diff --git a/aio/src/index.html b/aio/src/index.html
index 7e8e5b6f95..99565e7800 100644
--- a/aio/src/index.html
+++ b/aio/src/index.html
@@ -82,31 +82,7 @@
     };
   </script>
 
-  <script>
-    if (window.document.documentMode) {
-      // polyfill IE11 in a blocking way
-      var s = document.createElement('script');
-      s.src = 'generated/ie-polyfills.min.js';
-      document.head.appendChild(s);
-    } else if (!Object.assign) {
-      // polyfill other non-evergreen browsers in a blocking way
-      var polyfillUrl = "https://cdn.polyfill.io/v2/polyfill.min.js?features=default,Array.prototype.find&flags=gated&unknown=polyfill";
-
-      // send a blocking XHR to fetch the polyfill
-      // then append it to the document so that its eval-ed synchronously
-      // this is required because the method used for IE is not reliable with other non-evergreen browsers
-      var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
-      xhr.addEventListener("load", function() {
-        var s = document.createElement('script');
-        s.type = 'text/javascript';
-        var code = this.responseText;
-        s.appendChild(document.createTextNode(code));
-        document.head.appendChild(s);
-      });
-      xhr.open("GET", polyfillUrl, false);
-      xhr.send();
-    }
-  </script>
+  <script nomodule src="generated/ie-polyfills.min.js"></script>
 
   <script>
     //load CE polyfill