--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
     "css-loader": "^3.6.0",
     "file-loader": "^3.0.1",
     "font-awesome": "^4.7.0",
-    "html5shiv": "^3.7.3",
     "imports-loader": "^0.8.0",
     "jquery": "^3.6.0",
     "lato-font": "^3.0.0",
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -3314,12 +3314,6 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-8nxjcBcd8wovbeKx7h3wTji4e6+rhaVuPNpMqwWgnHh+N9ToqsCs6XztWRBPQ+UtzsoMAdKZtUENoVzU/EMtZA==",
       "dev": true
     },
-    "html5shiv": {
-      "version": "3.7.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/html5shiv/-/html5shiv-3.7.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-SZwGvLGNtgp8GbgFX7oXEp8OR1aBt5LliX6dG0kdD1kl3KhMonN0QcSa/A3TsTgFewaGCbIryQunjayWDXzxmw==",
-      "dev": true
-    },
     "http-deceiver": {
       "version": "1.2.7",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/http-deceiver/-/http-deceiver-1.2.7.tgz",
--- a/sphinx_rtd_theme/layout.html
+++ b/sphinx_rtd_theme/layout.html
@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@
 
   {#- JAVASCRIPTS #}
   {%- block scripts %}
-  <!--[if lt IE 9]>
-    <script src="{{ pathto('_static/js/html5shiv.min.js', 1) }}"></script>
-  <![endif]-->
   {%- if not embedded %}
   {# XXX Sphinx 1.8.0 made this an external js-file, quick fix until we refactor the template to inherert more blocks directly from sphinx #}
     {%- if sphinx_version_info >= (1, 8) -%}
--- a/webpack.common.js
+++ b/webpack.common.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 const path = require("path");
 const MiniCssExtractPlugin = require("mini-css-extract-plugin");
-const CopyPlugin = require('copy-webpack-plugin');
 
 module.exports = {
   entry: {
@@ -66,11 +65,5 @@ module.exports = {
       filename: "css/[name].css?[hash]",
       chunkFilename: "css/[name].css?[hash]"
     }),
-    new CopyPlugin([
-      {
-        from: 'node_modules/html5shiv/dist/*.min.js',
-        flatten: true,
-        to: path.resolve(__dirname,'sphinx_rtd_theme/static/js') },
-    ]),
   ]
 };