diff --git a/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/css/_edit.css b/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/css/_edit.css
index d6dcb93ab1152381ceb54f98e6ea19a198f82071..526d49b99c969fc06c14943798575d0cf12636aa 100644
--- a/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/css/_edit.css
+++ b/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/css/_edit.css
@@ -54,10 +54,7 @@ div.picker button.toolbutton {
 /*____________ edit textarea ____________*/
 
 .dokuwiki textarea.edit {
-    /* should just be "width: 100%", but IE8 doesn't like it, see FS#1910 + FS#1667 */
-    width: 700px;
-    min-width: 100%;
-    max-width: 100%;
+    width: 100%;
     margin-bottom: .5em;
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/css/basic.less b/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/css/basic.less
index ce9c13776b1663f338ed1ae42818ecf7351bb07c..524fb498525d7b51716c743876c765e128393ba2 100644
--- a/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/css/basic.less
+++ b/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/css/basic.less
@@ -228,7 +228,6 @@ video,
 audio {
     max-width: 100%;
 }
-#IE8 img,
 button img {
     max-width: none;
 }
diff --git a/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/css/design.less b/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/css/design.less
index e314bb5b3a828f59d7a6c89937b560c217947543..694f9aa92b5360e92d752b3c4296f57af67818b3 100644
--- a/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/css/design.less
+++ b/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/css/design.less
@@ -264,10 +264,6 @@ form.search {
     }
 }
 
-#IE8 .dokuwiki div.breadcrumbs div {
-    border-bottom: 1px solid @ini_border;
-}
-
 /* sidebar
 ********************************************************************/
 
diff --git a/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/detail.php b/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/detail.php
index 4d798e3af2e37ee782fe31bf303e8a7be2cd4625..c26d81cb72b34c1af1fb0b36c02442072b3e8bd2 100644
--- a/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/detail.php
+++ b/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/detail.php
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ header('X-UA-Compatible: IE=edge,chrome=1');
 </head>
 
 <body>
-    <!--[if lte IE 8 ]><div id="IE8"><![endif]-->
     <div id="dokuwiki__site"><div id="dokuwiki__top" class="site <?php echo tpl_classes(); ?>">
 
         <?php include('tpl_header.php') ?>
@@ -119,7 +118,5 @@ header('X-UA-Compatible: IE=edge,chrome=1');
 
         <?php include('tpl_footer.php') ?>
     </div></div><!-- /site -->
-
-    <!--[if lte IE 8 ]></div><![endif]-->
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/main.php b/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/main.php
index 9fea1b133f27e9be830462334a861d572a6ff576..d095ccf4f259e8a28d676a0ff2979b6c93c0349f 100644
--- a/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/main.php
+++ b/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/main.php
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ $showSidebar = $hasSidebar && ($ACT=='show');
 </head>
 
 <body>
-    <!--[if lte IE 8 ]><div id="IE8"><![endif]-->
     <div id="dokuwiki__site"><div id="dokuwiki__top" class="site <?php echo tpl_classes(); ?> <?php
         echo ($showSidebar) ? 'showSidebar' : ''; ?> <?php echo ($hasSidebar) ? 'hasSidebar' : ''; ?>">
 
@@ -106,6 +105,5 @@ $showSidebar = $hasSidebar && ($ACT=='show');
 
     <div class="no"><?php tpl_indexerWebBug() /* provide DokuWiki housekeeping, required in all templates */ ?></div>
     <div id="screen__mode" class="no"></div><?php /* helper to detect CSS media query in script.js */ ?>
-    <!--[if lte IE 8 ]></div><![endif]-->
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/mediamanager.php b/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/mediamanager.php
index b3127176611f0288f0cfb7a01c50d80544eb7c39..53ed06292f07e485d0454b998ae018ef5f58a6b4 100644
--- a/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/mediamanager.php
+++ b/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/mediamanager.php
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ header('X-UA-Compatible: IE=edge,chrome=1');
 </head>
 
 <body>
-    <!--[if lte IE 8 ]><div id="IE8"><![endif]-->
     <div id="media__manager" class="dokuwiki">
         <?php html_msgarea() ?>
         <div id="mediamgr__aside"><div class="pad">
@@ -41,6 +40,5 @@ header('X-UA-Compatible: IE=edge,chrome=1');
             <?php tpl_mediaContent() ?>
         </div></div>
     </div>
-    <!--[if lte IE 8 ]></div><![endif]-->
 </body>
 </html>