diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 21255ab2..48c70088 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+* v2.26.0
+- Removed some dead code related to http support in IE8. As IE8 and http is [no longer supported due to security reasons](https://raygun.com/documentation/product-guides/crash-reporting/troubleshooting/#transport-layer-security-tls-compliance)
+  
 * v2.25.8
 - Improve README documentation to be more clear on the protocol relative URL and how to use the CDN implemmentation without running a server .
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 77a00c4e..0f7e9007 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -143,17 +143,6 @@ If you need to detach it (this will disable automatic unhandled error sending):
 rg4js('detach');
 ```
 
-**IE8**
-
-If you are serving your site over HTTP and want IE8 to be able to submit JavaScript errors then you will
-need to set the following setting which will allow IE8 to submit the error over HTTP. Otherwise the provider
-will only submit over HTTPS which IE8 will not allow while being served over HTTP.
-
-```javascript
-rg4js('options', {
-  allowInsecureSubmissions: true
-});
-```
 
 ## Documentation
 
@@ -169,8 +158,6 @@ rg4js('options', {
 
 The second parameter should contain one or more of these keys and a value to customize the behavior:
 
-`allowInsecureSubmissions` - posts error payloads over HTTP. This allows **IE8** to send JS errors
-
 `ignoreAjaxAbort` - User-aborted Ajax calls result in errors - if this option is true, these will not be sent.
 
 `ignoreAjaxError` - Ajax requests that return error codes will not be sent as errors to Raygun if this options is true.
@@ -219,7 +206,6 @@ An example raygun4js configuration:
 
 ```javascript
 rg4js('options', {
-  allowInsecureSubmissions: true,
   ignoreAjaxAbort: true,
   ignoreAjaxError: true,
   debugMode: true,
diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index 2c7db675..5a1ed4c9 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "raygun4js",
-  "version": "2.25.8",
+  "version": "2.26.0",
   "homepage": "http://raygun.io",
   "authors": [
     "Mindscape <hello@raygun.io>"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 44a0fa5d..307a0e94 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   ],
   "title": "Raygun4js",
   "description": "Raygun.com plugin for JavaScript",
-  "version": "2.25.8",
+  "version": "2.26.0",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/MindscapeHQ/raygun4js",
   "author": {
     "name": "MindscapeHQ",
diff --git a/raygun4js.nuspec b/raygun4js.nuspec
index 3d4fadd7..69842a36 100644
--- a/raygun4js.nuspec
+++ b/raygun4js.nuspec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <package xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/packaging/2010/07/nuspec.xsd">
   <metadata>
     <id>raygun4js</id>
-    <version>2.25.8</version>
+    <version>2.26.0</version>
     <title>Raygun4js</title>
     <authors>Mindscape Limited</authors>
     <owners>Mindscape Limited</owners>
diff --git a/src/raygun.js b/src/raygun.js
index 0f576003..aa34dac2 100644
--- a/src/raygun.js
+++ b/src/raygun.js
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ var raygunFactory = function(window, $, undefined) {
   var _traceKit = TraceKit,
     _raygun = window.Raygun,
     _debugMode = false,
-    _allowInsecureSubmissions = false,
     _ignoreAjaxAbort = false,
     _ignoreAjaxError = false,
     _enableOfflineSave = false,
@@ -112,7 +111,6 @@ var raygunFactory = function(window, $, undefined) {
       }
 
       if (options) {
-        _allowInsecureSubmissions = options.allowInsecureSubmissions || false;
         _ignoreAjaxAbort = options.ignoreAjaxAbort || false;
         _ignoreAjaxError = options.ignoreAjaxError || false;
         _disableAnonymousUserTracking = options.disableAnonymousUserTracking || false;
@@ -968,28 +966,14 @@ var raygunFactory = function(window, $, undefined) {
 
   // Create the XHR object.
   function createCORSRequest(method, url) {
-    var xhr;
-
-    xhr = new window.XMLHttpRequest();
+    var xhr = new window.XMLHttpRequest();
+    xhr.timeout = 10000;
 
     if ('withCredentials' in xhr || Raygun.Utilities.isReactNative()) {
       // XHR for Chrome/Firefox/Opera/Safari
       // as well as React Native's custom XHR implementation
       xhr.open(method, url, true);
-    } else if (window.XDomainRequest) {
-      // XDomainRequest for IE.
-      if (_allowInsecureSubmissions) {
-        // remove 'https:' and use relative protocol
-        // this allows IE8 to post messages when running
-        // on http
-        url = url.slice(6);
-      }
-
-      xhr = new window.XDomainRequest();
-      xhr.open(method, url);
-    }
-
-    xhr.timeout = 10000;
+    }     
 
     return xhr;
   }
diff --git a/src/raygun.rum/index.js b/src/raygun.rum/index.js
index b4363757..e287661b 100644
--- a/src/raygun.rum/index.js
+++ b/src/raygun.rum/index.js
@@ -1327,7 +1327,7 @@ var raygunRumFactory = function (window, $, Raygun) {
       return (
         initiatorType === 'xmlhttprequest' ||
         initiatorType === 'fetch' ||
-        initiatorType === 'preflight' || // 'preflight' initatorType used by Edge for CORS POST/DELETE requests
+        initiatorType === 'preflight' || // 'preflight' initiatorType used by Edge for CORS POST/DELETE requests
         initiatorType === 'beacon' // for navigator.sendBeacon calls in Chrome/Edge. Safari doesn't record the timings and Firefox marks them as 'other'
       );
     }