diff --git a/d2renderers/d2svg/d2svg.go b/d2renderers/d2svg/d2svg.go
index 87d403ac0..512a6b144 100644
--- a/d2renderers/d2svg/d2svg.go
+++ b/d2renderers/d2svg/d2svg.go
@@ -1448,9 +1448,6 @@ func appendOnTrigger(buf *bytes.Buffer, source string, triggers []string, newCon
 	}
 }
 
-//go:embed fitToScreen.js
-var fitToScreenScript string
-
 const DEFAULT_THEME int64 = 0
 
 var DEFAULT_DARK_THEME *int64 = nil // no theme selected
@@ -1548,9 +1545,7 @@ func Render(diagram *d2target.Diagram, opts *RenderOpts) ([]byte, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	fmt.Fprintf(upperBuf, `<style type="text/css"><![CDATA[%s%s]]></style>`, baseStylesheet, themeStylesheet)
-	// this script won't run in --watch mode because script tags are ignored when added via el.innerHTML = element
-	// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/innerHTML
-	fmt.Fprintf(upperBuf, `<script type="application/javascript"><![CDATA[%s]]></script>`, fitToScreenScript)
+
 	hasMarkdown := false
 	for _, s := range diagram.Shapes {
 		if s.Label != "" && s.Type == d2target.ShapeText {
diff --git a/d2renderers/d2svg/fitToScreen.js b/d2renderers/d2svg/fitToScreen.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 51e6d6ea4..000000000
--- a/d2renderers/d2svg/fitToScreen.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-window.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => {
-  if (document.documentElement.getAttribute("id") !== "d2-svg") {
-    return;
-  }
-  const svgEl = document.documentElement;
-  let width = parseInt(svgEl.getAttribute("width"), 10);
-  let height = parseInt(svgEl.getAttribute("height"), 10);
-  let ratio;
-  if (width > height) {
-    if (width > window.innerWidth) {
-      ratio = window.innerWidth / width;
-    }
-  } else if (height > window.innerHeight) {
-    ratio = window.innerHeight / height;
-  }
-  if (ratio) {
-    svgEl.setAttribute("width", width * ratio - 16);
-    svgEl.setAttribute("height", height * ratio - 16);
-  }
-});