diff --git a/inst/NEWS b/inst/NEWS
index 1b4a505..f8f4250 100644
--- a/inst/NEWS
+++ b/inst/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 - Correct handling of pdf css for self_contained document
 
+- Remove html5shiv.js from template
+
 
 Version 0.8
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/inst/rmarkdown/templates/revealjs_presentation/resources/default.html b/inst/rmarkdown/templates/revealjs_presentation/resources/default.html
index 2e688aa..34f4c3d 100644
--- a/inst/rmarkdown/templates/revealjs_presentation/resources/default.html
+++ b/inst/rmarkdown/templates/revealjs_presentation/resources/default.html
@@ -481,10 +481,6 @@
 style.innerHTML = style_script;
 document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(style);
 </script>
-    
-<!--[if lt IE 9]>
-<script src="$revealjs-url$/lib/js/html5shiv.js"></script>
-<![endif]-->
 
 $for(header-includes)$
     $header-includes$