diff --git a/apps/files/js/mainfileinfodetailview.js b/apps/files/js/mainfileinfodetailview.js
index 82860780d325f0365f971f3edaaf2487fd97659e..4a2067e09e5ea83ea2bb8c48cf7c1af570d0efcf 100644
--- a/apps/files/js/mainfileinfodetailview.js
+++ b/apps/files/js/mainfileinfodetailview.js
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@
 				} else {
 					var iconUrl = this.model.get('icon') || OC.MimeType.getIconUrl('dir');
 					$iconDiv.css('background-image', 'url("' + iconUrl + '")');
-					OC.Util.scaleFixForIE8($iconDiv);
 				}
 				this.$el.find('[title]').tooltip({placement: 'bottom'});
 			} else {
diff --git a/apps/files/js/newfilemenu.js b/apps/files/js/newfilemenu.js
index 109a2fed67e420373445275cc0cf021e30cbefae..01a183a33a719bf8993536e5845fc0cdc910b442 100644
--- a/apps/files/js/newfilemenu.js
+++ b/apps/files/js/newfilemenu.js
@@ -210,7 +210,6 @@
 				uploadLabel: t('files', 'Upload file'),
 				items: this._menuItems
 			}));
-			OC.Util.scaleFixForIE8(this.$('.svg'));
 
 			// Trigger upload action also with keyboard navigation on enter
 			this.$el.find('[for="file_upload_start"]').on('keyup', function(event) {
diff --git a/core/js/js.js b/core/js/js.js
index edde0ff390c940b79dc75aaa65aee82cbed8d2f6..3f7ad233e31db63299ec5ef5d3f41b31d3618be2 100644
--- a/core/js/js.js
+++ b/core/js/js.js
@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
-/**
- * Disable console output unless DEBUG mode is enabled.
- * Add
- *      'debug' => true,
- * To the definition of $CONFIG in config/config.php to enable debug mode.
- * The undefined checks fix the broken ie8 console
- */
-
 /* global oc_isadmin */
 
 var oc_debug;
@@ -1971,17 +1963,6 @@ OC.Util = {
 		return moment(timestamp).fromNow();
 	},
 
-	/**
-	 * Fix image scaling for IE8, since background-size is not supported.
-	 *
-	 * This scales the image to the element's actual size, the URL is
-	 * taken from the "background-image" CSS attribute.
-	 *
-	 * @deprecated IE8 isn't supported since 9.0
-	 * @param {Object} $el image element
-	 */
-	scaleFixForIE8: function($el) {},
-
 	/**
 	 * Returns whether this is IE
 	 *
@@ -1991,16 +1972,6 @@ OC.Util = {
 		return $('html').hasClass('ie');
 	},
 
-	/**
-	 * Returns whether this is IE8
-	 *
-	 * @deprecated IE8 isn't supported since 9.0
-	 * @return {bool} false (IE8 isn't supported anymore)
-	 */
-	isIE8: function() {
-		return false;
-	},
-
 	/**
 	 * Returns the width of a generic browser scrollbar
 	 *