diff --git a/src/_h5ai/public/js/lib/core/location.js b/src/_h5ai/public/js/lib/core/location.js
index 779ae871..8c2f0d94 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/public/js/lib/core/location.js
+++ b/src/_h5ai/public/js/lib/core/location.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 const {window: win, document: doc, _: lo} = require('../win');
 const {request} = require('./server');
 const allsettings = require('./settings');
-const modernizr = require('./modernizr');
 const event = require('./event');
 
 const notification = require('../view/notification');
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@ const settings = lo.extend({
     fastBrowsing: true,
     unmanagedInNewWindow: true
 }, allsettings.view);
-const history = settings.fastBrowsing && modernizr.history ? win.history : null;
+const history = settings.fastBrowsing ? win.history : null;
 const reUriToPathname = /^.*:\/\/[^\/]*|[^\/]*$/g;
 const reForceEncoding = [
     [/\/+/g, '/'],
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/public/js/lib/core/modernizr.js b/src/_h5ai/public/js/lib/core/modernizr.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ce99cdd..00000000
--- a/src/_h5ai/public/js/lib/core/modernizr.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = {
-    canvas: true,
-    history: true,
-    localstorage: true
-};
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/public/js/lib/core/store.js b/src/_h5ai/public/js/lib/core/store.js
index 74a5c551..be29705c 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/public/js/lib/core/store.js
+++ b/src/_h5ai/public/js/lib/core/store.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 const win = require('../win');
-const modernizr = require('./modernizr');
 
-const store = modernizr.localstorage ? win.localStorage : {};
+const store = win.localStorage;
 const storekey = '_h5ai';
 
 
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/public/js/lib/ext/info.js b/src/_h5ai/public/js/lib/ext/info.js
index c0098430..18c1c8d6 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/public/js/lib/ext/info.js
+++ b/src/_h5ai/public/js/lib/ext/info.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 const {window: win, jQuery: jq, _: lo} = require('../win');
 const event = require('../core/event');
 const format = require('../core/format');
-const modernizr = require('../core/modernizr');
 const resource = require('../core/resource');
 const allsettings = require('../core/settings');
 const store = require('../core/store');
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ function update(item) {
 
     if (settings.qrcode) {
         $qrcode.empty().qrcode({
-            render: modernizr.canvas ? 'canvas' : 'div',
+            render: 'canvas',
             size: 200,
             fill: settings.qrColor,
             background: null,