diff --git a/tracker/tracker/src/main/app/index.ts b/tracker/tracker/src/main/app/index.ts
index 9acb47a20..8abd67c39 100644
--- a/tracker/tracker/src/main/app/index.ts
+++ b/tracker/tracker/src/main/app/index.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ export default class App {
 
   private compressionThreshold = 24 * 1000
   private restartAttempts = 0
-  private readonly bc: BroadcastChannel = new BroadcastChannel('rick')
+  private readonly bc: BroadcastChannel | null = null
   public attributeSender: AttributeSender
 
   constructor(projectKey: string, sessionToken: string | undefined, options: Partial<Options>) {
@@ -149,6 +149,10 @@ export default class App {
       options,
     )
 
+    if (!this.options.forceSingleTab && globalThis && 'BroadcastChannel' in globalThis) {
+      this.bc = new BroadcastChannel('rick')
+    }
+
     this.revID = this.options.revID
     this.localStorage = this.options.localStorage ?? window.localStorage
     this.sessionStorage = this.options.sessionStorage ?? window.sessionStorage
@@ -229,24 +233,26 @@ export default class App {
 
     const thisTab = this.session.getTabId()
 
-    if (!this.session.getSessionToken() && !this.options.forceSingleTab) {
+    if (!this.session.getSessionToken() && this.bc) {
       this.bc.postMessage({ line: 'never-gonna-give-you-up', source: thisTab })
     }
 
-    this.bc.onmessage = (ev: MessageEvent<RickRoll>) => {
-      if (ev.data.source === thisTab) return
-      if (ev.data.line === 'never-gonna-let-you-down') {
-        const sessionToken = ev.data.token
-        this.session.setSessionToken(sessionToken)
-      }
-      if (ev.data.line === 'never-gonna-give-you-up') {
-        const token = this.session.getSessionToken()
-        if (token) {
-          this.bc.postMessage({
-            line: 'never-gonna-let-you-down',
-            token,
-            source: thisTab,
-          })
+    if (this.bc) {
+      this.bc.onmessage = (ev: MessageEvent<RickRoll>) => {
+        if (ev.data.source === thisTab) return
+        if (ev.data.line === 'never-gonna-let-you-down') {
+          const sessionToken = ev.data.token
+          this.session.setSessionToken(sessionToken)
+        }
+        if (ev.data.line === 'never-gonna-give-you-up') {
+          const token = this.session.getSessionToken()
+          if (token && this.bc) {
+            this.bc.postMessage({
+              line: 'never-gonna-let-you-down',
+              token,
+              source: thisTab,
+            })
+          }
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/tracker/tracker/src/main/app/polyfills.js b/tracker/tracker/src/main/app/polyfills.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d060a643..000000000
--- a/tracker/tracker/src/main/app/polyfills.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-;(function (global) {
-  let channels = []
-
-  function BroadcastChannel(channel) {
-    let $this = this
-    channel = String(channel)
-
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/restrict-plus-operands
-    let id = '$BroadcastChannel$' + channel + '$'
-
-    channels[id] = channels[id] || []
-    channels[id].push(this)
-
-    this._name = channel
-    this._id = id
-    this._closed = false
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-undef
-    this._mc = new MessageChannel()
-    this._mc.port1.start()
-    this._mc.port2.start()
-
-    global.addEventListener('storage', function (e) {
-      if (e.storageArea !== global.localStorage) return
-      if (e.newValue == null || e.newValue === '') return
-      if (e.key.substring(0, id.length) !== id) return
-      let data = JSON.parse(e.newValue)
-      $this._mc.port2.postMessage(data)
-    })
-  }
-
-  BroadcastChannel.prototype = {
-    // BroadcastChannel API
-    get name() {
-      return this._name
-    },
-    postMessage: function (message) {
-      let $this = this
-      if (this._closed) {
-        let e = new Error()
-        e.name = 'InvalidStateError'
-        throw e
-      }
-      let value = JSON.stringify(message)
-
-      // Broadcast to other contexts via storage events...
-      let key = this._id + String(Date.now()) + '$' + String(Math.random())
-      global.localStorage.setItem(key, value)
-      // eslint-disable-next-line no-undef
-      setTimeout(function () {
-        global.localStorage.removeItem(key)
-      }, 500)
-
-      // Broadcast to current context via ports
-      channels[this._id].forEach(function (bc) {
-        if (bc === $this) return
-        bc._mc.port2.postMessage(JSON.parse(value))
-      })
-    },
-    close: function () {
-      if (this._closed) return
-      this._closed = true
-      this._mc.port1.close()
-      this._mc.port2.close()
-
-      let index = channels[this._id].indexOf(this)
-      channels[this._id].splice(index, 1)
-    },
-
-    // EventTarget API
-    get onmessage() {
-      return this._mc.port1.onmessage
-    },
-    set onmessage(value) {
-      this._mc.port1.onmessage = value
-    },
-    addEventListener: function (/*type, listener , useCapture*/) {
-      return this._mc.port1.addEventListener.apply(this._mc.port1, arguments)
-    },
-    removeEventListener: function (/*type, listener , useCapture*/) {
-      return this._mc.port1.removeEventListener.apply(this._mc.port1, arguments)
-    },
-    dispatchEvent: function (/*event*/) {
-      return this._mc.port1.dispatchEvent.apply(this._mc.port1, arguments)
-    },
-  }
-
-  global.BroadcastChannel = global.BroadcastChannel || BroadcastChannel
-  // eslint-disable-next-line no-undef
-})(self)
diff --git a/tracker/tracker/src/main/index.ts b/tracker/tracker/src/main/index.ts
index 97eecb204..c1a5212ba 100644
--- a/tracker/tracker/src/main/index.ts
+++ b/tracker/tracker/src/main/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import './app/polyfills.js' // bc polyfill
 import App, { DEFAULT_INGEST_POINT } from './app/index.js'
 export { default as App } from './app/index.js'