diff --git a/src/requestAnimationFramePolyfill.ts b/src/requestAnimationFramePolyfill.ts
index c20c5d5..4550dfd 100644
--- a/src/requestAnimationFramePolyfill.ts
+++ b/src/requestAnimationFramePolyfill.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import emptyFunction from './utils/emptyFunction';
 import getGlobal from './utils/getGlobal';
 
 const g = getGlobal();
@@ -18,7 +17,4 @@ function _setTimeout(callback: (t: number) => void) {
  */
 const requestAnimationFramePolyfill = g.requestAnimationFrame || _setTimeout;
 
-// Works around a rare bug in Safari 6 where the first request is never invoked.
-requestAnimationFramePolyfill(emptyFunction);
-
 export default requestAnimationFramePolyfill;