diff --git a/lib/tool_shed/webapp/templates/base.mako b/lib/tool_shed/webapp/templates/base.mako
index c908acbceae..5b982cefb1d 100644
--- a/lib/tool_shed/webapp/templates/base.mako
+++ b/lib/tool_shed/webapp/templates/base.mako
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
     ${self.init()}
     <head>
         <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
-        ## For mobile browsers, don't scale up
-        <meta name = "viewport" content = "maximum-scale=1.0">
         ## Force IE to standards mode, and prefer Google Chrome Frame if the user has already installed it
         <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=Edge,chrome=1">
 
diff --git a/lib/tool_shed/webapp/templates/base/base_panels.mako b/lib/tool_shed/webapp/templates/base/base_panels.mako
index b3a947cfa84..9c54487d392 100644
--- a/lib/tool_shed/webapp/templates/base/base_panels.mako
+++ b/lib/tool_shed/webapp/templates/base/base_panels.mako
@@ -123,8 +123,6 @@
     ${self.init()}
     <head>
         <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
-        ## For mobile browsers, don't scale up
-        <meta name = "viewport" content = "maximum-scale=1.0">
         ## Force IE to standards mode, and prefer Google Chrome Frame if the user has already installed it
         <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=Edge,chrome=1">
 
diff --git a/templates/base.mako b/templates/base.mako
index 2990b345b65..0647d98b79b 100644
--- a/templates/base.mako
+++ b/templates/base.mako
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
     ${self.init()}
     <head>
         <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
-        ## For mobile browsers, don't scale up
-        <meta name = "viewport" content = "maximum-scale=1.0">
         ## Force IE to standards mode, and prefer Google Chrome Frame if the user has already installed it
         <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=Edge,chrome=1">
 
diff --git a/templates/base/base_panels.mako b/templates/base/base_panels.mako
index 72f27b3728d..b3b986361f2 100644
--- a/templates/base/base_panels.mako
+++ b/templates/base/base_panels.mako
@@ -120,8 +120,6 @@
     ${self.init()}
     <head>
         <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
-        ## For mobile browsers, don't scale up
-        <meta name = "viewport" content = "maximum-scale=1.0">
         ## Force IE to standards mode, and prefer Google Chrome Frame if the user has already installed it
         <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=Edge,chrome=1">
 
diff --git a/templates/js-app.mako b/templates/js-app.mako
index 3a434881061..da20e6a125b 100644
--- a/templates/js-app.mako
+++ b/templates/js-app.mako
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
     <!--js-app.mako-->
     <head>
         <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
-        ## For mobile browsers, don't scale up
-        <meta name="viewport" content="maximum-scale=1.0">
         ## Force IE to standards mode, and prefer Google Chrome Frame if the user has already installed it
         <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=Edge,chrome=1">
 
diff --git a/templates/webapps/galaxy/galaxy.panels.mako b/templates/webapps/galaxy/galaxy.panels.mako
index f944dadfcd2..bcdedf91377 100644
--- a/templates/webapps/galaxy/galaxy.panels.mako
+++ b/templates/webapps/galaxy/galaxy.panels.mako
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
 <html>
     <head>
         <meta charset="UTF-8">
-        ## for mobile browsers, don't scale up
-        <meta name = "viewport" content = "maximum-scale=1.0">
         ## force IE to standards mode, and prefer Google Chrome Frame if the user has already installed it
         <meta http-equiv="x-ua-compatible" content="ie=edge,chrome=1">