diff --git a/bids-validator-web/components/App.jsx b/bids-validator-web/components/App.jsx
index e659de051..34ee002f2 100644
--- a/bids-validator-web/components/App.jsx
+++ b/bids-validator-web/components/App.jsx
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react'
-import bowser from 'bowser'
 import Issues from '../components/Issues'
-import BrowserWarning from './BrowserWarning'
 import Validate from '../components/Validate'
 import validate from '../../bids-validator'
 import validatorPackageJson from 'bids-validator/package.json' assert { type: 'json' }
@@ -85,11 +83,6 @@ export default class App extends React.Component {
   }
 
   render() {
-    const browserUnsupported =
-      !bowser.chrome &&
-      !bowser.chromium &&
-      !bowser.firefox &&
-      typeof window !== 'undefined'
     return (
       <div id="root">
         <nav className="navbar navbar-dark bg-dark fixed-top">
@@ -105,18 +98,13 @@ export default class App extends React.Component {
           </div>
         </nav>
         <div className="container page-wrapper">
-          <div className="browser-warning">
-            {browserUnsupported ? <BrowserWarning /> : null}
-          </div>
           <div className="validator">
-            {!browserUnsupported ? (
-              <Validate
-                loading={this.state.status === 'validating'}
-                options={this.state.options}
-                onChange={this.validate}
-                handleOptionToggle={this.handleOptionToggle}
-              />
-            ) : null}
+            <Validate
+              loading={this.state.status === 'validating'}
+              options={this.state.options}
+              onChange={this.validate}
+              handleOptionToggle={this.handleOptionToggle}
+            />
           </div>
           {this.state.status === 'validated' ? (
             <Issues reset={this.reset} {...this.state} />
diff --git a/bids-validator-web/components/BrowserWarning.jsx b/bids-validator-web/components/BrowserWarning.jsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 8624ffe1e..000000000
--- a/bids-validator-web/components/BrowserWarning.jsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react'
-
-// component setup -----------------------------------------------------------
-
-class BrowserWarning extends React.Component {
-  render() {
-    return (
-      <div className="alert alert-danger" role="alert" id="warning">
-        <h4>
-          <strong>
-            Sorry this demo does not support your current browser.{' '}
-          </strong>
-          Although the validator itself works in multiple browsers as well as
-          node.js, this demo only works in Chrome or Firefox. At this point
-          Chrome and Firefox are the only browsers to support folder selection
-          from a file input. Please try this out in Chrome or Firefox.
-        </h4>
-      </div>
-    )
-  }
-}
-
-export default BrowserWarning
diff --git a/bids-validator-web/package.json b/bids-validator-web/package.json
index 2b87f8a10..7ab12afcf 100644
--- a/bids-validator-web/package.json
+++ b/bids-validator-web/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@babel/runtime": "^7.22.10",
     "bootstrap": "^5.3.1",
-    "bowser": "^2.11.0",
     "eslint-config-next": "^13.4.19",
     "next": "^13.4.7",
     "pluralize": "^8.0.0",
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 867fb2b93..ae7fad110 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@
       "dependencies": {
         "@babel/runtime": "^7.22.10",
         "bootstrap": "^5.3.1",
-        "bowser": "^2.11.0",
         "eslint-config-next": "^13.4.19",
         "next": "^13.4.7",
         "pluralize": "^8.0.0",
@@ -23638,7 +23637,6 @@
         "@babel/runtime": "^7.22.10",
         "@next/eslint-plugin-next": "^13.4.19",
         "bootstrap": "^5.3.1",
-        "bowser": "^2.11.0",
         "eslint-config-next": "^13.4.19",
         "next": "^13.4.7",
         "pluralize": "^8.0.0",