         if (!textContainerManager)
             textContainerManager = new FTETextFieldTextContainerManager(textField);
                 
-        // FIXME: TLF is investigating if we need this because of a bug
-        // in updateContainer().  If so, this can be removed when the bug
-        // is fixed.
-        
-        // Make sure there is nothing leftover on the display list from
-        // a previous composition of text.
-        textContainerManager.clearContainerChildren(true); // recycle lines
-        textContainerManager.clearComposedLines();
-       
         textContainerManager.compositionWidth = compositionWidth;
         textContainerManager.compositionHeight = compositionHeight;
         

        //----------------------------------
        //  htmlText
        //----------------------------------
        
        
        
        /**
         *  @copy flash.text.TextField#htmlText
         * 

            _text = value.replace(ALL_LINEFEEDS, "\r");
            
            // _htmlText is now invalid and will get regenerated on demand
            // _htmlHelper will be set to null in validateNow() after we use it
            // to clear the container of any TLF generated textLines.
            
            clearFlag(FLAG_HTML_TEXT_SET);
            
