diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 2e2f9b6..4747a8e 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## quarto-svelte 2.0.1
+
+- Improvement: extraneous OJS import code is removed from bootstrapping script
+
 ## quarto-svelte 2.0.0
 
 - Rename Sverto to quarto-svelte
diff --git a/_extensions/quarto-svelte/_extension.yml b/_extensions/quarto-svelte/_extension.yml
index d6a1ba1..9c99026 100644
--- a/_extensions/quarto-svelte/_extension.yml
+++ b/_extensions/quarto-svelte/_extension.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 title: quarto-svelte
 author: James Goldie
-version: 2.0.0
+version: 2.0.1
 quarto-version: ">=1.5.46"
 contributes:
   filters:
diff --git a/_extensions/quarto-svelte/quarto-svelte.lua b/_extensions/quarto-svelte/quarto-svelte.lua
index a0ca018..362a5e8 100644
--- a/_extensions/quarto-svelte/quarto-svelte.lua
+++ b/_extensions/quarto-svelte/quarto-svelte.lua
@@ -36,28 +36,7 @@ function inject_svelte_and_compile(m)
   -- either add text to start of body (and return nil), or return a rawblock
   -- %s: compiled svelte js path
   -- %s: obj_name
-  local svelte_js_import_template = [[
-    <script type="module">
-
-      // when the doc is ready, find quarto's ojs and inject svelte import
-      document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => {
-        
-        import("%s").then(svelteModule => {
-
-          const ojsModule = window._ojs?.ojsConnector?.mainModule
-          if (ojsModule === undefined) {
-            console.error("Quarto OJS module not found")
-          }
-  
-          // TODO - check to see if there's already a variable with that name
-          const quartoSvelteImport = ojsModule?.variable()
-          quartoSvelteImport?.define("%s", svelteModule)
-
-        })
-
-      })
-    </script>
-  ]]
+  local svelte_js_import_template = '<script src="%s" type="module"></script>'
   
   -- abort if quarto-svelte.use is not a string or a list of MetaInlines
   local quarto_svelte_use = util.get_svelte_paths_from_meta(m)
@@ -80,7 +59,7 @@ function inject_svelte_and_compile(m)
 
     -- ... and inject the ojs init code for it
     local svelte_insert = string.format(svelte_js_import_template,
-      web_path, obj_name)
+      web_path)
     quarto.doc.include_text("before-body", svelte_insert)
 
     -- finally, if we're rendering a single doc (not in a project),
diff --git a/docs/news.qmd b/docs/news.qmd
index b1461a3..1b81639 100644
--- a/docs/news.qmd
+++ b/docs/news.qmd
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ title: News
 date: last-modified
 ---
 
+## quarto-svelte 2.0.1
+
+- Improvement: extraneous OJS import code is removed from bootstrapping script
+
 ## quarto-svelte 2.0.0
 
 - Rename Sverto to quarto-svelte