diff --git a/app/application.js b/app/application.js
index 906247ea3..c0f54ff1d 100644
--- a/app/application.js
+++ b/app/application.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import loadPolyfills from './soapbox/load_polyfills';
-import { start } from './soapbox/common';
 
-start();
+require('fork-awesome/css/fork-awesome.css');
+
+require.context('./images/', true);
 
 loadPolyfills().then(() => {
   require('./soapbox/main').default();
diff --git a/app/soapbox/common.js b/app/soapbox/common.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 6947fd07c..000000000
--- a/app/soapbox/common.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-import Rails from 'rails-ujs';
-
-export function start() {
-  require('fork-awesome/css/fork-awesome.css');
-  require.context('../images/', true);
-
-  try {
-    Rails.start();
-  } catch (e) {
-    // If called twice
-  }
-};
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e407f8788..308f37eea 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@
     "prop-types": "^15.5.10",
     "punycode": "^2.1.0",
     "qrcode.react": "^1.0.0",
-    "rails-ujs": "^5.2.3",
     "react": "^16.13.1",
     "react-color": "^2.18.1",
     "react-dom": "^16.13.1",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 3129a175f..f14e28b41 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -9406,11 +9406,6 @@ railroad-diagrams@^1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/railroad-diagrams/-/railroad-diagrams-1.0.0.tgz#eb7e6267548ddedfb899c1b90e57374559cddb7e"
   integrity sha1-635iZ1SN3t+4mcG5Dlc3RVnN234=
 
-rails-ujs@^5.2.3:
-  version "5.2.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rails-ujs/-/rails-ujs-5.2.3.tgz#4b65ea781a6befe62e96da6362165286a1fe4099"
-  integrity sha512-rYgj185MowWFBJI1wdac2FkX4yFYe4+3jJPlB+CTY7a4rmIyg0TqE4vYZmSBBesp7blPUa57oqKzwQjN7eVbEQ==
-
 randexp@0.4.6:
   version "0.4.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/randexp/-/randexp-0.4.6.tgz#e986ad5e5e31dae13ddd6f7b3019aa7c87f60ca3"