diff --git a/modules/stats.php b/modules/stats.php
index df6e3990261f4..7918b8c535e41 100644
--- a/modules/stats.php
+++ b/modules/stats.php
@@ -260,8 +260,8 @@ function stats_render_footer( $data ) {
 	$data_stats_array = stats_array( $data );
 
 	$stats_footer = <<<END
-<script type='text/javascript' src='{$script}' async='async' defer='defer'></script>
-<script type='text/javascript'>
+<script src='{$script}' defer></script>
+<script>
 	_stq = window._stq || [];
 	_stq.push([ 'view', {{$data_stats_array}} ]);
 	_stq.push([ 'clickTrackerInit', '{$data['blog']}', '{$data['post']}' ]);