diff --git a/resources/mmv.bootstrap.autostart/mmv.bootstrap.autostart.js b/resources/mmv.bootstrap.autostart/mmv.bootstrap.autostart.js
index e4cd1f58e..f923c3b1d 100644
--- a/resources/mmv.bootstrap.autostart/mmv.bootstrap.autostart.js
+++ b/resources/mmv.bootstrap.autostart/mmv.bootstrap.autostart.js
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@
 ( function () {
 	var bootstrap;
 
-	if ( !mw.mmv.isBrowserSupported() ) {
-		return;
-	}
-
 	bootstrap = new mw.mmv.MultimediaViewerBootstrap();
 
 	$( function () {
diff --git a/resources/mmv.head/base.js b/resources/mmv.head/base.js
index 2f12e6cf7..20f7ff07b 100644
--- a/resources/mmv.head/base.js
+++ b/resources/mmv.head/base.js
@@ -17,18 +17,5 @@
 
 // Included on every page which has images so keep it lightweight.
 ( function () {
-	mw.mmv = {
-		/**
-		 * Feature-detects SVG support. MuyltimediaViewer uses SVG icons extensively and is
-		 * unusable without them.
-		 *
-		 * @member mw.mmv.MultimediaViewer
-		 * @return {boolean}
-		 */
-		isBrowserSupported: function () {
-			// From modernizr 2.6.1
-			var ns = { svg: 'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' };
-			return !!document.createElementNS && !!document.createElementNS( ns.svg, 'svg' ).createSVGRect;
-		}
-	};
+	mw.mmv = {};
 }() );
diff --git a/resources/mmv.head/mmv.head.js b/resources/mmv.head/mmv.head.js
index a32d8a814..95c7e29a9 100644
--- a/resources/mmv.head/mmv.head.js
+++ b/resources/mmv.head/mmv.head.js
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@
 	var $document = $( document ),
 		start;
 
-	if ( !mw.mmv.isBrowserSupported() ) {
-		return;
-	}
-
 	// If the user disabled MediaViewer in his preferences, we do not set up click handling.
 	// This is loaded before user JS so we cannot check wgMediaViewer.
 	if (