Merge pull request #355 from hmrc/PLATUI-2898-remove-unused-code

PLATUI-2898 remove unused ActiveXObject code
hmrc · Mar 21, 2024 · 285b3f3 · 285b3f3
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [6.9.0] - 2024-03-21
+
+### Changed
+
+- Removed unused ActiveXObject references in line with dropping IE support
+
 ## [6.8.0] - 2024-03-21
 
 ### Changed
@@ -21,7 +27,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ### Changed
 
-- version number bumped to trigger release - no other changes
+- Version number bumped to trigger release - no other changes
 
 ## [6.6.0] - 2024-03-19
 

diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "hmrc-frontend",
-  "version": "6.8.0",
+  "version": "6.9.0",
   "description": "Design patterns for HMRC frontends",
   "scripts": {
     "start": "gulp dev",

diff --git a/src/components/timeout-dialog/utils.js b/src/components/timeout-dialog/utils.js
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-// TODO Remove the ActiveXObject code and test against Edge
-// Decision agreed with DIAS to remove the timeout dialog functionality for IE)
-/* global ActiveXObject */
-
 const { warn } = console;
 
 const utils = {
@@ -41,7 +37,7 @@ const utils = {
   },
 
   ajaxGet(url, success) {
-    const xhr = window.XMLHttpRequest ? new XMLHttpRequest() : new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP');
+    const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
     xhr.open('GET', url);
     xhr.onreadystatechange = () => {
       if (xhr.readyState > 3 && xhr.status === 200) success(xhr.responseText);