diff --git a/build.js b/build.js
index 3164f1109..a2f37d863 100755
--- a/build.js
+++ b/build.js
@@ -414,11 +414,6 @@
       // remove `templateSettings` assignment
       source = source.replace(/(?:\n +\/\*[^*]*\*+(?:[^\/][^*]*\*+)*\/)?\n *lodash\.templateSettings[\s\S]+?};\n/, '');
     }
-    if (isRemoved(source, 'max', 'min')) {
-      source = removeVar(source, 'argsLimit');
-      // remove `argsLimit` try-catch
-      source = source.replace(/\n *try\s*\{[\s\S]+?argsLimit *=[\s\S]+?catch[^}]+}\n/, '');
-    }
     if (isRemoved(source, 'isArray', 'isEmpty', 'isEqual', 'size')) {
       source = removeVar(source, 'arrayClass');
     }
diff --git a/lodash.js b/lodash.js
index ed3c0878f..ad25efd3d 100644
--- a/lodash.js
+++ b/lodash.js
@@ -12,30 +12,6 @@
   var freeExports = typeof exports == 'object' && exports &&
     (typeof global == 'object' && global && global == global.global && (window = global), exports);
 
-  /**
-   * Used to detect the JavaScript engine's argument length limit.
-   *
-   * The initial value of `argsLimit` is low enough not to cause uncatchable
-   * errors in Java and avoid locking up older browsers like Safari 3.
-   *
-   * Some engines have a limit on the number of arguments functions can accept
-   * before clipping the argument length or throwing an error.
-   * https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80797
-   *
-   * For example Firefox's limits have been observed to be at least:
-   *   Firefox 2    - 35,535
-   *   Firefox 3.6  - 16,777,215
-   *   Firefox 4-7  - 523,264
-   *   Firefox >= 8 - Throws error
-   */
-  var argsLimit = 5e4;
-
-  try {
-    (function() {
-      argsLimit = arguments.length;
-    }).apply(null, Array(argsLimit));
-  } catch(e) { }
-
   /** Used to escape characters in templates */
   var escapes = {
     '\\': '\\',
@@ -1291,22 +1267,18 @@
         result = computed;
 
     if (!callback) {
-      // fast path for arrays of numbers
-      if (array[0] === +array[0] && length <= argsLimit) {
-        // some JavaScript engines have a limit on the number of arguments functions
-        // can accept before clipping the argument length or throwing an error
-        try {
-          return Math.max.apply(Math, array);
-        } catch(e) { }
+      while (++index < length) {
+        if (array[index] > result) {
+          result = array[index];
+        }
       }
-      if (!array.length) {
-        return result;
-      }
-    } else if (thisArg) {
+      return result;
+    }
+    if (thisArg) {
       callback = bind(callback, thisArg);
     }
     while (++index < length) {
-      current = callback ? callback(array[index], index, array) : array[index];
+      current = callback(array[index], index, array);
       if (current > computed) {
         computed = current;
         result = array[index];
@@ -1341,19 +1313,18 @@
         result = computed;
 
     if (!callback) {
-      if (array[0] === +array[0] && length <= argsLimit) {
-        try {
-          return Math.min.apply(Math, array);
-        } catch(e) { }
+      while (++index < length) {
+        if (array[index] < result) {
+          result = array[index];
+        }
       }
-      if (!array.length) {
-        return result;
-      }
-    } else if (thisArg) {
+      return result;
+    }
+    if (thisArg) {
       callback = bind(callback, thisArg);
     }
     while (++index < length) {
-      current = callback ? callback(array[index], index, array) : array[index];
+      current = callback(array[index], index, array);
       if (current < computed) {
         computed = current;
         result = array[index];
@@ -1708,43 +1679,36 @@
     else if (nativeBind) {
       return nativeBind.call.apply(nativeBind, arguments);
     }
-    // `Function#bind` spec
-    // http://es5.github.com/#x15.3.4.5
-    var partialArgs = slice.call(arguments, 2),
-        partialArgsLength = partialArgs.length;
+
+    var partialArgs = slice.call(arguments, 2);
 
     function bound() {
+      // `Function#bind` spec
+      // http://es5.github.com/#x15.3.4.5
       var args = arguments,
-          isInstance = this instanceof bound,
           thisBinding = thisArg;
 
       if (!isFunc) {
         func = thisArg[methodName];
       }
-      if (partialArgsLength) {
-        if (args.length) {
-          partialArgs.length = partialArgsLength;
-          push.apply(partialArgs, args);
-        }
-        args = partialArgs;
+      if (partialArgs.length) {
+        args = args.length
+          ? concat.apply(partialArgs, args)
+          : partialArgs;
       }
-      if (isInstance) {
+      if (this instanceof bound) {
         // get `func` instance if `bound` is invoked in a `new` expression
         noop.prototype = func.prototype;
         thisBinding = new noop;
-      }
 
-      var result = args.length ? func.apply(thisBinding, args) : func.call(thisBinding);
-      partialArgs.length = partialArgsLength;
-
-      if (isInstance) {
         // mimic the constructor's `return` behavior
         // http://es5.github.com/#x13.2.2
+        var result = func.apply(thisBinding, args);
         return objectTypes[typeof result] && result !== null
           ? result
           : thisBinding
       }
-      return result;
+      return func.apply(thisBinding, args);
     }
 
     return bound;
diff --git a/perf/perf.js b/perf/perf.js
index 866c1e5cb..b0344b13d 100644
--- a/perf/perf.js
+++ b/perf/perf.js
@@ -292,6 +292,31 @@
         });
       })
   );
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+  suites.push(
+    Benchmark.Suite('max')
+      .add('Lo-Dash', function() {
+        lodash.max(numbers);
+      })
+      .add('Underscore', function() {
+        _.max(numbers);
+      })
+  );
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+  suites.push(
+    Benchmark.Suite('min')
+      .add('Lo-Dash', function() {
+        lodash.min(numbers);
+      })
+      .add('Underscore', function() {
+        _.min(numbers);
+      })
+  );
+
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
   suites.push(
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index a22aa6511..72b67e197 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -294,28 +294,6 @@
 
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-  (function() {
-    var i = -1,
-        largeArray = [];
-
-    while (++i <= 1e6) {
-      largeArray[i] = i;
-    }
-    _.each(['max', 'min'], function(methodName) {
-      QUnit.module('lodash.' + methodName);
-
-      test('does not error when computing the ' + methodName + ' value of massive arrays', function() {
-        try {
-          var actual = _[methodName](largeArray);
-        } catch(e) { }
-
-        equal(actual, methodName == 'max' ? 1e6 : 0);
-      });
-    });
-  }());
-
-  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-
   QUnit.module('lodash.partial');
 
   (function() {