diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/extra_polyfills.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/extra_polyfills.js
index 0d45c23b04..6e8004f077 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/extra_polyfills.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/extra_polyfills.js
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 import 'abortcontroller-polyfill/dist/abortcontroller-polyfill-only';
 import 'intersection-observer';
 import 'requestidlecallback';
-import objectFitImages  from 'object-fit-images';
-
-objectFitImages();
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/load_polyfills.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/load_polyfills.js
index cc5bcd18f1..f5a897f754 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/load_polyfills.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/load_polyfills.js
@@ -23,15 +23,14 @@ function loadPolyfills() {
   );
 
   // Latest version of Firefox and Safari do not have IntersectionObserver.
-  // Edge does not have requestIdleCallback and object-fit CSS property.
+  // Edge does not have requestIdleCallback.
   // This avoids shipping them all the polyfills.
   const needsExtraPolyfills = !(
     window.AbortController &&
     window.IntersectionObserver &&
     window.IntersectionObserverEntry &&
     'isIntersecting' in IntersectionObserverEntry.prototype &&
-    window.requestIdleCallback &&
-    'object-fit' in (new Image()).style
+    window.requestIdleCallback
   );
 
   return Promise.all([