diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/base.html b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/base.html
index e969d1b82d..8cab43963a 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/base.html
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/base.html
@@ -2,12 +2,10 @@
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="{{ LANGUAGE_CODE }}" xml:lang="{{ LANGUAGE_CODE }}" {% if LANGUAGE_BIDI %}dir="rtl"{% endif %}>
<head>
<title>{% block title %}{% endblock %}</title>
-<![if gte IE 6]><!-- Block all styles from IE5 and lower -->
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{% block stylesheet %}{% load adminmedia %}{% admin_media_prefix %}css/base.css{% endblock %}" />
{% block extrastyle %}{% endblock %}
<!--[if lte IE 7]><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{% block stylesheet_ie %}{% load adminmedia %}{% admin_media_prefix %}css/ie.css{% endblock %}" /><![endif]-->
{% if LANGUAGE_BIDI %}<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{% block stylesheet_rtl %}{% admin_media_prefix %}css/rtl.css{% endblock %}" />{% endif %}
-<![endif]>
{% block extrahead %}{% endblock %}
{% block blockbots %}<meta name="robots" content="NONE,NOARCHIVE" />{% endblock %}
</head>