diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index bcad220f4b..f3201a923f 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@
   views to require the view permissions for both objects.
 * Install and server static content to and from the image.
 * Add support for editing document comments.
+* Remove Internet Explorer specific markup.
 
 3.1.11 (2019-04-XX)
 ===================
diff --git a/docs/releases/3.2.rst b/docs/releases/3.2.rst
index 3ad7280fd3..3e85fbba06 100644
--- a/docs/releases/3.2.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/3.2.rst
@@ -561,6 +561,7 @@ Other changes
   Remove installation of static content from the setup
   and upgrade stages.
 * Add support for editing document comments.
+* Remove Internet Explorer specific markup.
 
 
 Removals
diff --git a/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/base_plain.html b/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/base_plain.html
index 2d6958b133..0496426dad 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/base_plain.html
+++ b/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/base_plain.html
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
     "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en">
     <head>
-        <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
         <meta content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1, user-scalable=no" name="viewport">
         <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
         <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="{{ LANGUAGE_CODE }}" />
@@ -37,12 +36,6 @@
     <body>
         {% block content_plain %}{% endblock %}
 
-        <!-- HTML5 shim and Respond.js for IE8 support of HTML5 elements and media queries -->
-        <!--[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]-->
-
         <script src="{% static 'appearance/node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js' %}" type="text/javascript"></script>
         <script src="{% static 'appearance/node_modules/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.min.js' %}" type="text/javascript"></script>
         <script src="{% static 'appearance/node_modules/@fortawesome/fontawesome-free/js/all.min.js' %}" data-auto-replace-svg="nest" type="text/javascript"></script>
diff --git a/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/root.html b/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/root.html
index 7c51af31e6..be3f89e235 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/root.html
+++ b/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/root.html
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
     "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en">
     <head>
-        <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
         <meta content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1, user-scalable=no" name="viewport">
         <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
         <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="{{ LANGUAGE_CODE }}" />
@@ -70,12 +69,6 @@
             </div>
         </script>
 
-        <!-- HTML5 shim and Respond.js for IE8 support of HTML5 elements and media queries -->
-        <!--[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]-->
-
         <script src="{% static 'appearance/node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js' %}" type="text/javascript"></script>
         <script src="{% static 'appearance/node_modules/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.min.js' %}" type="text/javascript"></script>
         <script src="{% static 'appearance/packages/jquery.scrollview.js' %}" type="text/javascript"></script>
