diff --git a/ui/package.json b/ui/package.json
index 587558400..cfb01a13b 100644
--- a/ui/package.json
+++ b/ui/package.json
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@
     "react-tippy": "1.2.3",
     "react-transition-group": "4.0.0",
     "react-truncate": "2.4.0",
-    "semver": "6.0.0",
-    "whatwg-fetch": "3.0.0"
+    "semver": "6.0.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "start": "NODE_ENV=dev REACT_APP_BACKEND_URI=http://localhost:8080 react-scripts start",
diff --git a/ui/src/index.js b/ui/src/index.js
index 11202bdde..ce468eb79 100644
--- a/ui/src/index.js
+++ b/ui/src/index.js
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 // https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/blob/master/packages/react-app-polyfill/README.md
 import "react-app-polyfill/stable";
 
-// fetch() polyfill for IE and some mobile browsers
-import "whatwg-fetch";
-
 import React from "react";
 import ReactDOM from "react-dom";