diff --git a/src/service/sniffer.js b/src/service/sniffer.js
index 4abe1fd269c6..eebb29032ee7 100644
--- a/src/service/sniffer.js
+++ b/src/service/sniffer.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 'use strict';
 
 /**
- * @ngdoc object
+ * !!! This is an undocumented "private" service !!!
+ *
  * @name angular.module.ng.$sniffer
  * @requires $window
  *
@@ -13,8 +14,6 @@
  */
 function $SnifferProvider(){
   this.$get = ['$window', function($window){
-    if ($window.Modernizr) return $window.Modernizr;
-
     return {
       history: !!($window.history && $window.history.pushState),
       hashchange: 'onhashchange' in $window &&
diff --git a/test/service/snifferSpec.js b/test/service/snifferSpec.js
index 7ec1dc8d2adf..b359e118c420 100644
--- a/test/service/snifferSpec.js
+++ b/test/service/snifferSpec.js
@@ -30,9 +30,4 @@ describe('$sniffer', function() {
       expect(sniffer({onhashchange: true, document: {documentMode: 7}}).hashchange).toBe(false);
     });
   });
-
-  it('should use Modernizr if defined', function() {
-    var Modernizr = {};
-    expect(sniffer({Modernizr: Modernizr})).toBe(Modernizr);
-  });
 });