diff --git a/webapp/themes/vitro/css/ie6.css b/webapp/themes/vitro/css/ie6.css
deleted file mode 100644
index 9134a0e96..000000000
--- a/webapp/themes/vitro/css/ie6.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-/* $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ */
-
-/* If VITRO theme developers decide to use VITRO theme 
-   as the base for their new theme, please use this file
-   for adding fixes for IE6 browsers */
diff --git a/webapp/themes/vitro/css/ie7.css b/webapp/themes/vitro/css/ie7.css
deleted file mode 100644
index d7b7e0c3d..000000000
--- a/webapp/themes/vitro/css/ie7.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-/* $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ */
-
-/* If VITRO theme developers decide to use VITRO theme 
-   as the base for their new theme, please use this file
-   for adding fixes for IE7 browsers *
diff --git a/webapp/themes/vitro/templates/head.ftl b/webapp/themes/vitro/templates/head.ftl
index 6ba28703a..06abc594c 100644
--- a/webapp/themes/vitro/templates/head.ftl
+++ b/webapp/themes/vitro/templates/head.ftl
@@ -11,14 +11,6 @@
 
 <#include "headScripts.ftl">
 
-<!--[if lt IE 7]>
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="${urls.theme}/css/ie6.css" />
-<![endif]-->
-
-<!--[if IE 7]>
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="${urls.theme}/css/ie7.css" />
-<![endif]-->
-
 <!--[if (gte IE 6)&(lte IE 8)]>
 <script type="text/javascript" src="${urls.base}/js/selectivizr.js"></script>
 <![endif]-->
diff --git a/webapp/web/css/vitroIE6.css b/webapp/web/css/vitroIE6.css
deleted file mode 100644
index 2810e3231..000000000
--- a/webapp/web/css/vitroIE6.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,257 +0,0 @@
-/* $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ */
-
-/* Fix browser issues in IE6 browsers */
-
-/* Fix for homepage in IE6 browsers */
-body {
-    background-position: center, 0;
-}
-#intro h2 { 
-    margin-left: 24px; 
-}
-#intro p { 
-    margin-left: 24px; 
-}
-#search-home h3 { 
-    margin-left: 0; 
-}
-#search-field {
-    background-image: url("../images/search-interior-pages.gif");
-    height: 32px;
-    width: 330px;
-}
-#search-field input.search {
-    padding-left: 14px;
-}
-#login {
-    margin-right: 0;
-}
-ul#browse-classgroups { 
-    margin-left: 20px; 
-}
-#browse-classes { 
-    width: 620px;
-}
-ul#classes-in-classgroup.vis {
-    width: 40%;
-}
-#login-form p.submit {
-    margin-left: 15px;
-}
-ul#browse-classgroups a.selected {
-    background-position-x: 0;
-    background-position-y: 12px;
-}
-/* Fix for menupages */
-ul#vgraph-classes {
-    float: left;
-    width: 265px;
-    margin-left: 15px;
-}
-#browse-by {
-    padding-bottom: 20px;
-}
-ul#browse-classes {
-    width: 290px;
-    margin-left: 0;
-    padding-left: 10px;
-    margin-left: 15px;
-}
-#individuals-in-class { 
-    width: 450px; 
-}
-article.foaf-person {
-    width: 400px;
-    margin-left:10px;
-    margin-right: 10px;
-    padding: 0;
-    margin-bottom: 10px;
-}
-#profile-photo-display { 
-    width: 620px;
-}
-#browse-classes {
-    width: 590px;
-}
-ul#classgroup-list.vis {
-    width: 38%;
-}
-.pagination li {
-    display: block;
-    float: left;
-}
-.pagination h3 {
-    float: left;
-}
-.pagination ul {
-    display: block;
-    float: left;
-}
-/* Fix for site admin: the wonders of the IE float model...
-fix to maintain sanity in rendering sections of site admin targets IE7 and below */
-#adminDashboard .pageBodyGroup {
-  *float: none !important;
-  *display: inline !important;
-  *vertical-align: top !important;
-}
-/* Fix for individual pages */
-#individual-intro.person {
-    width: 100%;
-}
-.sparkline_text, 
-.collaboratorship-link-container {
-    width: 148px;
-}
-#individual-intro.person #individual-info {
-    width: 72%;
-}
-/* Fix for dropdown user menu */
-ul.dropdown {
-    z-index: 9999;
-}
-/* Fix for menupages */
-nav#alpha-browse-container {
-    width: 542px;
-}
-ul#alpha-browse-individuals {
-    width: 540px;
-}
-ul#alpha-browse-individuals a {
-    height: 30px;
-    margin-left: 0;
-    padding-left: 6px;
-    width: 8px;
-}
-#individuals-in-class {
-    width: 545px;
-}
-#individual-intro.person .individual-overview {
-    clear: left;
-}
-#find-by {
-    width: 445px;
-}
-/* Fix for photo upload */
-#photoUploadForm input.submit, 
-#photoUploadForm input.submit:visited,
-#cropImage input.submit,
-#cropImage input.submit:visited {
-    padding: 5px 5px 7px;
-    margin-left: -8px;
-}
-#photoUploadForm span.or,
-#cropImage span.or {
-    display: block;
-    float: left;
-    padding-top: 10px;
-}
-/* Fix position for input type submit buttons */
-input.submit, 
-input.submit:visited,
-input#submit, 
-input#submit:visited {
-    display: block;
-    float: left;
-    clear: both;
-    margin-left: 0;
-}
-/* Fix position for "Required fields" text */
-form.customForm #requiredLegend {
-    clear: both;
-}
-/* Fix for verbose mode */
-#verbose-mode {
-    float: left;
-    clear: left;
-    margin-top: -14px;
-}
-.verbose-toggle {
-    top: 12px;
-}
-#admin .uri-link {
-    padding-top: 5px;
-}
-/* Fix account management pages */
-table#account th {
-    position: relative;
-}
-.account-alpha-browse {
-    position: absolute;
-    float: none;
-    top: 7px;
-    right: 0;
-}
-#filter-roles {
-    clear: both;
-}
-#search-accounts {
-    width: 400px; 
-}
-#search-accounts input[type="text"] {
-    float: left;  
-}
-#search-accounts input[type="submit"] {
-    float: right;
-    margin-top: 0;
-}
-#add-account {
-    width: 400px;
-    margin-bottom: 20px;
-}
-#add-account span {
-    float: left;
-}
-#add-account input.add-account {
-    margin-top: 0;
-    margin-left: 5px;
-    float: right;
-}
-p.requiredHint {
-    clear: left;
-}
-#add-account span.requiredHint {
-    float: none;
-}
-input#externalAuthChkBox {
-    margin-top: 0;
-    margin-bottom: 0;
-}
-#associated {
-    display: none; 
-    float: none;
-}
-#associationOptions {
-    display: none; 
-    float: none;
-}
-#associateProfileBackgroundOne {
-    width: 443px;
-    border-bottom: none;
-}
-#associateProfileBackgroundTwo {
-    width: 435px;
-    padding-left: 8px;
-    padding-top: 8px;
-    padding-bottom: 14px;
-    border-top: none;
-}
-#associateProfileBackgroundThree {
-    width: 435px;
-    padding-left: 8px;
-    padding-top: 8px;
-    border-top: none;
-}
-#associateProfileBackgroundFour {
-    width: 435px;
-    padding-left: 8px;
-    padding-top: 4px;
-}
-/* Fix menu management main page */
-span.controls {
-    margin-top: -30px;
-    padding-right: 5px;
-}
-/* Co-author and co-investigator visualizations */
-#ego_profile {
-    min-height: 100px;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/webapp/web/css/vitroIE7.css b/webapp/web/css/vitroIE7.css
deleted file mode 100644
index 630d77f26..000000000
--- a/webapp/web/css/vitroIE7.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,212 +0,0 @@
-/* $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ */
-
-/* Fix browser issues in IE7 browsers */
-
-/* Fix for homepage */
-#search-field input.search {
-    padding-left: 14px;
-}
-#login-form p.submit {
-    margin-left: 20px;
-}
-/* Fix for site admin */
-/* the wonders of the IE float model...fix to maintain sanity in rendering sections of site admin */
-/* targets IE7 and below */
-#adminDashboard .pageBodyGroup {
-  *float: none !important;
-  *display: inline !important;
-  *vertical-align: top !important;
-}
-/* Fix for dropdown user menu */
-ul.dropdown {
-    z-index: 9999;
-}
-/* Fix for photo upload */
-#photoUploadForm input.submit, 
-#photoUploadForm input.submit:visited,
-#cropImage input.submit,
-#cropImage input.submit:visited {
-    padding: 5px 5px 7px;
-    margin-left: -8px;
-}
-#photoUploadForm span.or,
-#cropImage span.or {
-    display: block;
-    float: left;
-    padding-top: 10px;
-}
-/* Fix position for input type submit buttons */
-input.submit, 
-input.submit:visited,
-input#submit, 
-input#submit:visited {
-    display: block;
-    float: left;
-    margin-left: 0;
-}
-/* Fix for individual pages */
-#individual-intro.person {
-    width: 100%;
-}
-.sparkline_text, 
-.collaboratorship-link-container {
-    width: 148px;
-}
-#individual-intro.person #individual-info {
-    width: 72%;
-}
-#individual-intro .individual-overview {
-    clear: left;
-}
-/* Miscellaneous */
-input#submit, input#submit:visited {
-    margin-left: 0;
-}
-/* Fix for menupages */
-.pagination li {
-    display: block;
-    float: left;
-}
-.pagination h3 {
-    float: left;
-}
-.pagination ul {
-    display: block;
-    float: left;
-}
-#find-by {
-    width: 445px;
-}
-/* Fix for Visualization: Co-author and Co-investigator network pages */
-#sparkline-container {
-    clear: both;
-    float: none;
-    margin-left: 0;
-    width: 100%;
-}
-.easy-deselect-label a.temporal-vis-url {
-    margin-top: -15px;
-}
-#grant-count-sparkline-include {
-    width: 48%;
-}
-#coinvestigator-count-sparkline-include {
-    width: 48%;
-    clear: left;
-}
-#publication-count-sparkline-include {
-    width: 48%;
-}
-#coauthor-count-sparkline-include {
-    width: 48%;
-    clear: left;
-}
-/* Fix for verbose mode */
-#verbose-mode {
-    float: left;
-    clear: left;
-    margin-top: -14px;
-}
-.verbose-toggle {
-    top: 12px;
-}
-#admin .uri-link {
-    padding-top: 5px;
-}
-/* Fix account management pages */
-table#account th {
-    position: relative;
-}
-.account-alpha-browse {
-    position: absolute;
-    float: none;
-    top: 7px;
-    right: 0;
-}
-#filter-roles {
-    clear: both;
-}
-#search-accounts {
-    width: 400px; 
-}
-#search-accounts input[type="text"] {
-    float: left;  
-}
-#search-accounts input[type="submit"] {
-    float: right;
-    margin-top: 0;
-}
-#add-account {
-    width: 500px;
-    margin-bottom: 20px;
-}
-#add-account span {
-    float: left;
-}
-#add-account input.add-account {
-    float: left;
-    margin-top: 0;
-    margin-left: 5px;
-}
-#add-account span.requiredHint {
-    float: none;
-}
-p.requiredHint {
-    clear: left;
-}
-input#externalAuthChkBox {
-    margin-top: 0;
-    margin-bottom: 0;
-}
-#associated {
-    display: none; 
-    float: none;
-}
-#associationOptions {
-    display: none; 
-    float: none;
-}
-#associateProfileBackgroundOne {
-    width: 443px;
-    border-bottom: none;
-}
-#associateProfileBackgroundTwo {
-    width: 435px;
-    padding-left: 8px;
-    padding-top: 8px;
-    padding-bottom: 14px;
-    border-top: none;
-}
-#associateProfileBackgroundThree {
-    width: 435px;
-    padding-left: 8px;
-    padding-top: 8px;
-    border-top: none;
-}
-#associateProfileBackgroundFour {
-    width: 435px;
-    padding-left: 8px;
-    padding-top: 4px;
-}
-/* Fix menu management main page */
-span.controls {
-    margin-top: -30px;
-    padding-right: 5px;
-}
-/* Fix meny proxy page */    
-#search-proxy input {
-    float: left;
-}
-#search-proxy input:last-child {
-    margin-left: 10px;
-    margin-top: -2px;
-}
-#search-proxy {
-    padding-bottom: 20px;
-}
-select[name="roleActivityType"],
-input[name="startField-year"],
-input[name="endField-year"],
-input[name="dateTimeField-year"] {
-    vertical-align: middle;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/page/partials/headScripts.ftl b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/page/partials/headScripts.ftl
index 4bfcbdc98..61c7df455 100644
--- a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/page/partials/headScripts.ftl
+++ b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/page/partials/headScripts.ftl
@@ -15,15 +15,3 @@ var i18nStrings = {
 <![endif]-->
 
 ${headScripts.list()} 
-
-<!--[if lt IE 7]>
-<script type="text/javascript" src="${urls.base}/js/jquery_plugins/supersleight.js"></script>
-<![endif]-->
-
-<!--[if lt IE 7]>
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="${urls.base}/css/vitroIE6.css" />
-<![endif]-->
-
-<!--[if IE 7]>
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="${urls.base}/css/vitroIE7.css" />
-<![endif]-->