diff --git a/src/node/hooks/express/socketio.js b/src/node/hooks/express/socketio.js
index 132283a7..899eb985 100644
--- a/src/node/hooks/express/socketio.js
+++ b/src/node/hooks/express/socketio.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ exports.expressCreateServer = function (hook_name, args, cb) {
 
   //this is only a workaround to ensure it works with all browers behind a proxy
   //we should remove this when the new socket.io version is more stable
-  io.set('transports', ['xhr-polling']);
+  io.set('transports', ['htmlfile','xhr-polling']);
 
   var socketIOLogger = log4js.getLogger("socket.io");
   io.set('logger', {
diff --git a/src/static/js/pad.js b/src/static/js/pad.js
index df6342e2..d1280694 100644
--- a/src/static/js/pad.js
+++ b/src/static/js/pad.js
@@ -183,12 +183,6 @@ function savePassword()
   document.location=document.location;
 }
 
-function ieTestXMLHTTP(){
-  // Test for IE known XML HTTP issue
-  if ($.browser.msie && !window.XMLHttpRequest){
-    $("#editorloadingbox").html("You do not have XML HTTP enabled in your browser. <a target='_blank' href='https://github.com/Pita/etherpad-lite/wiki/How-to-enable-native-XMLHTTP-support-in-IE'>Fix this issue</a>");
-  }
-}
 function handshake()
 {
   var loc = document.location;
@@ -439,8 +433,6 @@ var pad = {
 
     $(document).ready(function()
     {
-      // test for XML HTTP capabiites
-      ieTestXMLHTTP();
       // start the custom js
       if (typeof customStart == "function") customStart();
       getParams();