Anular Evento Click JQuery preventDefault

https://pt.stackoverflow.com/questions/267075/anular-evento-click-jquery-preventdefault/267077

HTML

<li class="waves-effect"><a href="#" data-href="./">Google</a></li>
<li class="waves-effect"><a href="#" data-href="./">Globo.com</a></li>

CSS

.active {
  font-weight: bolder;
  color: red;
}

JavaScript

$(function() {
  $('.waves-effect a').click(function(e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    var element = $(this)
    var url = element.data('href');

    $.ajax({
      type: "GET",
      url: url,
      success: function(response) {
        $('#form').html(response)
      },

      complete: function() {
      	$('.waves-effect a').removeClass('active')
        element.addClass("active");
      }
    });
  });
})