diff --git a/templates/page.tmpl b/templates/page.tmpl
index 440538e..41310fb 100644
--- a/templates/page.tmpl
+++ b/templates/page.tmpl
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
     <!-- The above 3 meta tags *must* come first in the head; any other head content must come *after* these tags -->
     <TMPL_IF NAME="META"><TMPL_VAR META></TMPL_IF>
-    <TMPL_IF DYNAMIC>
-    <TMPL_IF FORCEBASEURL><base href="<TMPL_VAR FORCEBASEURL>" /><TMPL_ELSE>
-    <TMPL_IF BASEURL><base href="<TMPL_VAR BASEURL>" /></TMPL_IF>
-    </TMPL_IF>
-    </TMPL_IF>
 
     <title><TMPL_VAR TITLE> - <TMPL_VAR WIKINAME></title>
 
@@ -35,12 +30,6 @@
     <!-- Custom styles for this template -->
     <link href="<TMPL_VAR BASEURL>bootstrap.local.css" rel="stylesheet" />
 
-    <!-- HTML5 shim and Respond.js for IE8 support of HTML5 elements and media queries -->
-    <!--[if lt IE 9]>
-      <script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/html5shiv/3.7.2/html5shiv.min.js"></script>
-      <script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/respond/1.4.2/respond.min.js"></script>
-    <![endif]-->
-
     <!-- Custom styles for derivatives -->
     <TMPL_IF LOCAL_CSS>
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="<TMPL_VAR BASEURL><TMPL_VAR LOCAL_CSS>" type="text/css" />
@@ -48,23 +37,6 @@
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="<TMPL_VAR BASEURL>local.css" type="text/css" />
     </TMPL_IF>
 
-    <TMPL_UNLESS DYNAMIC>
-      <TMPL_IF EDITURL>
-        <link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit this page" href="<TMPL_VAR EDITURL>" />
-      </TMPL_IF>
-      <TMPL_IF FEEDLINKS><TMPL_VAR FEEDLINKS></TMPL_IF>
-      <TMPL_IF RELVCS><TMPL_VAR RELVCS></TMPL_IF>
-      <TMPL_IF META><TMPL_VAR META></TMPL_IF>
-      <TMPL_LOOP TRAILLOOP>
-        <TMPL_IF PREVPAGE>
-          <link rel="prev" href="<TMPL_VAR PREVURL>" title="<TMPL_VAR PREVTITLE>" />
-        </TMPL_IF>
-        <link rel="up" href="<TMPL_VAR TRAILURL>" title="<TMPL_VAR TRAILTITLE>" />
-        <TMPL_IF NEXTPAGE>
-          <link rel="next" href="<TMPL_VAR NEXTURL>" title="<TMPL_VAR NEXTTITLE>" />
-        </TMPL_IF>
-      </TMPL_LOOP>
-    </TMPL_UNLESS>
   </head>
   <body>
 
@@ -129,101 +101,18 @@
             <TMPL_VAR CONTENT>
 
             <TMPL_IF ENCLOSURE>
-            <TMPL_IF HTML5><section id="enclosure"><TMPL_ELSE><div id="enclosure"></TMPL_IF>
+            <section id="enclosure">
             <a href="<TMPL_VAR ENCLOSURE>">Download</a>
-            <TMPL_IF HTML5></section><TMPL_ELSE></div></TMPL_IF>
+            </section>
             </TMPL_IF>
 
             <TMPL_IF TRAILS>
               <TMPL_VAR TRAILS>
             </TMPL_IF>
 
-            <TMPL_UNLESS DYNAMIC>
-            <!-- legacy Ikiwiki comments.pm section -->
-            <TMPL_IF COMMENTS>
-            <TMPL_IF HTML5><section id="comments"><TMPL_ELSE><div id="comments"></TMPL_IF>
-            <TMPL_VAR COMMENTS>
-            <TMPL_IF ADDCOMMENTURL>
-            <div class="addcomment">
-            <a href="<TMPL_VAR ADDCOMMENTURL>">Add a comment</a>
-            </div>
-            <TMPL_ELSE>
-            <TMPL_UNLESS mastodon_host>
-            <div class="addcomment">Comments on this page are closed.</div>
-            </TMPL_UNLESS>
-            </TMPL_IF>
-            <TMPL_IF HTML5></section><TMPL_ELSE></div></TMPL_IF>
-            </TMPL_IF>
-
-            <!-- Mastodon comments -->
-<TMPL_IF mastodon_host>
-<div class="mastodon-comments comments">
-  <p>You can use your Mastodon account to reply to this <a class="link" href="https://<TMPL_VAR mastodon_host>/@<TMPL_VAR mastodon_username>/<TMPL_VAR mastodon_post>">post</a>.</p>
-  <p id="mastodon-comments-list"><button id="load-comment">Load comments</button></p>
-  <noscript><p>You need JavaScript to view the comments.</p></noscript>
-  <script src="<TMPL_VAR BASEURL>assets/js/purify.min.js"></script>
-  <script type="text/javascript">
-    function escapeHtml(unsafe) {
-      return unsafe
-           .replace(/&/g, "&amp;")
-           .replace(/</g, "&lt;")
-           .replace(/>/g, "&gt;")
-           .replace(/"/g, "&quot;")
-           .replace(/'/g, "&#039;");
-   }
-
-    document.getElementById("load-comment").addEventListener("click", function() {
-      document.getElementById("load-comment").innerHTML = "Loading...";
-      fetch('https://<TMPL_VAR mastodon_host>/api/v1/statuses/<TMPL_VAR mastodon_post>/context')
-        .then(function(response) {
-          return response.json();
-        })
-        .then(function(data) {
-          if(data['descendants'] &&
-             Array.isArray(data['descendants']) && 
-            data['descendants'].length > 0) {
-              document.getElementById('mastodon-comments-list').innerHTML = "";
-              data['descendants'].forEach(function(reply) {
-                reply.account.display_name = escapeHtml(reply.account.display_name);
-                reply.account.emojis.forEach(emoji => {
-                  reply.account.display_name = reply.account.display_name.replace(`:${emoji.shortcode}:`,
-                    `<img src="${escapeHtml(emoji.static_url)}" alt="Emoji ${emoji.shortcode}" height="20" width="20" />`);
-                });
-                mastodonComment =
-                  `<div class="mastodon-comment comment">
-                     <div class="avatar">
-                       <img src="${escapeHtml(reply.account.avatar_static)}" height=60 width=60 alt="">
-                     </div>
-                     <div class="content">
-                       <div class="author">
-                         <a href="${reply.account.url}" rel="nofollow">
-                           <span>${reply.account.display_name}</span>
-                           <span class="disabled">${escapeHtml(reply.account.acct)}</span>
-                         </a>
-                         <a class="post" href="${reply.uri}" rel="nofollow">
-                           <time datetime="${reply.created_at}" pubdate="pubdate">
-                             ${reply.created_at.replace(/(T\d+:\d+):\d+(\.\d+)?(.*)/, "$1$3")}
-                           </time>
-                         </a>
-                       </div>
-                       <div class="mastodon-comment-content">${reply.content}</div>
-                     </div>
-                   </div>`;
-                document.getElementById('mastodon-comments-list').appendChild(DOMPurify.sanitize(mastodonComment, {'RETURN_DOM_FRAGMENT': true}));
-              });
-          } else {
-            document.getElementById('mastodon-comments-list').innerHTML = "<p>Not comments found</p>";
-          }
-        });
-      });
-  </script>
-</div>
-            </TMPL_IF>
-
-	</TMPL_UNLESS>
     </div> <!-- /container -->
 
-    <TMPL_IF HTML5><footer<TMPL_ELSE><div</TMPL_IF> class="footer" role="contentinfo">
+    <footer class="footer" role="contentinfo">
 	<div class="container">
 
     <TMPL_IF FOOTER>
@@ -231,7 +120,7 @@
     </TMPL_IF>
 
 	</div>
-    <TMPL_IF HTML5></footer><TMPL_ELSE></div></TMPL_IF>
+    </footer>
 
 
     <!-- Bootstrap core JavaScript
diff --git a/templates/searchform.tmpl b/templates/searchform.tmpl
index b64c8c5..6b660b7 100644
--- a/templates/searchform.tmpl
+++ b/templates/searchform.tmpl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <form method="get" action="<TMPL_VAR SEARCHACTION>" class="navbar-form navbar-left" role="search">
 <input type="text" class="form-control" name="P" value="" size="16"
-<TMPL_IF HTML5>placeholder="search"</TMPL_IF> />
+placeholder="search" />
 </form>
