnull!=colFrame, "bad col frame");
-    nsTableColPtr col = colData->GetCol();    // col: ADDREF++
-    NS_ASSERTION(col.IsNotNull(), "bad col");
 
     // need to track min/max column width for setting min/max table widths
     PRInt32 minColWidth = 0;
@@ -448,7 +446,6 @@ PRBool BasicTableLayoutStrategy::SetColumnsToMinWidth(nsIPresContext* aPresConte
   for (PRInt32 colIndex = 0; colIndex<numCols; colIndex++)
   { 
     nsColLayoutData * colData = (nsColLayoutData *)(columnLayoutData->ElementAt(colIndex));
-    nsTableColPtr col = colData->GetCol();  // col: ADDREF++
     nsVoidArray *cells = colData->GetCells();
     PRInt32 minColWidth = 0;
     PRInt32 maxColWidth = 0;
@@ -520,7 +517,6 @@ PRBool BasicTableLayoutStrategy::BalanceColumnsTableFits(nsIPresContext* aPresCo
     PRInt32 maxColWidth = 0;
     // Get column information
     nsColLayoutData * colData = (nsColLayoutData *)(columnLayoutData->ElementAt(colIndex));
-    nsTableColPtr col = colData->GetCol();  // col: ADDREF++
     nsVoidArray *cells = colData->GetCells();
     PRInt32 numCells = cells->Count();
 
@@ -863,7 +859,6 @@ PRBool BasicTableLayoutStrategy::BalanceColumnsConstrained( nsIPresContext* aPre
     PRInt32 maxColWidth = 0;
     // Get column information
     nsColLayoutData * colData = (nsColLayoutData *)(columnLayoutData->ElementAt(colIndex));
-    nsTableColPtr col = colData->GetCol();  // col: ADDREF++
     nsVoidArray *cells = colData->GetCells();
     PRInt32 numCells = cells->Count();
 
diff --git a/mozilla/layout/tables/nsTableFrame.cpp b/mozilla/layout/tables/nsTableFrame.cpp
index d23c17dbb49..657af8dc132 100644
--- a/mozilla/layout/tables/nsTableFrame.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/layout/tables/nsTableFrame.cpp
@@ -2123,9 +2123,7 @@ PRBool nsTableFrame::SetCellLayoutData(nsIPresContext* aPresContext,
               // TODO:  unify these 2 kinds of column data
               // TODO:  cache more column data, like the mWidth.GetUnit and what its value
 
-              nsTableColPtr col = (nsTableCol *)tableKid->ChildAt(j);
-              NS_ASSERTION(col.IsNotNull(), "bad content");
-              nsColLayoutData *colData = new nsColLayoutData(col);
+              nsColLayoutData *colData = new nsColLayoutData();
               nsTableColFrame *colFrame=nsnull;
               colGroupFrame->ChildAt(j, (nsIFrame *&)colFrame);
               colData->SetColFrame(colFrame);