diff --git a/build_support/boot_textarea.js b/build_support/boot_textarea.js
index 6a63fbd4..b4c5846a 100644
--- a/build_support/boot_textarea.js
+++ b/build_support/boot_textarea.js
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ window.__ace_shadowed__.transformTextarea = function(element) {
         overflow: "auto",
         fontSize: "14px"
     };
-    if (!UA.isIE || UA.isIE >= 9) {
+    if (!UA.isOldIE) {
         settingDivStyles.backgroundColor = "rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6)";
     } else {
         settingDivStyles.backgroundColor = "#333";
diff --git a/lib/ace/keyboard/textinput.js b/lib/ace/keyboard/textinput.js
index 72d8a717..7ee1cc6a 100644
--- a/lib/ace/keyboard/textinput.js
+++ b/lib/ace/keyboard/textinput.js
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ var TextInput = function(parentNode, host) {
     };
     
     var onPropertyChange = function(e) {
-        if (useragent.isIE && text.value.charCodeAt(0) > 128) return;
+        if (useragent.isOldIE && text.value.charCodeAt(0) > 128) return;
         setTimeout(function() {
             if (!inCompostion)
                 sendText();
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ var TextInput = function(parentNode, host) {
     };
 
     event.addCommandKeyListener(text, host.onCommandKey.bind(host));
-    if (useragent.isIE) {
+    if (useragent.isOldIE) {
         var keytable = { 13:1, 27:1 };
         event.addListener(text, "keyup", function (e) {
             if (inCompostion && (!text.value || keytable[e.keyCode]))
diff --git a/lib/ace/virtual_renderer.js b/lib/ace/virtual_renderer.js
index efd8b900..257d039d 100644
--- a/lib/ace/virtual_renderer.js
+++ b/lib/ace/virtual_renderer.js
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ var VirtualRenderer = function(container, theme) {
 
     this.moveTextAreaToCursor = function(textarea) {
         // in IE the native cursor always shines through
+        // this persists in IE9
         if (useragent.isIE)
             return;
 
diff --git a/support/pilot b/support/pilot
index 0ec977f5..26272d95 160000
--- a/support/pilot
+++ b/support/pilot
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 0ec977f5e49714ea0d1e560acb93a6e388c6d028
+Subproject commit 26272d95b68ca4e1ca3d71188cee544a5806c58d