diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d4f931d811e..10480b8af98 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
     "tar-js": "^0.3.0",
     "text-encoding-utf-8": "^1.0.2",
     "url": "^0.11.0",
-    "velocity-animate": "^1.5.2",
+    "velocity-animate": "^2.0.6",
     "what-input": "^5.2.10",
     "zxcvbn": "^4.4.2"
   },
diff --git a/src/Velociraptor.js b/src/Velociraptor.js
index ce52f60dbd5..2da54babe57 100644
--- a/src/Velociraptor.js
+++ b/src/Velociraptor.js
@@ -118,25 +118,10 @@ export default class Velociraptor extends React.Component {
                     domNode.style.visibility = restingStyle.visibility;
                 });
 
-            /*
-            console.log("enter:",
-                        JSON.stringify(transitionOpts[i-1]),
-                        "->",
-                        JSON.stringify(restingStyle));
-            */
-        } else if (node === null) {
-            // Velocity stores data on elements using the jQuery .data()
-            // method, and assumes you'll be using jQuery's .remove() to
-            // remove the element, but we don't use jQuery, so we need to
-            // blow away the element's data explicitly otherwise it will leak.
-            // This uses Velocity's internal jQuery compatible wrapper.
-            // See the bug at
-            // https://github.com/julianshapiro/velocity/issues/300
-            // and the FAQ entry, "Preventing memory leaks when
-            // creating/destroying large numbers of elements"
-            // (https://github.com/julianshapiro/velocity/issues/47)
-            const domNode = ReactDom.findDOMNode(this.nodes[k]);
-            if (domNode) Velocity.Utilities.removeData(domNode);
+            // console.log("enter:",
+            //             JSON.stringify(transitionOpts[i-1]),
+            //             "->",
+            //             JSON.stringify(restingStyle));
         }
         this.nodes[k] = node;
     }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 01450908cc7..5939a89f58a 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8114,10 +8114,10 @@ validate-npm-package-license@^3.0.1:
     spdx-correct "^3.0.0"
     spdx-expression-parse "^3.0.0"
 
-velocity-animate@^1.5.2:
-  version "1.5.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/velocity-animate/-/velocity-animate-1.5.2.tgz#5a351d75fca2a92756f5c3867548b873f6c32105"
-  integrity sha512-m6EXlCAMetKztO1ppBhGU1/1MR3IiEevO6ESq6rcrSQ3Q77xYSW13jkfXW88o4xMrkXJhy/U7j4wFR/twMB0Eg==
+velocity-animate@^2.0.6:
+  version "2.0.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/velocity-animate/-/velocity-animate-2.0.6.tgz#1811ca14df7fbbef05740256f6cec0fd1b76575f"
+  integrity sha512-tU+/UtSo3GkIjEfk2KM4e24DvpgX0+FzfLr7XqNwm9BCvZUtbCHPq/AFutx/Mkp2bXlUS9EcX8yxu8XmzAv2Kw==
 
 verror@1.10.0:
   version "1.10.0"