diff --git a/config/jsdoc/api/template/tmpl/layout.tmpl b/config/jsdoc/api/template/tmpl/layout.tmpl
index ac3c9ae506..2a1637ac4a 100644
--- a/config/jsdoc/api/template/tmpl/layout.tmpl
+++ b/config/jsdoc/api/template/tmpl/layout.tmpl
@@ -6,14 +6,10 @@ var version = obj.packageInfo.version;
OpenLayers v<?js= version ?> API - <?js= title ?>
-
-
diff --git a/examples/geolocation-orientation.html b/examples/geolocation-orientation.html
index 1d418494ec..d2285ea893 100644
--- a/examples/geolocation-orientation.html
+++ b/examples/geolocation-orientation.html
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ tags: "fullscreen, geolocation, orientation, mobile"
-
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ tags: "fullscreen, geolocation, orientation, mobile"
}
-
diff --git a/examples/index.html b/examples/index.html
index 3006cd5e7c..df110182be 100644
--- a/examples/index.html
+++ b/examples/index.html
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
-
diff --git a/examples/mobile-full-screen.html b/examples/mobile-full-screen.html
index 1145dd31e7..32b73f4215 100644
--- a/examples/mobile-full-screen.html
+++ b/examples/mobile-full-screen.html
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ cloak:
-
Mobile full screen example
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@ cloak:
}
-
diff --git a/examples/permalink.html b/examples/permalink.html
index 4d93bbfb30..d1cfe730f6 100644
--- a/examples/permalink.html
+++ b/examples/permalink.html
@@ -3,13 +3,9 @@ layout: example.html
title: Permalink
shortdesc: Example on how to create permalinks.
docs: >
- In this example the HTML 5 History API is used to update the browser URL
with the current zoom-level, center and rotation when the map is moved.
- Note that the History API is not supported in all browsers, one might consider to use a a polyfill.
tags: "permalink, openstreetmap, history"
---
diff --git a/examples/templates/example.html b/examples/templates/example.html
index 164da44fdb..1ba448f08a 100644
--- a/examples/templates/example.html
+++ b/examples/templates/example.html
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
-
diff --git a/src/ol/format/GMLBase.js b/src/ol/format/GMLBase.js
index 33abc0cc39..b7fb69c539 100644
--- a/src/ol/format/GMLBase.js
+++ b/src/ol/format/GMLBase.js
@@ -36,16 +36,12 @@ export const GMLNS = 'http://www.opengis.net/gml';
/**
* A regular expression that matches if a string only contains whitespace
- * characters. It will e.g. match `''`, `' '`, `'\n'` etc. The non-breaking
- * space (0xa0) is explicitly included as IE doesn't include it in its
- * definition of `\s`.
- *
- * Information from `goog.string.isEmptyOrWhitespace`: https://github.com/google/closure-library/blob/e877b1e/closure/goog/string/string.js#L156-L160
+ * characters. It will e.g. match `''`, `' '`, `'\n'` etc.
*
* @const
* @type {RegExp}
*/
-const ONLY_WHITESPACE_RE = /^[\s\xa0]*$/;
+const ONLY_WHITESPACE_RE = /^\s*$/;
/**
* @typedef {Object} Options
diff --git a/src/ol/format/KML.js b/src/ol/format/KML.js
index d7d8175fdc..b58eecdd9b 100644
--- a/src/ol/format/KML.js
+++ b/src/ol/format/KML.js
@@ -419,9 +419,6 @@ function defaultIconUrlFunction(href) {
* geometry types, and into MultiPoint/MultiLineString/MultiPolygon if they are
* all of the same type.
*
- * Note that the KML format uses the URL() constructor. Older browsers such as IE
- * which do not support this will need a URL polyfill to be loaded before use.
- *
* @api
*/
class KML extends XMLFeature {
diff --git a/src/ol/format/readme.md b/src/ol/format/readme.md
index 7c048363c6..c473182468 100644
--- a/src/ol/format/readme.md
+++ b/src/ol/format/readme.md
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ The document ends with guidelines for implementing a new format.
The `ol/xml` namespace contains a number of useful functions for parsing XML documents. All code in OpenLayers that reads data from XML documents should use it. It has several features:
-* Browser support back to IE9
* Correct treatment of XML namespaces
* Robust handling of errors
* Modular design to promote the re-use of parsers
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ The `ol/format/XML` class includes a number of methods for reading arrays of fea
read{Features,Feature,Geometry}From{Document,Node}
-`Document`s are top-level XML document objects, `Node`s are children of the top-level XML document object. In modern browsers `Document` is a subclass of `Node`, and inherits all of `Node`'s methods. In IE, this is not the case: `Document` is not a subclass of `Node`, and `Document` only has some of `Node`'s functionality. The distinction between the two is therefore necessary.
+`Document`s are top-level XML document objects, `Node`s are children of the top-level XML document object. In modern browsers `Document` is a subclass of `Node`, and inherits all of `Node`'s methods.
## `ol/xml`
diff --git a/src/ol/interaction/DragAndDrop.js b/src/ol/interaction/DragAndDrop.js
index 2c6a4d964f..32f8b03852 100644
--- a/src/ol/interaction/DragAndDrop.js
+++ b/src/ol/interaction/DragAndDrop.js
@@ -87,10 +87,6 @@ export class DragAndDropEvent extends Event {
* @classdesc
* Handles input of vector data by drag and drop.
*
- * Note that the DragAndDrop interaction uses the TextDecoder() constructor if the supplied
- * combination of formats read both text string and ArrayBuffer sources. Older browsers such
- * as IE which do not support this will need a TextDecoder polyfill to be loaded before use.
- *
* @api
*
* @fires DragAndDropEvent
diff --git a/src/ol/reproj.js b/src/ol/reproj.js
index 3d54c1c3de..88817e8f41 100644
--- a/src/ol/reproj.js
+++ b/src/ol/reproj.js
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ function verifyBrokenDiagonalRendering(data, offset) {
* Determines if the current browser configuration can render triangular clip regions correctly.
* This value is cached so the function is only expensive the first time called.
* Firefox on Windows (as of now) does not if HWA is enabled. See https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1606976
- * IE also doesn't. Chrome works, and everything seems to work on OSX and Android. This function caches the
+ * Chrome works, and everything seems to work on OSX and Android. This function caches the
* result. I suppose that it is conceivably possible that a browser might flip modes while the app is
* running, but lets hope not.
*
diff --git a/test/browser/test-extensions.js b/test/browser/test-extensions.js
index e530ee3e9f..555cfc9a92 100644
--- a/test/browser/test-extensions.js
+++ b/test/browser/test-extensions.js
@@ -246,14 +246,7 @@
break;
}
// test attribute namespace
- // we do not care about the difference between an empty string and
- // null for namespaceURI some tests will fail in IE9 otherwise
- // see also
- // https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/ie_standards/ms-dom2c/d6ad7f24-25f4-4ab0-a36b-32ddc08f413c
- if (
- (node1Attr[name].namespaceURI || null) !==
- (node2Attr[name].namespaceURI || null)
- ) {
+ if (node1Attr[name].namespaceURI !== node2Attr[name].namespaceURI) {
errors.push(
'namespaceURI attribute test failed for: ' +
node1.nodeName +