diff --git a/app/Libraries/HTMLUtils.php b/app/Libraries/HTMLUtils.php
index 51dcf9b896..3fc7b5957b 100644
--- a/app/Libraries/HTMLUtils.php
+++ b/app/Libraries/HTMLUtils.php
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ namespace App\Libraries;
 
 use HTMLPurifier;
 use HTMLPurifier_Config;
-use enshrined\svgSanitize\Sanitizer;
 
 class HTMLUtils
 {
@@ -75,15 +74,4 @@ class HTMLUtils
 
         return env($key, env($field, $default));
     }
-
-    public static function sanitizeSVG($svg)
-    {
-        try {
-            $sanitizer = new Sanitizer();
-
-            return $sanitizer->sanitize($svg);
-        } catch(\Exception $e) {
-            return "";
-        }
-    }
 }
diff --git a/app/Models/Document.php b/app/Models/Document.php
index 9d570882d2..4aebfab1bf 100644
--- a/app/Models/Document.php
+++ b/app/Models/Document.php
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class Document extends EntityModel
         'application/msword',
         'application/excel', 'application/vnd.ms-excel', 'application/x-excel', 'application/x-msexcel',
         'application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document',
-        'application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet', 'application/postscript', 'image/svg+xml',
+        'application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet', 'application/postscript',
         'application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation', 'application/vnd.ms-powerpoint',
     ];
 
@@ -57,9 +57,6 @@ class Document extends EntityModel
         'ai' => [
             'mime' => 'application/postscript',
         ],
-        'svg' => [
-            'mime' => 'image/svg+xml',
-        ],
         'jpeg' => [
             'mime' => 'image/jpeg',
         ],
diff --git a/app/Ninja/Repositories/DocumentRepository.php b/app/Ninja/Repositories/DocumentRepository.php
index cf48d34064..e470348a3a 100644
--- a/app/Ninja/Repositories/DocumentRepository.php
+++ b/app/Ninja/Repositories/DocumentRepository.php
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ use DB;
 use Form;
 use Intervention\Image\ImageManager;
 use Utils;
-use App\Libraries\HTMLUtils;
 
 class DocumentRepository extends BaseRepository
 {
@@ -84,14 +83,6 @@ class DocumentRepository extends BaseRepository
             return 'File too large';
         }
 
-        if($documentType === 'svg') {
-            $stream = file_get_contents($filePath);
-            if(!($stream = HTMLUtils::sanitizeSVG($stream))) {
-                return 'Unsupported file type';
-            }
-            file_put_contents($filePath, $stream);
-        }
-
         // don't allow a document to be linked to both an invoice and an expense
         if (array_get($data, 'invoice_id') && array_get($data, 'expense_id')) {
             unset($data['expense_id']);
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 46589d4c48..0fc0b42356 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
         "digitickets/omnipay-realex": "~5.0",
         "doctrine/dbal": "2.6.x",
         "dompdf/dompdf": "0.6.2",
-        "enshrined/svg-sanitize": "^0.14.1",
         "ezyang/htmlpurifier": "~v4.7",
         "fotografde/omnipay-checkoutcom": "~2.0",
         "fruitcakestudio/omnipay-sisow": "~2.0",