diff --git a/app/soapbox/extra-polyfills.ts b/app/soapbox/extra-polyfills.ts
index 47a1b6e33..c4f6da408 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/extra-polyfills.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/extra-polyfills.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,3 @@
 
 import 'intersection-observer';
 import 'requestidlecallback';
-import objectFitImages from 'object-fit-images';
-
-objectFitImages();
diff --git a/app/soapbox/load-polyfills.ts b/app/soapbox/load-polyfills.ts
index cfd6f741f..70de8aa33 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/load-polyfills.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/load-polyfills.ts
@@ -28,15 +28,13 @@ function loadPolyfills() {
     window.Symbol
   );
 
-  // Latest version of Firefox and Safari do not have IntersectionObserver.
-  // Edge does not have requestIdleCallback and object-fit CSS property.
+  // Older versions of Firefox and Safari do not have IntersectionObserver.
   // This avoids shipping them all the polyfills.
   const needsExtraPolyfills = !(
     window.IntersectionObserver &&
     window.IntersectionObserverEntry &&
     'isIntersecting' in IntersectionObserverEntry.prototype &&
-    window.requestIdleCallback &&
-    'object-fit' in (new Image()).style
+    window.requestIdleCallback
   );
 
   return Promise.all([
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 073c30773..4833d80d0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@
     "@types/leaflet": "^1.8.0",
     "@types/lodash": "^4.14.180",
     "@types/object-assign": "^4.0.30",
-    "@types/object-fit-images": "^3.2.3",
     "@types/qrcode.react": "^1.0.2",
     "@types/react-color": "^3.0.6",
     "@types/react-datepicker": "^4.4.2",
@@ -150,7 +149,6 @@
     "marky": "^1.2.4",
     "mini-css-extract-plugin": "^2.6.0",
     "object-assign": "^4.1.1",
-    "object-fit-images": "^3.2.3",
     "object.values": "^1.1.0",
     "path-browserify": "^1.0.1",
     "postcss": "^8.4.14",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index fd31f55c1..96d15d4e6 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2732,11 +2732,6 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/object-assign/-/object-assign-4.0.30.tgz#8949371d5a99f4381ee0f1df0a9b7a187e07e652"
   integrity sha1-iUk3HVqZ9Dge4PHfCpt6GH4H5lI=
 
-"@types/object-fit-images@^3.2.3":
-  version "3.2.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/object-fit-images/-/object-fit-images-3.2.3.tgz#aa17a1cb4ac113ba81ce62f901177c9ccd5194f5"
-  integrity sha512-kpBPy4HIzbM1o3v+DJrK4V5NgUpcUg/ayzjixOVHQNukpdEUYDIaeDrnYJUSemQXWX5mKeEnxDRU1nACAWYnvg==
-
 "@types/parse-json@^4.0.0":
   version "4.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/parse-json/-/parse-json-4.0.0.tgz#2f8bb441434d163b35fb8ffdccd7138927ffb8c0"
@@ -8708,11 +8703,6 @@ object-assign@^4.1.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/object-assign/-/object-assign-4.1.1.tgz#2109adc7965887cfc05cbbd442cac8bfbb360863"
   integrity sha1-IQmtx5ZYh8/AXLvUQsrIv7s2CGM=
 
-object-fit-images@^3.2.3:
-  version "3.2.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/object-fit-images/-/object-fit-images-3.2.4.tgz#6c299d38fdf207746e5d2d46c2877f6f25d15b52"
-  integrity sha512-G+7LzpYfTfqUyrZlfrou/PLLLAPNC52FTy5y1CBywX+1/FkxIloOyQXBmZ3Zxa2AWO+lMF0JTuvqbr7G5e5CWg==
-
 object-hash@^3.0.0:
   version "3.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/object-hash/-/object-hash-3.0.0.tgz#73f97f753e7baffc0e2cc9d6e079079744ac82e9"