diff --git a/ext/setup/main.php b/ext/setup/main.php
index 17aa666a..9b1320cd 100644
--- a/ext/setup/main.php
+++ b/ext/setup/main.php
@@ -327,15 +327,6 @@ class Setup extends Extension
         $test_url = make_http(str_replace("/index.php", "/nicetest", $_SERVER["SCRIPT_NAME"]));
 
         $nicescript = "<script type='text/javascript'>
-			function getHTTPObject() {
-				if (window.XMLHttpRequest){
-					return new XMLHttpRequest();
-				}
-				else if(window.ActiveXObject){
-					return new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP');
-				}
-			}
-
 			checkbox = document.getElementById('nice_urls');
 			out_span = document.getElementById('nicetest');
 
@@ -343,7 +334,7 @@ class Setup extends Extension
 			out_span.innerHTML = '(testing...)';
 
 			document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
-				var http_request = getHTTPObject();
+				var http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
 				http_request.open('GET', '$test_url', false);
 				http_request.send(null);
 
diff --git a/ext/tagger/script.js b/ext/tagger/script.js
index f861f768..1a72e04e 100644
--- a/ext/tagger/script.js
+++ b/ext/tagger/script.js
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ var Tagger = {
 		},
 
 		ajax : function (url, callback) {
-			var http = (new XMLHttpRequest() || new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"));
+			var http = new XMLHttpRequest();
 			http.open("GET",url,true);
 			http.onreadystatechange = function () {
 				if(http.readyState == 4) { callback(http); }