diff --git a/test/index.html b/test/index.html
index 9cdfb08d8..2b48be4e1 100644
--- a/test/index.html
+++ b/test/index.html
@@ -27,13 +27,6 @@
 	<script src="jquery.js"></script>
 
 	<script>
-		// html5shiv, enabling HTML5 elements to be used with jQuery
-		( "abbr article aside audio bdi canvas data datalist details figcaption figure footer header hgroup " +
-			"mark meter nav output progress section summary time video"
-		).replace(/\w+/g, function(n) {
-			document.createElement(n);
-		});
-
 		// Load tests if they have not been loaded
 		// This is in a different script tag to ensure that
 		// jQuery is on the page when the testrunner executes