refactor($compile): remove workaround for chrome bug fixed in v50

Closes #16554

src/ng/compile.js

@@ -2549,17 +2549,6 @@ function $CompileProvider($provide, $$sanitizeUriProvider) {
             compileNode = $compileNode[0];
             replaceWith(jqCollection, sliceArgs($template), compileNode);
 
-            // Support: Chrome < 50
-            // https://github.com/angular/angular.js/issues/14041
-
-            // In the versions of V8 prior to Chrome 50, the document fragment that is created
-            // in the `replaceWith` function is improperly garbage collected despite still
-            // being referenced by the `parentNode` property of all of the child nodes.  By adding
-            // a reference to the fragment via a different property, we can avoid that incorrect
-            // behavior.
-            // TODO: remove this line after Chrome 50 has been released
-            $template[0].$$parentNode = $template[0].parentNode;
-
             childTranscludeFn = compilationGenerator(mightHaveMultipleTransclusionError, $template, transcludeFn, terminalPriority,
                                         replaceDirective && replaceDirective.name, {
                                           // Don't pass in: