diff --git a/templates/_header.phtml b/templates/_header.phtml
index def499b..80f4788 100644
--- a/templates/_header.phtml
+++ b/templates/_header.phtml
@@ -22,13 +22,6 @@
     <!-- Bootstrap -->
     <link href="<?php echo raw($bowerpath) ?>/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
     <link href="<?php echo raw($basepath) ?>/style/base.css" rel="stylesheet">
-
-    <!-- HTML5 shim and Respond.js for IE8 support of HTML5 elements and media queries -->
-    <!-- WARNING: Respond.js doesn't work if you view the page via file:// -->
-    <!--[if lt IE 9]>
-        <script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/html5shiv/3.7.2/html5shiv.min.js"></script>
-        <script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/respond/1.4.2/respond.min.js"></script>
-    <![endif]-->
 </head>
 
 <body>
