diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_framework.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_framework.inc.php
index 834eeaad4a..82c29fc827 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_framework.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_framework.inc.php
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ abstract class egw_framework
 		$java_script = '';
 
 		// GLOBAL var to tell egroupware wether or not to enable the IE selectBox resize hack
-		if($GLOBALS['egw_info']['user']['preferences']['common']['enable_ie_dropdownmenuhack'])
+		if($GLOBALS['egw_info']['user']['preferences']['common']['enable_ie_dropdownmenuhack'] && html::$user_agent == 'msie' && html::$ua_version < 9)
 		{
 			$java_script .= "<script type=\"text/javascript\">\nvar enable_ie_dropdownmenuhack=1;\n</script>\n";
 		}
diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.html.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.html.inc.php
index 4ef8e11b84..2652da21c4 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/class.html.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/class.html.inc.php
@@ -320,8 +320,8 @@ class html
 		{
 			$options .= ' size="'.abs($multiple).'"';
 		}
-		// fix width for MSIE in/for selectboxes
-		if (self::$user_agent == 'msie')
+		// fix width for MSIE < 9 in/for selectboxes
+		if (self::$user_agent == 'msie' && self::$ua_version < 9)
 		{
 			if (stripos($options,'onfocus="') === false)
 			{