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>
