diff --git a/src/node/stats.js b/src/node/stats.js
index 5ffa8a07b..ff1752fe9 100644
--- a/src/node/stats.js
+++ b/src/node/stats.js
@@ -1,19 +1,3 @@
-/*
- * TODO: this polyfill is needed for Node 6.9 support.
- *
- * Once minimum supported Node version is raised to 8.9.0, it will be removed.
- */
-if (!Object.values) {
-  var log4js = require('log4js');
-  var statsLogger = log4js.getLogger("stats");
-
-  statsLogger.warn(`Enabling a polyfill to run on this Node version (${process.version}). Next Etherpad version will remove support for Node version < 8.9.0. Please update your runtime.`);
-
-  var values = require('object.values');
-
-  values.shim();
-}
-
 var measured = require('measured-core')
 
 module.exports = measured.createCollection();