diff --git a/src/tooltip/tooltip.js b/src/tooltip/tooltip.js
index f6ef5e9..4614c7c 100644
--- a/src/tooltip/tooltip.js
+++ b/src/tooltip/tooltip.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ angular.module( 'mm.foundation.tooltip', [ 'mm.foundation.position', 'mm.foundat
 
   // The options specified to the provider globally.
   var globalOptions = {};
-  
+
   /**
    * `options({})` allows global configuration of all tooltips in the
    * application.
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ angular.module( 'mm.foundation.tooltip', [ 'mm.foundation.position', 'mm.foundat
 
       var startSym = $interpolate.startSymbol();
       var endSym = $interpolate.endSymbol();
-      var template = 
+      var template =
         '<div '+ directiveName +'-popup '+
           'title="'+startSym+'tt_title'+endSym+'" '+
           'content="'+startSym+'tt_content'+endSym+'" '+
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ angular.module( 'mm.foundation.tooltip', [ 'mm.foundation.position', 'mm.foundat
               // Set the initial positioning.
               tooltip.css({ top: 0, left: 0, display: 'block' });
 
-              // Now we add it to the DOM because need some info about it. But it's not 
+              // Now we add it to the DOM because need some info about it. But it's not
               // visible yet anyway.
               if ( appendToBody ) {
                   $document.find( 'body' ).append( tooltip );
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ angular.module( 'mm.foundation.tooltip', [ 'mm.foundation.position', 'mm.foundat
               //if tooltip is going to be shown after delay, we must cancel this
               $timeout.cancel( popupTimeout );
 
-              // And now we remove it from the DOM. However, if we have animation, we 
+              // And now we remove it from the DOM. However, if we have animation, we
               // need to wait for it to expire beforehand.
               // FIXME: this is a placeholder for a port of the transitions library.
               if ( scope.tt_animation ) {
@@ -270,7 +270,10 @@ angular.module( 'mm.foundation.tooltip', [ 'mm.foundation.position', 'mm.foundat
 
             function removeTooltip() {
               if (tooltip) {
-                tooltip.remove();
+                var tt = tooltip;
+                $timeout(function(){
+                  tt.remove();
+                });
                 tooltip = null;
               }
             }