diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Renderer/SVG.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Renderer/SVG.js
index efb4377dc7..966d82c0af 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Renderer/SVG.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Renderer/SVG.js
@@ -61,10 +61,9 @@ OpenLayers.Renderer.SVG = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Renderer.Elements, {
      */
     supported: function() {
         var svgFeature = "http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/feature#SVG";
-        var supported = (document.implementation && 
-                        (document.implementation.hasFeature("org.w3c.svg", "1.0") || 
-                         document.implementation.hasFeature(svgFeature, "1.1")));
-        return supported;
+        return (document.implementation && 
+                (document.implementation.hasFeature("org.w3c.svg", "1.0") || 
+                 document.implementation.hasFeature(svgFeature, "1.1")));
     },    
 
     /**
@@ -94,7 +93,6 @@ OpenLayers.Renderer.SVG = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Renderer.Elements, {
                                                                arguments);
         
         var resolution = this.getResolution();
-        
 
         // If the resolution has changed, start over changing the corner, because
         // the features will redraw.
@@ -102,7 +100,6 @@ OpenLayers.Renderer.SVG = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Renderer.Elements, {
             this.left = -extent.left / resolution;
             this.top = extent.top / resolution;
         }
-
         
         var left = 0;
         var top = 0;
@@ -139,9 +136,6 @@ OpenLayers.Renderer.SVG = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Renderer.Elements, {
         this.rendererRoot.setAttributeNS(null, "height", this.size.h);
     },
 
-    
-
-
     /** 
      * Method: getNodeType 
      * 
@@ -290,9 +284,7 @@ OpenLayers.Renderer.SVG = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Renderer.Elements, {
      * {DOMElement} The specific render engine's root element
      */
     createRenderRoot: function() {
-        var id = this.container.id + "_svgRoot";
-        var rendererRoot = this.nodeFactory(id, "svg");
-        return rendererRoot;                        
+        return this.nodeFactory(this.container.id + "_svgRoot", "svg");
     },
 
     /**
@@ -302,9 +294,7 @@ OpenLayers.Renderer.SVG = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Renderer.Elements, {
      * {DOMElement} The main root element to which we'll add vectors
      */
     createRoot: function() {
-        var id = this.container.id + "_root";
-        var root = this.nodeFactory(id, "g");
-        return root;
+        return this.nodeFactory(this.container.id + "_root", "g");
     },
 
     /**************************************
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Renderer/VML.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Renderer/VML.js
index bf7a94b933..2fd61bf0fb 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Renderer/VML.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Renderer/VML.js
@@ -361,9 +361,7 @@ OpenLayers.Renderer.VML = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Renderer.Elements, {
      * {DOMElement} The specific render engine's root element
      */
     createRenderRoot: function() {
-        var id = this.container.id + "_vmlRoot";
-        var rendererRoot = this.nodeFactory(id, "div");
-        return rendererRoot;                        
+        return this.nodeFactory(this.container.id + "_vmlRoot", "div");
     },
 
     /**
@@ -374,9 +372,7 @@ OpenLayers.Renderer.VML = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Renderer.Elements, {
      * {DOMElement} The main root element to which we'll add vectors
      */
     createRoot: function() {
-        var id = this.container.id + "_root";
-        var root = this.nodeFactory(id, "v:group");
-        return root;
+        return this.nodeFactory(this.container.id + "_root", "v:group");
     },
 
     /**************************************