diff --git a/core/static/bundled/htmx-index.js b/core/static/bundled/htmx-index.js
index 72fa5120..56edea4a 100644
--- a/core/static/bundled/htmx-index.js
+++ b/core/static/bundled/htmx-index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 import htmx from "htmx.org";
 
-import "htmx-ext-response-targets/response-targets";
-
 Object.assign(window, { htmx });
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index cb6483bf..05418a69 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
         "d3-force-3d": "^3.0.5",
         "easymde": "^2.18.0",
         "glob": "^11.0.0",
-        "htmx-ext-response-targets": "^2.0.1",
         "htmx.org": "^2.0.3",
         "jquery": "^3.7.1",
         "jquery-ui": "^1.14.0",
@@ -4141,11 +4140,6 @@
         "node": ">= 0.4"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/htmx-ext-response-targets": {
-      "version": "2.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/htmx-ext-response-targets/-/htmx-ext-response-targets-2.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-uCMw098+0xcrs7UW/s8l8hqj5wfOaVnVV7286cS+TNMNguo8fQpi/PEaZuT4VUysIiRcjj4pcTkuaP6Q9iJ3XA=="
-    },
     "node_modules/htmx.org": {
       "version": "2.0.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/htmx.org/-/htmx.org-2.0.3.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7640a11f..2ca46967 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
     "easymde": "^2.18.0",
     "glob": "^11.0.0",
     "htmx.org": "^2.0.3",
-    "htmx-ext-response-targets": "^2.0.1",
     "jquery": "^3.7.1",
     "jquery-ui": "^1.14.0",
     "jquery.shorten": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/subscription/templates/subscription/subscription.jinja b/subscription/templates/subscription/subscription.jinja
index 1a88e4f3..98916827 100644
--- a/subscription/templates/subscription/subscription.jinja
+++ b/subscription/templates/subscription/subscription.jinja
@@ -12,10 +12,9 @@
    So we give them here.
    If the aforementioned bug is resolved, you can remove this. #}
 {% block additional_js %}
-  <script type="module" defer src="{{ static("bundled/core/components/ajax-select-index.ts") }}"></script>
+  <script type="module" src="{{ static("bundled/core/components/ajax-select-index.ts") }}"></script>
   <script
     type="module"
-    defer
     src="{{ static("bundled/subscription/creation-form-existing-user-index.ts") }}"
   ></script>
 {% endblock %}
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@
 
 {% block content %}
   <h3>{% trans %}New subscription{% endtrans %}</h3>
-  <div id="subscription-form" hx-ext="response-targets">
+  <div id="subscription-form">
     {% with title1=_("Existing member"), title2=_("New member") %}
       {{ tabs([
       (title1, form_fragment(existing_user_form, existing_user_post_url)),