diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/droplab/droplab.js b/app/assets/javascripts/droplab/droplab.js
index c79f023095169e9d9bbd78fdf48715eaf36c99ec..6c6d650db3a6c5252dc36118eb21b99c9b5e52e8 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/droplab/droplab.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/droplab/droplab.js
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ var DropDown = function(list) {
   this.list = list;
   this.items = [];
   this.getItems();
-  this.initTemplateString();
   this.addEvents();
   this.initialState = list.innerHTML;
 };
@@ -73,17 +72,6 @@ Object.assign(DropDown.prototype, {
     return this.items;
   },
 
-  initTemplateString: function() {
-    var items = this.items || this.getItems();
-
-    var templateString = '';
-    if(items.length > 0) {
-      templateString = items[items.length - 1].outerHTML;
-    }
-    this.templateString = templateString;
-    return this.templateString;
-  },
-
   clickEvent: function(e) {
     // climb up the tree to find the LI
     var selected = utils.closest(e.target, 'LI');
@@ -123,21 +111,30 @@ Object.assign(DropDown.prototype, {
 
   addData: function(data) {
     this.data = (this.data || []).concat(data);
-    this.render(this.data);
+    this.render(data);
   },
 
   // call render manually on data;
   render: function(data){
     // debugger
     // empty the list first
-    var templateString = this.templateString;
+    var sampleItem;
     var newChildren = [];
     var toAppend;
 
-    newChildren = (data ||[]).map(function(dat){
-      var html = utils.t(templateString, dat);
+    for(var i = 0; i < this.items.length; i++) {
+      var item = this.items[i];
+      sampleItem = item;
+      if(item.parentNode && item.parentNode.dataset.hasOwnProperty('dynamic')) {
+        item.parentNode.removeChild(item);
+      }
+    }
+
+    newChildren = this.data.map(function(dat){
+      var html = utils.t(sampleItem.outerHTML, dat);
       var template = document.createElement('div');
       template.innerHTML = html;
+      // console.log(template.content)
 
       // Help set the image src template
       var imageTags = template.querySelectorAll('img[data-src]');
@@ -176,7 +173,10 @@ Object.assign(DropDown.prototype, {
   },
 
   destroy: function() {
-    this.hide();
+    if (!this.hidden) {
+      this.hide();
+    }
+
     this.list.removeEventListener('click', this.clickWrapper);
   }
 });
@@ -462,8 +462,6 @@ Object.assign(HookInput.prototype, {
     var self = this;
 
     this.mousedown = function mousedown(e) {
-      if(self.hasRemovedEvents) return;
-
       var mouseEvent = new CustomEvent('mousedown.dl', {
         detail: {
           hook: self,
@@ -476,8 +474,6 @@ Object.assign(HookInput.prototype, {
     }
 
     this.input = function input(e) {
-      if(self.hasRemovedEvents) return;
-
       var inputEvent = new CustomEvent('input.dl', {
         detail: {
           hook: self,
@@ -491,14 +487,10 @@ Object.assign(HookInput.prototype, {
     }
 
     this.keyup = function keyup(e) {
-      if(self.hasRemovedEvents) return;
-
       keyEvent(e, 'keyup.dl');
     }
 
     this.keydown = function keydown(e) {
-      if(self.hasRemovedEvents) return;
-
       keyEvent(e, 'keydown.dl');
     }
 
@@ -528,8 +520,7 @@ Object.assign(HookInput.prototype, {
     this.trigger.addEventListener('keydown', this.keydown);
   },
 
-  removeEvents: function() {
-    this.hasRemovedEvents = true;
+  removeEvents: function(){
     this.trigger.removeEventListener('mousedown', this.mousedown);
     this.trigger.removeEventListener('input', this.input);
     this.trigger.removeEventListener('keyup', this.keyup);
@@ -677,14 +668,14 @@ var camelize = function(str) {
 };
 
 var closest = function(thisTag, stopTag) {
-  while(thisTag && thisTag.tagName !== stopTag && thisTag.tagName !== 'HTML'){
+  while(thisTag.tagName !== stopTag && thisTag.tagName !== 'HTML'){
     thisTag = thisTag.parentNode;
   }
   return thisTag;
 };
 
 var isDropDownParts = function(target) {
-  if(!target || target.tagName === 'HTML') { return false; }
+  if(target.tagName === 'HTML') { return false; }
   return (
     target.hasAttribute(DATA_TRIGGER) ||
       target.hasAttribute(DATA_DROPDOWN)
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/extensions/custom_event.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/extensions/custom_event.js.es6
deleted file mode 100644
index 7dfbe6c66e29383aae804daae0f887030044c098..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/extensions/custom_event.js.es6
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-/* global CustomEvent */
-
-// Custom event support for IE
-CustomEvent = function (event, parameters) {
-  const params = parameters || { bubbles: false, cancelable: false, detail: undefined };
-  const evt = document.createEvent('CustomEvent');
-  evt.initCustomEvent(event, params.bubbles, params.cancelable, params.detail);
-  return evt;
-};
-
-CustomEvent.prototype = window.Event.prototype;
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/filtered_search/filtered_search_dropdown.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/filtered_search/filtered_search_dropdown.js.es6
index 9128ea907b3ce6ac1e14caba4d49b0f503d0f575..886d8113f4ab2457a9c28499924cc7ecdd4c8e38 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/filtered_search/filtered_search_dropdown.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/filtered_search/filtered_search_dropdown.js.es6
@@ -78,10 +78,7 @@
     dispatchInputEvent() {
       // Propogate input change to FilteredSearchDropdownManager
       // so that it can determine which dropdowns to open
-      this.input.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('input', {
-        bubbles: true,
-        cancelable: true,
-      }));
+      this.input.dispatchEvent(new Event('input'));
     }
 
     hideDropdown() {
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/26785-fix-droplab-in-ie-11-v1.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/26785-fix-droplab-in-ie-11-v1.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 76e9b19b828a5691e43533c15726dc87f2e66930..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelogs/unreleased/26785-fix-droplab-in-ie-11-v1.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-title: Add some basic fixes for IE11/Edge
-merge_request:
-author: