diff --git a/src/client/packages/idom-client-react/src/components.js b/src/client/packages/idom-client-react/src/components.js
index 5caed180e..9383e1f5f 100644
--- a/src/client/packages/idom-client-react/src/components.js
+++ b/src/client/packages/idom-client-react/src/components.js
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ export function Element({ model }) {
     } else {
       return null;
     }
-  } else if (model.tagName == "script") {
-    return html`<${ScriptElement} script=${model.children[0]} />`;
   } else if (model.importSource) {
     return html`<${ImportedElement} model=${model} />`;
   } else {
@@ -58,12 +56,6 @@ function StandardElement({ model }) {
   );
 }
 
-function ScriptElement({ script }) {
-  const el = React.useRef();
-  React.useEffect(eval(script), [script]);
-  return null;
-}
-
 function ImportedElement({ model }) {
   const layoutContext = React.useContext(LayoutContext);
 
diff --git a/src/idom/html.py b/src/idom/html.py
index 7daaddce8..2dc9a22e6 100644
--- a/src/idom/html.py
+++ b/src/idom/html.py
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
 - :func:`template`
 """
 
-from .core.vdom import VdomDict, make_vdom_constructor
+from .core.vdom import make_vdom_constructor
 
 
 # Dcument metadata
@@ -253,22 +253,6 @@
 del_ = make_vdom_constructor("del")
 ins = make_vdom_constructor("ins")
 
-# Scripting
-
-
-def script(content: str) -> VdomDict:
-    """Create a new `<{script}> <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/script>`__ element.
-
-    Parameters:
-        content: The text of the script should evaluate to a function. This function
-        will be called when the script is initially created or when the content of the
-        script changes. The function may optionally return a teardown function that is
-        called when the script element is removed from the tree, or when the script
-        content changes.
-    """
-    return {"tagName": "script", "children": [content]}
-
-
 # Table content
 caption = make_vdom_constructor("caption")
 col = make_vdom_constructor("col")