diff --git a/src/tooltip.js b/src/tooltip.js
index dd0ad6e..4e60651 100644
--- a/src/tooltip.js
+++ b/src/tooltip.js
@@ -392,7 +392,6 @@ window.nv.tooltip.* also has various helper methods.
             container.style.top = top+'px';
             container.style.opacity = 1;
             container.style.position = 'absolute'; 
-            container.style.pointerEvents = 'none';
 
             return container;
     };