diff --git a/lib/checks/shared/non-empty-if-present.js b/lib/checks/shared/non-empty-if-present.js
index 23f8480696..7e51a539d9 100644
--- a/lib/checks/shared/non-empty-if-present.js
+++ b/lib/checks/shared/non-empty-if-present.js
@@ -3,13 +3,6 @@ let nodeName = node.nodeName.toUpperCase();
 let type = (node.getAttribute('type') || '').toLowerCase();
 let label = node.getAttribute('value');
 
-// Edge / IE set a default value, we want to filter those out.
-const { submitDefault, resetDefault } = axe.commons.text.EdgeFormDefaults;
-if ((type === 'submit' && label === submitDefault) ||
-		(type === 'reset' && label === resetDefault)) {
-	label = null;
-}
-
 this.data(label);
 
 if (nodeName === 'INPUT' && ['submit', 'reset'].includes(type)) {
diff --git a/lib/commons/text/index.js b/lib/commons/text/index.js
index 12b6e04d29..e29297d09c 100644
--- a/lib/commons/text/index.js
+++ b/lib/commons/text/index.js
@@ -6,10 +6,3 @@
  * @memberof axe.commons
  */
 var text = commons.text = { EdgeFormDefaults: {} };
-
-// These defaults are only available in IE and Edge
-const input = document.createElement('input');
-input.type = 'submit';
-text.EdgeFormDefaults.submitDefault = input.getAttribute('value');
-input.type = 'reset';
-text.EdgeFormDefaults.resetDefault = input.getAttribute('value');
diff --git a/test/checks/shared/non-empty-if-present.js b/test/checks/shared/non-empty-if-present.js
index b67906f777..a2a89ebc85 100644
--- a/test/checks/shared/non-empty-if-present.js
+++ b/test/checks/shared/non-empty-if-present.js
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ describe('non-empty-if-present', function () {
 
 	var fixture = document.getElementById('fixture');
 
+	// These defaults are only available in IE and Edge
+	var input = document.createElement('input');
+	input.type = 'submit';
+	var isEdgeOrIe = typeof input.getAttribute('value') === 'string';
+
 	var checkContext = {
 		_data: null,
 		data: function (d) {
@@ -24,7 +29,7 @@ describe('non-empty-if-present', function () {
 		assert.isFalse(checks['non-empty-if-present'].evaluate.call(checkContext, node));
 	});
 
-	it('should return true if a value is not present', function () {
+	(isEdgeOrIe ? xit : it)('should return true if a value is not present', function () {
 		var node = document.createElement('input');
 		node.setAttribute('type', 'submit');
 		fixture.appendChild(node);