diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index 408ffae481..d6d584ee54 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -9,14 +9,8 @@ const TerserPlugin = require("terser-webpack-plugin");
 const CssMinimizerPlugin = require("css-minimizer-webpack-plugin");
 const HtmlWebpackInjectPreload = require("@principalstudio/html-webpack-inject-preload");
 const { sentryWebpackPlugin } = require("@sentry/webpack-plugin");
-const crypto = require("crypto");
 const CopyWebpackPlugin = require("copy-webpack-plugin");
 
-// XXX: mangle Crypto::createHash to replace md4 with sha256, output.hashFunction is insufficient as multiple bits
-// of webpack hardcode md4. The proper fix it to upgrade to webpack 5.
-const createHash = crypto.createHash;
-crypto.createHash = (algorithm, options) => createHash(algorithm === "md4" ? "sha256" : algorithm, options);
-
 // Environment variables
 // RIOT_OG_IMAGE_URL: specifies the URL to the image which should be used for the opengraph logo.
 // CSP_EXTRA_SOURCE: specifies a URL which should be appended to each CSP directive which uses 'self',