diff --git a/app/javascript/application.js b/app/javascript/application.js
index 6abc7d092f..c6d07223b8 100644
--- a/app/javascript/application.js
+++ b/app/javascript/application.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // Entry point for the build script in your package.json
 
-import 'jquery' // Blacklight 7 needs jQuery. Remove when we upgrade to Blacklight 8?
 import bootstrap from 'bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap'
 import Blacklight from 'blacklight-frontend/app/assets/javascripts/blacklight/blacklight'
 
diff --git a/app/javascript/jquery-shim.js b/app/javascript/jquery-shim.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ad2d6a3cf1..0000000000
--- a/app/javascript/jquery-shim.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-import jquery from 'jquery'
-
-window.jQuery = jquery // for jquery-ui
-window.$ = jquery;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cf8a3cf5a1..cc65153d29 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   },
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "esbuild app/javascript/*.* --bundle --inject:app/javascript/jquery-shim.js --define:global=window --outdir=app/assets/builds",
+    "build": "esbuild app/javascript/*.* --bundle --define:global=window --outdir=app/assets/builds",
     "build:css": "sass ./app/assets/stylesheets/application.scss ./app/assets/builds/application.css --no-source-map --load-path=node_modules",
     "lint": "standard app/javascript/**/*.js",
     "lint_fix": "standard --fix app/javascript/**/*.js"