diff --git a/app/views/layouts/_meta.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/_meta.html.haml
index bdba1c88f..110660a30 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/_meta.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/_meta.html.haml
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@
   %title
     = content_for?(:title) ? yield(:title) + " - #{ENV['GROWSTUFF_SITE_NAME']} " : ENV['GROWSTUFF_SITE_NAME']
   = csrf_meta_tags
-  / Le HTML5 shim, for IE6-8 support of HTML elements
-  /[if lt IE 9]
-    = javascript_include_tag "http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"
   = stylesheet_link_tag "application", media: "all"
 
   %link{ href: "/growstuff-apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png", rel: "apple-touch-icon-precomposed" }