diff --git a/emccpre.js b/emccpre.js
index 450a093..ee06019 100644
--- a/emccpre.js
+++ b/emccpre.js
@@ -304,9 +304,8 @@ function initPuzzle() {
         }
     };
 
-    // Set up keyboard handlers. We do all the actual keyboard
-    // handling in onkeydown; but we also call event.preventDefault()
-    // in both the keydown and keypress handlers. This means that
+    // Set up keyboard handlers. We call event.preventDefault()
+    // in the keydown handler. This means that
     // while the canvas itself has focus, _all_ keypresses go only to
     // the puzzle - so users of this puzzle collection in other media
     // can indulge their instinct to press ^R for redo, for example,
@@ -318,9 +317,6 @@ function initPuzzle() {
             event.shiftKey ? 1 : 0, event.ctrlKey ? 1 : 0);
         event.preventDefault();
     };
-    onscreen_canvas.onkeypress = function(event) {
-        event.preventDefault();
-    };
 
     // command() is a C function called to pass back events which
     // don't fall into other categories like mouse and key events.