diff --git a/src/IJulia.jl b/src/IJulia.jl
index 8f928c9..75ec946 100644
--- a/src/IJulia.jl
+++ b/src/IJulia.jl
@@ -56,16 +56,14 @@ function limitstringmime(mime::MIME, x)
         if israwtext(mime, x)
             return String(x)
         else
-            # show(IOContext(buf, :limit=>true, :color=>true), mime, x)
-            Base.invokelatest(show, IOContext(buf, :limit=>true, :color=>true), mime, x)
+            show(IOContext(buf, :limit=>true, :color=>true), mime, x)
         end
     else
         b64 = Base64EncodePipe(buf)
         if isa(x, Vector{UInt8})
             write(b64, x) # x assumed to be raw binary data
         else
-            # show(IOContext(b64, :limit=>true, :color=>true), mime, x)
-            Base.invokelatest(show, IOContext(b64, :limit=>true, :color=>true), mime, x)
+            show(IOContext(b64, :limit=>true, :color=>true), mime, x)
         end
         close(b64)
     end