diff --git a/imports/ui/components/Field.jsx b/imports/ui/components/Field.jsx
index 7d1a443..cef5ea6 100644
--- a/imports/ui/components/Field.jsx
+++ b/imports/ui/components/Field.jsx
@@ -13,16 +13,9 @@ export class Field extends React.Component {
   triggerUpdate() {
     // Trigger an onChange on inital load, to support browser prefilled values.
     const { onChange } = this.props;
-    let node = ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this);
     if (this.input) {
       onChange({ target: { value: this.input.value } });
     }
-    // Backward compat.
-    else if (node) {
-      let value = node.getElementsByTagName('input')[0].value;
-      // Match the data format of a typical onChange event.
-      onChange({ target: { value: value } });
-    }
   }
 
   componentDidMount() {