diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e252163..66581b8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -100,13 +100,6 @@ You'd like to autoprefix specific browsers, edit gulpfile.js below these lines.
   - Code License: MIT License
 - Source: [https://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/](https://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/)
 
-### HTML5 Shiv
-
-    src/js/html5shiv.js
-
-- License: MIT/GPL2 License
-- Source: [https://github.com/aFarkas/html5shiv](https://github.com/aFarkas/html5shiv)
-
 
 ## License
 
diff --git a/assets/js/html5shiv.min.js b/assets/js/html5shiv.min.js
deleted file mode 100644
index deceb4b..0000000
--- a/assets/js/html5shiv.min.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-!function(e,t){function n(e,t){var n=e.createElement("p"),r=e.getElementsByTagName("head")[0]||e.documentElement;return n.innerHTML="x<style>"+t+"</style>",r.insertBefore(n.lastChild,r.firstChild)}function r(){var e=E.elements;return"string"==typeof e?e.split(" "):e}function a(e,t){var n=E.elements;"string"!=typeof n&&(n=n.join(" ")),"string"!=typeof e&&(e=e.join(" ")),E.elements=n+" "+e,m(t)}function o(e){var t=y[e[g]];return t||(t={},v++,e[g]=v,y[v]=t),t}function c(e,n,r){if(n||(n=t),s)return n.createElement(e);r||(r=o(n));var a;return a=r.cache[e]?r.cache[e].cloneNode():p.test(e)?(r.cache[e]=r.createElem(e)).cloneNode():r.createElem(e),!a.canHaveChildren||h.test(e)||a.tagUrn?a:r.frag.appendChild(a)}function i(e,n){if(e||(e=t),s)return e.createDocumentFragment();n=n||o(e);for(var a=n.frag.cloneNode(),c=0,i=r(),l=i.length;l>c;c++)a.createElement(i[c]);return a}function l(e,t){t.cache||(t.cache={},t.createElem=e.createElement,t.createFrag=e.createDocumentFragment,t.frag=t.createFrag()),e.createElement=function(n){return E.shivMethods?c(n,e,t):t.createElem(n)},e.createDocumentFragment=Function("h,f","return function(){var n=f.cloneNode(),c=n.createElement;h.shivMethods&&("+r().join().replace(/[\w\-:]+/g,function(e){return t.createElem(e),t.frag.createElement(e),'c("'+e+'")'})+");return n}")(E,t.frag)}function m(e){e||(e=t);var r=o(e);return!E.shivCSS||u||r.hasCSS||(r.hasCSS=!!n(e,"article,aside,dialog,figcaption,figure,footer,header,hgroup,main,nav,section{display:block}mark{background:#FF0;color:#000}template{display:none}")),s||l(e,r),e}var u,s,d="3.7.3",f=e.html5||{},h=/^<|^(?:button|map|select|textarea|object|iframe|option|optgroup)$/i,p=/^(?:a|b|code|div|fieldset|h1|h2|h3|h4|h5|h6|i|label|li|ol|p|q|span|strong|style|table|tbody|td|th|tr|ul)$/i,g="_html5shiv",v=0,y={};!function(){try{var e=t.createElement("a");e.innerHTML="<xyz></xyz>",u="hidden"in e,s=1==e.childNodes.length||function(){t.createElement("a");var e=t.createDocumentFragment();return"undefined"==typeof e.cloneNode||"undefined"==typeof e.createDocumentFragment||"undefined"==typeof e.createElement}()}catch(n){u=!0,s=!0}}();var E={elements:f.elements||"abbr article aside audio bdi canvas data datalist details dialog figcaption figure footer header hgroup main mark meter nav output picture progress section summary template time video",version:d,shivCSS:f.shivCSS!==!1,supportsUnknownElements:s,shivMethods:f.shivMethods!==!1,type:"default",shivDocument:m,createElement:c,createDocumentFragment:i,addElements:a};e.html5=E,m(t),"object"==typeof module&&module.exports&&(module.exports=E)}("undefined"!=typeof window?window:this,document);
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diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index be3fcf1..8b1f746 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     ],
     "require-dev": {
         "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "2.*",
-        "wp-coding-standards/wpcs": "2014-12-11",
+        "wp-coding-standards/wpcs": "0.10.0",
         "phpmd/phpmd": "@stable"
     },
     "scripts" :{
diff --git a/functions.php b/functions.php
index aa3e2d6..0ff288e 100644
--- a/functions.php
+++ b/functions.php
@@ -177,10 +177,6 @@ function amethyst_scripts() {
 	wp_enqueue_script( 'amethyst-js-foundation', get_template_directory_uri() . '/assets/js/foundation.min.js', array( 'jquery' ), true );
 	wp_enqueue_script( 'amethyst-js-script', get_template_directory_uri() . '/assets/js/script.min.js', array( 'jquery' ), true );
 
-	// Load the html5 shiv.
-	wp_enqueue_script( 'amethyst-html5', get_template_directory_uri() . '/assets/js/html5shiv.min.js', array(), '3.7.3' );
-	wp_script_add_data( 'amethyst-html5', 'conditional', 'lt IE 9' );
-
 	if ( is_singular() && comments_open() && get_option( 'thread_comments' ) ) {
 		wp_enqueue_script( 'comment-reply' );
 	}
diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
index 1a1631a..4297dbf 100644
--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@ Foundation
 License: MIT
 Source: http://foundation.zurb.com/sites.html
 
-HTML5 Shiv
-License: MIT/GPL2 License
-Source: https://github.com/aFarkas/html5shiv
-
 Genericons
 License: GPLv2
 Source: http://genericons.com/
diff --git a/src/js/html5shiv.js b/src/js/html5shiv.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 45ea723..0000000
--- a/src/js/html5shiv.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,326 +0,0 @@
-/**
-* @preserve HTML5 Shiv 3.7.3 | @afarkas @jdalton @jon_neal @rem | MIT/GPL2 Licensed
-*/
-;(function(window, document) {
-/*jshint evil:true */
-  /** version */
-  var version = '3.7.3';
-
-  /** Preset options */
-  var options = window.html5 || {};
-
-  /** Used to skip problem elements */
-  var reSkip = /^<|^(?:button|map|select|textarea|object|iframe|option|optgroup)$/i;
-
-  /** Not all elements can be cloned in IE **/
-  var saveClones = /^(?:a|b|code|div|fieldset|h1|h2|h3|h4|h5|h6|i|label|li|ol|p|q|span|strong|style|table|tbody|td|th|tr|ul)$/i;
-
-  /** Detect whether the browser supports default html5 styles */
-  var supportsHtml5Styles;
-
-  /** Name of the expando, to work with multiple documents or to re-shiv one document */
-  var expando = '_html5shiv';
-
-  /** The id for the the documents expando */
-  var expanID = 0;
-
-  /** Cached data for each document */
-  var expandoData = {};
-
-  /** Detect whether the browser supports unknown elements */
-  var supportsUnknownElements;
-
-  (function() {
-    try {
-        var a = document.createElement('a');
-        a.innerHTML = '<xyz></xyz>';
-        //if the hidden property is implemented we can assume, that the browser supports basic HTML5 Styles
-        supportsHtml5Styles = ('hidden' in a);
-
-        supportsUnknownElements = a.childNodes.length == 1 || (function() {
-          // assign a false positive if unable to shiv
-          (document.createElement)('a');
-          var frag = document.createDocumentFragment();
-          return (
-            typeof frag.cloneNode == 'undefined' ||
-            typeof frag.createDocumentFragment == 'undefined' ||
-            typeof frag.createElement == 'undefined'
-          );
-        }());
-    } catch(e) {
-      // assign a false positive if detection fails => unable to shiv
-      supportsHtml5Styles = true;
-      supportsUnknownElements = true;
-    }
-
-  }());
-
-  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-
-  /**
-   * Creates a style sheet with the given CSS text and adds it to the document.
-   * @private
-   * @param {Document} ownerDocument The document.
-   * @param {String} cssText The CSS text.
-   * @returns {StyleSheet} The style element.
-   */
-  function addStyleSheet(ownerDocument, cssText) {
-    var p = ownerDocument.createElement('p'),
-        parent = ownerDocument.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || ownerDocument.documentElement;
-
-    p.innerHTML = 'x<style>' + cssText + '</style>';
-    return parent.insertBefore(p.lastChild, parent.firstChild);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Returns the value of `html5.elements` as an array.
-   * @private
-   * @returns {Array} An array of shived element node names.
-   */
-  function getElements() {
-    var elements = html5.elements;
-    return typeof elements == 'string' ? elements.split(' ') : elements;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Extends the built-in list of html5 elements
-   * @memberOf html5
-   * @param {String|Array} newElements whitespace separated list or array of new element names to shiv
-   * @param {Document} ownerDocument The context document.
-   */
-  function addElements(newElements, ownerDocument) {
-    var elements = html5.elements;
-    if(typeof elements != 'string'){
-      elements = elements.join(' ');
-    }
-    if(typeof newElements != 'string'){
-      newElements = newElements.join(' ');
-    }
-    html5.elements = elements +' '+ newElements;
-    shivDocument(ownerDocument);
-  }
-
-   /**
-   * Returns the data associated to the given document
-   * @private
-   * @param {Document} ownerDocument The document.
-   * @returns {Object} An object of data.
-   */
-  function getExpandoData(ownerDocument) {
-    var data = expandoData[ownerDocument[expando]];
-    if (!data) {
-        data = {};
-        expanID++;
-        ownerDocument[expando] = expanID;
-        expandoData[expanID] = data;
-    }
-    return data;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * returns a shived element for the given nodeName and document
-   * @memberOf html5
-   * @param {String} nodeName name of the element
-   * @param {Document|DocumentFragment} ownerDocument The context document.
-   * @returns {Object} The shived element.
-   */
-  function createElement(nodeName, ownerDocument, data){
-    if (!ownerDocument) {
-        ownerDocument = document;
-    }
-    if(supportsUnknownElements){
-        return ownerDocument.createElement(nodeName);
-    }
-    if (!data) {
-        data = getExpandoData(ownerDocument);
-    }
-    var node;
-
-    if (data.cache[nodeName]) {
-        node = data.cache[nodeName].cloneNode();
-    } else if (saveClones.test(nodeName)) {
-        node = (data.cache[nodeName] = data.createElem(nodeName)).cloneNode();
-    } else {
-        node = data.createElem(nodeName);
-    }
-
-    // Avoid adding some elements to fragments in IE < 9 because
-    // * Attributes like `name` or `type` cannot be set/changed once an element
-    //   is inserted into a document/fragment
-    // * Link elements with `src` attributes that are inaccessible, as with
-    //   a 403 response, will cause the tab/window to crash
-    // * Script elements appended to fragments will execute when their `src`
-    //   or `text` property is set
-    return node.canHaveChildren && !reSkip.test(nodeName) && !node.tagUrn ? data.frag.appendChild(node) : node;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * returns a shived DocumentFragment for the given document
-   * @memberOf html5
-   * @param {Document} ownerDocument The context document.
-   * @returns {Object} The shived DocumentFragment.
-   */
-  function createDocumentFragment(ownerDocument, data){
-    if (!ownerDocument) {
-        ownerDocument = document;
-    }
-    if(supportsUnknownElements){
-        return ownerDocument.createDocumentFragment();
-    }
-    data = data || getExpandoData(ownerDocument);
-    var clone = data.frag.cloneNode(),
-        i = 0,
-        elems = getElements(),
-        l = elems.length;
-    for(;i<l;i++){
-        clone.createElement(elems[i]);
-    }
-    return clone;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Shivs the `createElement` and `createDocumentFragment` methods of the document.
-   * @private
-   * @param {Document|DocumentFragment} ownerDocument The document.
-   * @param {Object} data of the document.
-   */
-  function shivMethods(ownerDocument, data) {
-    if (!data.cache) {
-        data.cache = {};
-        data.createElem = ownerDocument.createElement;
-        data.createFrag = ownerDocument.createDocumentFragment;
-        data.frag = data.createFrag();
-    }
-
-
-    ownerDocument.createElement = function(nodeName) {
-      //abort shiv
-      if (!html5.shivMethods) {
-          return data.createElem(nodeName);
-      }
-      return createElement(nodeName, ownerDocument, data);
-    };
-
-    ownerDocument.createDocumentFragment = Function('h,f', 'return function(){' +
-      'var n=f.cloneNode(),c=n.createElement;' +
-      'h.shivMethods&&(' +
-        // unroll the `createElement` calls
-        getElements().join().replace(/[\w\-:]+/g, function(nodeName) {
-          data.createElem(nodeName);
-          data.frag.createElement(nodeName);
-          return 'c("' + nodeName + '")';
-        }) +
-      ');return n}'
-    )(html5, data.frag);
-  }
-
-  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-
-  /**
-   * Shivs the given document.
-   * @memberOf html5
-   * @param {Document} ownerDocument The document to shiv.
-   * @returns {Document} The shived document.
-   */
-  function shivDocument(ownerDocument) {
-    if (!ownerDocument) {
-        ownerDocument = document;
-    }
-    var data = getExpandoData(ownerDocument);
-
-    if (html5.shivCSS && !supportsHtml5Styles && !data.hasCSS) {
-      data.hasCSS = !!addStyleSheet(ownerDocument,
-        // corrects block display not defined in IE6/7/8/9
-        'article,aside,dialog,figcaption,figure,footer,header,hgroup,main,nav,section{display:block}' +
-        // adds styling not present in IE6/7/8/9
-        'mark{background:#FF0;color:#000}' +
-        // hides non-rendered elements
-        'template{display:none}'
-      );
-    }
-    if (!supportsUnknownElements) {
-      shivMethods(ownerDocument, data);
-    }
-    return ownerDocument;
-  }
-
-  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-
-  /**
-   * The `html5` object is exposed so that more elements can be shived and
-   * existing shiving can be detected on iframes.
-   * @type Object
-   * @example
-   *
-   * // options can be changed before the script is included
-   * html5 = { 'elements': 'mark section', 'shivCSS': false, 'shivMethods': false };
-   */
-  var html5 = {
-
-    /**
-     * An array or space separated string of node names of the elements to shiv.
-     * @memberOf html5
-     * @type Array|String
-     */
-    'elements': options.elements || 'abbr article aside audio bdi canvas data datalist details dialog figcaption figure footer header hgroup main mark meter nav output picture progress section summary template time video',
-
-    /**
-     * current version of html5shiv
-     */
-    'version': version,
-
-    /**
-     * A flag to indicate that the HTML5 style sheet should be inserted.
-     * @memberOf html5
-     * @type Boolean
-     */
-    'shivCSS': (options.shivCSS !== false),
-
-    /**
-     * Is equal to true if a browser supports creating unknown/HTML5 elements
-     * @memberOf html5
-     * @type boolean
-     */
-    'supportsUnknownElements': supportsUnknownElements,
-
-    /**
-     * A flag to indicate that the document's `createElement` and `createDocumentFragment`
-     * methods should be overwritten.
-     * @memberOf html5
-     * @type Boolean
-     */
-    'shivMethods': (options.shivMethods !== false),
-
-    /**
-     * A string to describe the type of `html5` object ("default" or "default print").
-     * @memberOf html5
-     * @type String
-     */
-    'type': 'default',
-
-    // shivs the document according to the specified `html5` object options
-    'shivDocument': shivDocument,
-
-    //creates a shived element
-    createElement: createElement,
-
-    //creates a shived documentFragment
-    createDocumentFragment: createDocumentFragment,
-
-    //extends list of elements
-    addElements: addElements
-  };
-
-  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-
-  // expose html5
-  window.html5 = html5;
-
-  // shiv the document
-  shivDocument(document);
-
-  if(typeof module == 'object' && module.exports){
-    module.exports = html5;
-  }
-
-}(typeof window !== "undefined" ? window : this, document));