diff --git a/source/web/scripts/ajax/picker.js b/source/web/scripts/ajax/picker.js
index f503ad5c35..c5fdc5f42f 100644
--- a/source/web/scripts/ajax/picker.js
+++ b/source/web/scripts/ajax/picker.js
@@ -492,7 +492,6 @@ var AlfPicker = new Class(
                (this.requestAttributes!=null ? ("&" + this.requestAttributes) : ""),
       {
          method: 'get',
-         async: false,
          onComplete: function(r)
          {
             if (r.startsWith("ERROR:") == false)
diff --git a/source/web/scripts/ajax/tagger.js b/source/web/scripts/ajax/tagger.js
index b1c7272c15..568f15121e 100644
--- a/source/web/scripts/ajax/tagger.js
+++ b/source/web/scripts/ajax/tagger.js
@@ -503,7 +503,6 @@ var AlfTagger = new Class(
       {
          method: 'get',
          headers: {'If-Modified-Since': 'Sat, 1 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT'},
-         async: false,
          onComplete: function(r)
          {
             if (r.startsWith("ERROR:") == false)
@@ -572,7 +571,6 @@ var AlfTagger = new Class(
       {
          method: 'post',
          headers: {'If-Modified-Since': 'Sat, 1 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT'},
-         async: false,
          onComplete: function(r)
          {
             // Pull out the nodeRef of the tag