diff --git a/src/Toaster.js b/src/Toaster.js
deleted file mode 100644
index bf8a8f49db3b..000000000000
--- a/src/Toaster.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-import { BrowserWindow, ipcMain, screen } from 'electron';
-
-export default class Toaster {
-    constructor (mainWindow, maxNotifications = 3, debug = false) {
-        this.mainWindow = mainWindow;
-        this.debug = debug;
-        this.maxNotifications = maxNotifications;
-        this.windows = [];
-    }
-
-    toast (msg, callback) {
-        const window = new BrowserWindow({
-            width: msg.width,
-            height: 75,
-            transparent: true,
-            frame: false,
-            show : false,
-            alwaysOnTop: true,
-            skipTaskbar: true,
-            resizable: false,
-            focusable: false
-        });
-
-        if (this.debug) {
-            window.openDevTools();
-        }
-
-        this.windows.push(window);
-
-        ipcMain.once(`notification-${msg.tag}`, callback);
-
-        window.on('closed', () => {
-            this.windows = this.windows.filter((win) => win && !win.isDestroyed() && win !== window);
-            this.windows.forEach((win, i) => this._setPosition(win, i + 1));
-        });
-
-        const htmlFile = `${msg.htmlFile}?` +
-            `title=${encodeURIComponent(msg.title || '')}&` +
-            `message=${encodeURIComponent(msg.message || '')}&` +
-            `timeout=${msg.timeout}&` +
-            `icon=${encodeURIComponent(msg.icon)}&` +
-            `tag=${encodeURIComponent(msg.tag)}`;
-
-        window.loadURL(htmlFile);
-
-        window.webContents.on('did-finish-load', () => {
-            this._setPosition(window, this.windows.length);
-        });
-    }
-
-    _setPosition (window, index) {
-        const [ notificationWidth, notificationHeight ] = window.getSize();
-        const [ appX, appY ] = this.mainWindow.getPosition();
-        const { x, y, width, height } = screen.getDisplayNearestPoint({x: appX, y: appY}).workArea;
-        const margin = 5;
-        const notificationX = x + width - notificationWidth - margin;
-        const notificationDistance = notificationHeight + margin;
-        const notificationY = y + height - (notificationDistance * index);
-
-        window.setPosition(notificationX, notificationY);
-
-        if (index <= this.maxNotifications) {
-            window.showInactive();
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/background.custom.js b/src/background.custom.js
index 1b89c72e385c..376aec2375f7 100644
--- a/src/background.custom.js
+++ b/src/background.custom.js
@@ -3,11 +3,9 @@
 // It doesn't have any windows which you can see on screen, but we can open
 // window from here.
 
-import os from 'os';
 import { app, ipcMain, BrowserWindow } from 'electron';
 import windowStateKeeper from './background/windowState';
 import certificate from './background/certificate';
-import Toaster from './Toaster';
 import idle from '@paulcbetts/system-idle-time';
 import { checkForUpdates } from './background/autoUpdate';
 
@@ -132,26 +130,6 @@ export function afterMainWindow (mainWindow) {
         event.returnValue = idle.getIdleTime();
     });
 
-    // Windows 7 and below
-    const useToaster = ['win32', 'win64'].indexOf(os.platform()) !== -1 &&
-      parseFloat(os.release()) < 6.2;
-
-    if (useToaster) {
-        const toaster = new Toaster(mainWindow);
-
-        ipcMain.on('notification-shim', (e, title, options) => {
-            toaster.toast({
-                title: title,
-                message: options.body,
-                icon: options.icon,
-                tag: options.tag,
-                width: 400,
-                timeout: 5000,
-                htmlFile: 'file://'+__dirname+'/public/notification.html'
-            }, () => e.sender.send(`clicked-${options.tag}`));
-        });
-    }
-
     certificate.initWindow(mainWindow);
 
     checkForUpdates();
diff --git a/src/public/lib/Notification.js b/src/public/lib/Notification.js
index cd5562fbfd28..5714be6a5611 100644
--- a/src/public/lib/Notification.js
+++ b/src/public/lib/Notification.js
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@ class Notification extends window.Notification {
 
     constructor (title, options) {
         super(title, options);
-        ipcRenderer.send('notification-shim', title, options);
-
-        // Handle correct notification using unique tag
-        ipcRenderer.once(`clicked-${options.tag}`, () => this.onclick());
     }
 
     get onclick () {
diff --git a/src/public/notification.html b/src/public/notification.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 8310e73ef13f..000000000000
--- a/src/public/notification.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,193 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html>
-<html>
-<head>
-	<title>Toaster</title>
-	<style type="text/css">
-		*{margin: 0;padding:0;}
-		body, html{
-			font: 14px/1.4 Helvetica,arial,nimbussansl,liberationsans,freesans,clean,sans-serif,"Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";
-			width: 100%;
-			height: 100%;
-			overflow: hidden;
-			-webkit-user-select: none;
-		}
-
-		#frame {
-			height: 75px;
-			width: 100%;
-			background-color: #044b76;
-			position: absolute;
-			border-width: 2px;
-			border-style: solid;
-			border-color: #04436a;
-			overflow: hidden;
-			bottom: -4px;
-		}
-		#frame.enter {
-			-webkit-animation-duration: 0.5s;
-			-webkit-animation-fill-mode: both;
-			-webkit-animation-name: enter;
-		}
-		#frame.leave {
-			-webkit-animation-duration: 0.5s;
-			-webkit-animation-fill-mode: both;
-			-webkit-animation-name: leave;
-			align-self: flex-end;
-		}
-		@-webkit-keyframes enter {
-			0% {
-				-webkit-transform: perspective(300px) rotateY(90deg);
-			}
-			100% {
-				-webkit-transform: none;
-			}
-		}
-		@-webkit-keyframes leave {
-			0% {
-				opacity: 1;
-			}
-			100% {
-				opacity: 0;
-				height: 0;
-				margin-top: 0;
-				margin-bottom: 0;
-			}
-		}
-		.content {
-			position: relative;
-			height: 75px;
-		}
-		.icon {
-			width: 75px;
-			background-color: #04436a;
-			float: left;
-		}
-
-		.icon img {
-			margin: 10px;
-			width: 50px;
-		}
-		.text {
-			font-size: 0.8em;
-			padding-left: 1em;
-			line-height: 16px;
-			float: left;
-			color: white;
-			width: 285px;
-		}
-
-		.title {
-			font-weight: bold;
-			margin-top: 0.5em;
-			margin-bottom: 0;
-			-webkit-line-clamp: 1;
-			display: -webkit-box;
-			-webkit-box-orient: vertical;
-			overflow: hidden;
-			text-overflow: ellipsis;
-		}
-		.message {
-			margin-top: 0.33em;
-			-webkit-line-clamp: 2;
-			display: -webkit-box;
-			-webkit-box-orient: vertical;
-			overflow: hidden;
-			text-overflow: ellipsis;
-		}
-
-		.close {
-			position: absolute;
-			right: 9px;
-			text-decoration: none;
-			cursor: pointer;
-			font-weight: bold;
-			opacity: 0.2;
-			-webkit-transition: all 0.4s ease-out;
-			color: white;
-		}
-		.content:hover > .close {
-			opacity: 1;
-			-webkit-transition: all 0.25s ease-in;
-		}
-		.logo {
-			width: 18px;
-			height: 18px;
-			position: absolute;
-			bottom: 6px;
-			right: 6px;
-		}
-	</style>
-</head>
-	<body>
-		<div id="frame" class="enter">
-				<div class="content">
-					<div class="icon">
-						<img id="icon" />
-					</div>
-					<div class="text">
-						<p class="title" id="title"></p>
-						<p class="message" id="message"></p>
-					</div>
-					<img class="logo" src="images/icon.png"/>
-					<a id="close" class="close">
-						&times;
-					</a>
-				</div>
-		</div>
-		<script>
-
-			var timeout;
-			function getQueryVariable(variable) {
-				var query = window.location.search.substring(1);
-				var vars = query.split('&');
-				for (var i=0;i<vars.length;i++) {
-					var pair = vars[i].split('=');
-					if (pair[0] === variable) {
-						return decodeURIComponent(pair[1]);
-					}
-				}
-			}
-
-			function clicked() {
-				require('electron').ipcRenderer.send(`notification-${getQueryVariable('tag')}`);
-				closeItem();
-			}
-
-			function mouseOver() {
-				clearTimeout(timeout);
-			}
-
-			function startTimeout() {
-				timeout = setTimeout(function() {
-					closeItem();
-				}, parseInt(getQueryVariable('timeout')));
-			}
-
-			function closeItem() {
-				document.getElementById('frame').className = 'leave';
-				setTimeout(function() {
-					window.close();
-				}, 500);
-			}
-
-			function closeClick(e) {
-				e.stopPropagation();
-				closeItem();
-			}
-
-			window.onload = function() {
-				startTimeout();
-				var frame = document.getElementById('frame');
-				frame.addEventListener('click', clicked)
-				frame.addEventListener('mouseover', mouseOver)
-				frame.addEventListener('mouseout', startTimeout)
-
-				document.getElementById('close').addEventListener('click', closeClick);
-				document.getElementById('title').innerHTML = getQueryVariable('title');
-				document.getElementById('message').innerHTML = getQueryVariable('message');
-				document.getElementById('icon').setAttribute('src', getQueryVariable('icon'));
-			}
-
-		</script>
-	</body>
-</html>