diff --git a/src/client.js b/src/client.js
index 02b36601..7b73135d 100644
--- a/src/client.js
+++ b/src/client.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import './routes/_utils/forceOnline.js'
 import { mark, stop } from './routes/_utils/marks.js'
 import { loadPolyfills } from './routes/_utils/polyfills/loadPolyfills.js'
 import { loadNonCriticalPolyfills } from './routes/_utils/polyfills/loadNonCriticalPolyfills.js'
-import { idbReady } from './routes/_utils/idbReady.js'
+import idbReady from 'safari-14-idb-fix/dist/esm'
 
 Promise.all([idbReady(), loadPolyfills()]).then(() => {
   mark('sapperStart')
diff --git a/src/routes/_utils/idbReady.js b/src/routes/_utils/idbReady.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 14d5bd60..00000000
--- a/src/routes/_utils/idbReady.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-import safariIdbReady from 'safari-14-idb-fix'
-import { isWebKit } from './userAgent/isWebKit.js'
-
-// workaround for a safari 14 bug, see https://github.com/jakearchibald/safari-14-idb-fix
-export async function idbReady () {
-  if (!isWebKit()) {
-    return
-  }
-  if (typeof indexedDB === 'undefined' || !indexedDB.databases) {
-    // fix for https://github.com/jakearchibald/safari-14-idb-fix/pull/2
-    return
-  }
-  await safariIdbReady()
-}