diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/popover/svgPopover.tsx b/packages/core/src/components/popover/svgPopover.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index f6d946ff45..0000000000
--- a/packages/core/src/components/popover/svgPopover.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2016 Palantir Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.
- *
- * Licensed under the terms of the LICENSE file distributed with this project.
- */
-
-import * as React from "react";
-
-import { IPopoverProps, Popover } from "./popover";
-
-export class SVGPopover extends React.Component<IPopoverProps, {}> {
-    public render() {
-        return (
-            <Popover rootElementTag="g" {...this.props}>
-                {this.props.children}
-            </Popover>
-        );
-    }
-}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/tooltip/svgTooltip.tsx b/packages/core/src/components/tooltip/svgTooltip.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 6eb674fdb3..0000000000
--- a/packages/core/src/components/tooltip/svgTooltip.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2016 Palantir Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.
- *
- * Licensed under the terms of the LICENSE file distributed with this project.
- */
-
-import * as React from "react";
-
-import { ITooltipProps, Tooltip } from "./tooltip";
-
-export class SVGTooltip extends React.Component<ITooltipProps, {}> {
-    public render() {
-        return (
-            <Tooltip rootElementTag="g" {...this.props}>
-                {this.props.children}
-            </Tooltip>
-        );
-    }
-}
diff --git a/packages/core/test/isotest.js b/packages/core/test/isotest.js
index c3c893ab99..a882278665 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/isotest.js
+++ b/packages/core/test/isotest.js
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ const customProps = {
     KeyCombo: { combo: "?" },
     OverflowList: { items: [], overflowRenderer: () => null, visibleItemRenderer: () => null },
     Overlay: { lazy: false, usePortal: false },
-    SVGTooltip: tooltipContent,
     TagInput: { values: ["foo", "bar", "baz"] },
     Tooltip: tooltipContent,
     Toaster: { usePortal: false },
@@ -25,8 +24,6 @@ const popoverTarget = React.createElement("button");
 const customChildren = {
     Hotkeys: React.createElement(Core.Hotkey, customProps.Hotkey),
     Popover: popoverTarget,
-    SVGPopover: popoverTarget,
-    SVGTooltip: popoverTarget,
     Tabs: React.createElement(Core.Tab, { key: 1, id: 1, title: "Tab one" }),
     Tooltip: popoverTarget,
     Toaster: React.createElement(Core.Toast, { message: "Toast" }),