diff --git a/app/views/layouts/admin.html.slim b/app/views/layouts/admin.html.slim
index 092acd973..1ae135437 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/admin.html.slim
+++ b/app/views/layouts/admin.html.slim
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ html
     = csrf_meta_tags
     = stylesheet_link_tag 'sprockets-admin', media: 'all'
     = stylesheet_link_tag 'admin', media: 'all'
-    = javascript_include_tag 'sprockets', async: true
-    = javascript_include_tag 'admin', async: true
+    = javascript_include_tag 'sprockets'
+    = javascript_include_tag 'admin'
     link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Droid+Serif" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen"
     meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"
     link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/images/icons/icon-192x192.png"
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.slim b/app/views/layouts/application.html.slim
index ed4a454ce..2b09e69ca 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.slim
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.slim
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ html
     = auto_discovery_link_tag(:rss, controller: '/blog', action: 'feed')
     = stylesheet_link_tag 'sprockets-application', media: 'all'
     = stylesheet_link_tag    'application', media: 'all'
-    = javascript_include_tag 'sprockets', async: true
-    = javascript_include_tag 'application', async: true
+    = javascript_include_tag 'sprockets'
+    = javascript_include_tag 'application'
     link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/images/icons/icon-192x192.png"
     link rel="apple-touch-icon" type="image/png" href="/images/icons/icon-192x192.png"
     link rel="manifest" href="/application.webmanifest"