diff --git a/src/slider.jsx b/src/slider.jsx
index ddf1dbadc79042..e746923a836509 100644
--- a/src/slider.jsx
+++ b/src/slider.jsx
@@ -233,7 +233,6 @@ var Slider = React.createClass({
         <span className="mui-input-description">{this.props.description}</span>
         <span className="mui-input-error">{this.props.error}</span>
         <div style={sliderStyles}
-          onTouchTap={this._onClick}
           onFocus={this._onFocus}
           onBlur={this._onBlur}
           onMouseOver={this._onMouseOver}
@@ -294,16 +293,6 @@ var Slider = React.createClass({
     this.setValue(0);
   },
 
-  _onClick: function (e) {
-    this._tabPressed = false;
-    // let draggable handle the slider
-    if (this.state.dragging || this.props.disabled) return;
-    var node = React.findDOMNode(this.refs.track);
-    var boundingClientRect = node.getBoundingClientRect();
-    var offset = e.clientX - boundingClientRect.left;
-    this._updateWithChangeEvent(e, offset / node.clientWidth);
-  },
-
   _onFocus: function (e) {
     this.setState({focused: true});
     if (this.props.onFocus) this.props.onFocus(e);