Index: icefaces/core/src/main/javascript/fixjsf.js
===================================================================
--- icefaces/core/src/main/javascript/fixjsf.js	(revision 25327)
+++ icefaces/core/src/main/javascript/fixjsf.js	(working copy)
@@ -67,6 +67,19 @@
         document.documentElement.isHeadUpdateSuccessful = null;
     });
 
+    //ICE-7129 -- remove included iframes before updating the element to avoid a hard crash in IE8
+    namespace.onBeforeUpdate(function(updates) {
+        each(updates.getElementsByTagName('update'), function(update) {
+            var id = update.getAttribute('id');
+            var updatedElement = lookupElementById(id);
+            if (updatedElement) {
+                each(updatedElement.getElementsByTagName('iframe'), function(iframe) {
+                    iframe.parentNode.removeChild(iframe);
+                });
+            }
+        });
+    });
+
     namespace.onAfterUpdate(function(content) {
         var rootUpdate = findViewRootUpdate(content);