diff --git a/core/xml.js b/core/xml.js
index c542a0e4c..3006663a1 100644
--- a/core/xml.js
+++ b/core/xml.js
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ Blockly.Xml.cloneShadow_ = function(shadow) {
       while (node && !node.nextSibling) {
         textNode = node;
         node = node.parentNode;
-        if (textNode.nodeType == Element.TEXT_NODE &&
+        if (textNode.nodeType == Node.TEXT_NODE &&
             textNode.data.trim() == '' && node.firstChild != textNode) {
           // Prune whitespace after a tag.
           Blockly.utils.removeNode(textNode);
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ Blockly.Xml.cloneShadow_ = function(shadow) {
       if (node) {
         textNode = node;
         node = node.nextSibling;
-        if (textNode.nodeType == Element.TEXT_NODE &&
+        if (textNode.nodeType == Node.TEXT_NODE &&
             textNode.data.trim() == '') {
           // Prune whitespace before a tag.
           Blockly.utils.removeNode(textNode);
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ Blockly.Xml.domToBlock = function(xmlBlock, workspace) {
  */
 Blockly.Xml.domToVariables = function(xmlVariables, workspace) {
   for (var i = 0, xmlChild; xmlChild = xmlVariables.childNodes[i]; i++) {
-    if (xmlChild.nodeType != Element.ELEMENT_NODE) {
+    if (xmlChild.nodeType != Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
       continue;  // Skip text nodes.
     }
     var type = xmlChild.getAttribute('type');
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ Blockly.Xml.domToBlockHeadless_ = function(xmlBlock, workspace) {
 
   var blockChild = null;
   for (var i = 0, xmlChild; xmlChild = xmlBlock.childNodes[i]; i++) {
-    if (xmlChild.nodeType == Element.TEXT_NODE) {
+    if (xmlChild.nodeType == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
       // Ignore any text at the <block> level.  It's all whitespace anyway.
       continue;
     }
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ Blockly.Xml.domToBlockHeadless_ = function(xmlBlock, workspace) {
     var childBlockElement = null;
     var childShadowElement = null;
     for (var j = 0, grandchild; grandchild = xmlChild.childNodes[j]; j++) {
-      if (grandchild.nodeType == Element.ELEMENT_NODE) {
+      if (grandchild.nodeType == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
         if (grandchild.nodeName.toLowerCase() == 'block') {
           childBlockElement = /** @type {!Element} */ (grandchild);
         } else if (grandchild.nodeName.toLowerCase() == 'shadow') {
diff --git a/externs/browser-externs.js b/externs/browser-externs.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 38a84fdd9..000000000
--- a/externs/browser-externs.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @license
- * Visual Blocks Editor
- *
- * Copyright 2019 Google Inc.
- * https://developers.google.com/blockly/
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-/**
- * @fileoverview Property definitions in browsers that Closure Compiler is
- * unaware of.
- * @author fraser@google.com (Neil Fraser)
- *
- * @externs
- */
-'use strict';
-
-
-Element.ELEMENT_NODE = 1;
-Element.TEXT_NODE = 3;
diff --git a/tests/compile/compile.sh b/tests/compile/compile.sh
index 6352746a3..f60c37cb1 100755
--- a/tests/compile/compile.sh
+++ b/tests/compile/compile.sh
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ COMPILATION_COMMAND="java -jar $COMPILER --js='$BLOCKLY_ROOT/tests/compile/main.
   --js='$CLOSURE_LIB_ROOT/closure/goog/**.js' \
   --js='$CLOSURE_LIB_ROOT/third_party/closure/goog/**.js' \
   --generate_exports \
-  --externs $BLOCKLY_ROOT/externs/browser-externs.js \
   --externs $BLOCKLY_ROOT/externs/svg-externs.js \
   --compilation_level ADVANCED_OPTIMIZATIONS \
   --dependency_mode=STRICT --entry_point=Main \