diff --git a/src/web/app/desktop/mixins.js b/src/web/app/desktop/mixins.js
index 4a14b81763..9e93e5e6e5 100644
--- a/src/web/app/desktop/mixins.js
+++ b/src/web/app/desktop/mixins.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ module.exports = me => {
 	if (me) require('./scripts/stream')(me);
 
 	require('./scripts/user-preview');
-	require('./scripts/open-window');
 
 	riot.mixin('notify', {
 		notify: require('./scripts/notify')
diff --git a/src/web/app/desktop/scripts/open-window.js b/src/web/app/desktop/scripts/open-window.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f7cc424e0..0000000000
--- a/src/web/app/desktop/scripts/open-window.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-const riot = require('riot');
-
-riot.mixin('open-window', {
-	openWindow: (name, opts) => {
-		const window = document.body.appendChild(document.createElement(name));
-		return riot.mount(window, opts)[0];
-	}
-});