I have a var id = \"someId\";
var elem = document.getElement
Move the anonymous click handler function out of the addEventListener
call:
var id = "someId";
var elem = document.getElementById("elemId");
var elemEventHandler = function() { someFunction(id); };
elem.addEventListener("click", elemEventHandler , false);
after which you should be able to:
var elem = document.getElementById("elemId");
elem.removeEventListener("click", elemEventHandler , false);