diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7ec2126b2..cb54440d4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
"yootils": "0.0.16"
},
"peerDependencies": {
- "svelte": "^3.5.0"
+ "svelte": "^3.17.3"
},
"scripts": {
"test": "mocha --opts mocha.opts",
diff --git a/runtime/src/app/app.ts b/runtime/src/app/app.ts
index 95b882fd0..b952cbe84 100644
--- a/runtime/src/app/app.ts
+++ b/runtime/src/app/app.ts
@@ -228,16 +228,6 @@ async function render(redirect: Redirect, branch: any[], props: any, page: Page)
props: await root_preloaded
};
- // first load — remove SSR'd contents
- const start = document.querySelector('#sapper-head-start');
- const end = document.querySelector('#sapper-head-end');
-
- if (start && end) {
- while (start.nextSibling !== end) detach(start.nextSibling);
- detach(start);
- detach(end);
- }
-
root_component = new App({
target,
props,
diff --git a/runtime/src/server/middleware/get_page_handler.ts b/runtime/src/server/middleware/get_page_handler.ts
index 53f413640..a5b341459 100644
--- a/runtime/src/server/middleware/get_page_handler.ts
+++ b/runtime/src/server/middleware/get_page_handler.ts
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ export function get_page_handler(
.replace('%sapper.base%', () => ``)
.replace('%sapper.scripts%', () => `${script}`)
.replace('%sapper.html%', () => html)
- .replace('%sapper.head%', () => `${head}`)
+ .replace('%sapper.head%', () => head)
.replace('%sapper.styles%', () => styles);
res.statusCode = status;