diff --git a/apps/files/js/mainfileinfodetailview.js b/apps/files/js/mainfileinfodetailview.js
index 82860780d3..4a2067e09e 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.$el.find('[title]').tooltip({placement: 'bottom'});
 			} else {
diff --git a/apps/files/js/newfilemenu.js b/apps/files/js/newfilemenu.js
index 109a2fed67..01a183a33a 100644
--- a/apps/files/js/newfilemenu.js
+++ b/apps/files/js/newfilemenu.js
@@ -210,7 +210,6 @@
 				uploadLabel: t('files', 'Upload file'),
 				items: this._menuItems
 			}));
-			OC.Util.scaleFixForIE8(this.$('.svg'));
 
 			// Trigger upload action also with keyboard navigation on enter
 			this.$el.find('[for="file_upload_start"]').on('keyup', function(event) {
diff --git a/core/js/js.js b/core/js/js.js
index 8e7796143d..c95e6375c7 100644
--- a/core/js/js.js
+++ b/core/js/js.js
@@ -2009,17 +2009,6 @@ OC.Util = {
 	 */
 	replaceSVG: function($el) {},
 
-	/**
-	 * 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
 	 *