diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
index 3cc0cfa80..792e57490 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 - **Search** - A previous unfinished XHR query aborting would cause the next query to fail #2779
 - **Search** - Fixed an issue where `onResult` returning `false` would not prevent the search menu from hiding. Clicking on an empty results message will also no longer close the search results. #3856 #3870
 - **Video** - Fixed issue with `change` behavior not working properly when correctly to change videos.
+- **Sticky/Visibility** -  Added mutation observer to teardown element with `destroy` if removed from DOM context, fixing a possible memory leak
 
 **Bugs**
 - **API** - Using `onResponse` with `dataType` other than JSON or JSONP would cause an error. (Not allowing plain text responses to be translated) #3653
diff --git a/src/definitions/behaviors/visibility.js b/src/definitions/behaviors/visibility.js
index 4762c4c7e..9f312ed6e 100644
--- a/src/definitions/behaviors/visibility.js
+++ b/src/definitions/behaviors/visibility.js
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ $.fn.visibility = function(parameters) {
         element         = this,
         disabled        = false,
 
+        contextObserver,
         observer,
         module
       ;
@@ -118,11 +119,15 @@ $.fn.visibility = function(parameters) {
           if(observer) {
             observer.disconnect();
           }
+          if(contextObserver) {
+            contextObserver.disconnect();
+          }
           $window
             .off('load'   + eventNamespace, module.event.load)
             .off('resize' + eventNamespace, module.event.resize)
           ;
           $context
+            .off('scroll'       + eventNamespace, module.event.scroll)
             .off('scrollchange' + eventNamespace, module.event.scrollchange)
           ;
           if(settings.type == 'fixed') {
@@ -137,12 +142,11 @@ $.fn.visibility = function(parameters) {
 
         observeChanges: function() {
           if('MutationObserver' in window) {
-            observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutations) {
-              module.verbose('DOM tree modified, updating visibility calculations');
-              module.timer = setTimeout(function() {
-                module.verbose('DOM tree modified, updating sticky menu');
-                module.refresh();
-              }, 100);
+            contextObserver = new MutationObserver(module.event.contextChanged);
+            observer        = new MutationObserver(module.event.changed);
+            contextObserver.observe($context[0], {
+              childList : true,
+              subtree   : true
             });
             observer.observe(element, {
               childList : true,
@@ -173,6 +177,25 @@ $.fn.visibility = function(parameters) {
         },
 
         event: {
+          changed: function(mutations) {
+            module.verbose('DOM tree modified, updating visibility calculations');
+            module.timer = setTimeout(function() {
+              module.verbose('DOM tree modified, updating sticky menu');
+              module.refresh();
+            }, 100);
+          },
+          contextChanged: function(mutations) {
+            [].forEach.call(mutations, function(mutation) {
+              if(mutation.removedNodes) {
+                [].forEach.call(mutation.removedNodes, function(node) {
+                  if(node == element || $(node).find(element).length > 0) {
+                    module.debug('Element removed from DOM, tearing down events');
+                    module.destroy();
+                  }
+                });
+              }
+            });
+          },
           resize: function() {
             module.debug('Window resized');
             if(settings.refreshOnResize) {
diff --git a/src/definitions/modules/popup.js b/src/definitions/modules/popup.js
index d19e2aef7..a3139ce1c 100644
--- a/src/definitions/modules/popup.js
+++ b/src/definitions/modules/popup.js
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ $.fn.popup = function(parameters) {
           }
         },
 
-
         refresh: function() {
           if(settings.popup) {
             $popup = $(settings.popup).eq(0);
@@ -159,6 +158,9 @@ $.fn.popup = function(parameters) {
 
         destroy: function() {
           module.debug('Destroying previous module');
+          if(contextObserver) {
+            contextObserver.disconnect();
+          }
           // remove element only if was created dynamically
           if($popup && !settings.preserve) {
             module.removePopup();
@@ -204,7 +206,7 @@ $.fn.popup = function(parameters) {
               module.set.position();
             }
           },
-          contextMutation: function(mutations) {
+          contextChanged: function(mutations) {
             [].forEach.call(mutations, function(mutation) {
               if(mutation.removedNodes) {
                 [].forEach.call(mutation.removedNodes, function(node) {
diff --git a/src/definitions/modules/sticky.js b/src/definitions/modules/sticky.js
index 8a423ec68..a764299f9 100644
--- a/src/definitions/modules/sticky.js
+++ b/src/definitions/modules/sticky.js
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ $.fn.sticky = function(parameters) {
           || function(callback) { setTimeout(callback, 0); },
 
         element         = this,
+
+        contextObserver,
         observer,
         module
       ;
@@ -97,6 +99,9 @@ $.fn.sticky = function(parameters) {
         destroy: function() {
           module.verbose('Destroying previous instance');
           module.reset();
+          if(contextObserver) {
+            contextObserver.disconnect();
+          }
           if(observer) {
             observer.disconnect();
           }
@@ -115,12 +120,11 @@ $.fn.sticky = function(parameters) {
             context = $context[0]
           ;
           if('MutationObserver' in window) {
-            observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutations) {
-              clearTimeout(module.timer);
-              module.timer = setTimeout(function() {
-                module.verbose('DOM tree modified, updating sticky menu', mutations);
-                module.refresh();
-              }, 100);
+            contextObserver = new MutationObserver(module.event.contextChanged);
+            observer        = new MutationObserver(module.event.changed);
+            contextObserver.observe($context[0], {
+              childList : true,
+              subtree   : true
             });
             observer.observe(element, {
               childList : true,
@@ -178,6 +182,25 @@ $.fn.sticky = function(parameters) {
         },
 
         event: {
+          changed: function(mutations) {
+            clearTimeout(module.timer);
+            module.timer = setTimeout(function() {
+              module.verbose('DOM tree modified, updating sticky menu', mutations);
+              module.refresh();
+            }, 100);
+          },
+          contextChanged: function(mutations) {
+            [].forEach.call(mutations, function(mutation) {
+              if(mutation.removedNodes) {
+                [].forEach.call(mutation.removedNodes, function(node) {
+                  if(node == element || $(node).find(element).length > 0) {
+                    module.debug('Element removed from DOM, tearing down events');
+                    module.destroy();
+                  }
+                });
+              }
+            });
+          },
           load: function() {
             module.verbose('Page contents finished loading');
             requestAnimationFrame(module.refresh);