diff --git a/demo.html b/demo.html
index def4d26f6d4c229891d47c4ac5b31812eeba4f94..9d2cf5289ab4dc66c61b92af542ac8dfb4f4011e 100644
--- a/demo.html
+++ b/demo.html
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@
link.href = window.location.search.match( /print-pdf/gi ) ? 'css/print/pdf.css' : 'css/print/paper.css';
document.getElementsByTagName( 'head' )[0].appendChild( link );
</script>
-
- <!--[if lt IE 9]>
- <script src="lib/js/html5shiv.js"></script>
- <![endif]-->
</head>
<body>
diff --git a/lib/js/html5shiv.js b/lib/js/html5shiv.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 50649b9b7a3a1456c7217aa1a137b35c6f9ffe53..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/lib/js/html5shiv.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-document.createElement('header');
-document.createElement('nav');
-document.createElement('section');
-document.createElement('article');
-document.createElement('aside');
-document.createElement('footer');
-document.createElement('hgroup');
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