diff --git a/documentation/docs/10-getting-started/40-web-standards.md b/documentation/docs/10-getting-started/40-web-standards.md
index e18906146742..81fc10d8b25a 100644
--- a/documentation/docs/10-getting-started/40-web-standards.md
+++ b/documentation/docs/10-getting-started/40-web-standards.md
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ title: Web standards
 
 Throughout this documentation, you'll see references to the standard [Web APIs](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API) that SvelteKit builds on top of. Rather than reinventing the wheel, we _use the platform_, which means your existing web development skills are applicable to SvelteKit. Conversely, time spent learning SvelteKit will help you be a better web developer elsewhere.
 
-These APIs are available in all modern browsers and in many non-browser environments like Cloudflare Workers, Deno, and Vercel Functions. During development, and in [adapters](adapters) for Node-based environments (including AWS Lambda), they're made available via polyfills where necessary (for now, that is — Node is rapidly adding support for more web standards).
-
-In particular, you'll get comfortable with the following:
+These APIs are available in all modern browsers and in many non-browser environments like Cloudflare Workers, Deno, and Vercel Functions. In particular, you'll get comfortable with the following:
 
 ## Fetch APIs
 
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/exports/node/polyfills.js b/packages/kit/src/exports/node/polyfills.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 347c68cea2e9..000000000000
--- a/packages/kit/src/exports/node/polyfills.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-import buffer from 'node:buffer';
-import { webcrypto as crypto } from 'node:crypto';
-
-// `buffer.File` was added in Node 18.13.0 while the `File` global was added in Node 20.0.0
-const File = /** @type {import('node:buffer') & { File?: File}} */ (buffer).File;
-
-/** @type {Record<string, any>} */
-const globals = {
-	crypto,
-	File
-};
-
-// exported for dev/preview and node environments
-/**
- * Make various web APIs available as globals:
- * - `crypto`
- * - `File`
- */
-export function installPolyfills() {
-	for (const name in globals) {
-		if (name in globalThis) continue;
-
-		Object.defineProperty(globalThis, name, {
-			enumerable: true,
-			configurable: true,
-			writable: true,
-			value: globals[name]
-		});
-	}
-}