diff --git a/common/src/misc/utils.ts b/common/src/misc/utils.ts
index b39ada3b2a..a91ccd5a35 100644
--- a/common/src/misc/utils.ts
+++ b/common/src/misc/utils.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ const nodeURL = typeof window === "undefined" ? require("url") : null;
 
 export class Utils {
   static inited = false;
-  static isNativeScript = false;
   static isNode = false;
   static isBrowser = true;
   static isMobileBrowser = false;
@@ -30,18 +29,13 @@ export class Utils {
       (process as any).release != null &&
       (process as any).release.name === "node";
     Utils.isBrowser = typeof window !== "undefined";
-    Utils.isNativeScript = !Utils.isNode && !Utils.isBrowser;
     Utils.isMobileBrowser = Utils.isBrowser && this.isMobile(window);
     Utils.isAppleMobileBrowser = Utils.isBrowser && this.isAppleMobile(window);
-    Utils.global = Utils.isNativeScript
-      ? global
-      : Utils.isNode && !Utils.isBrowser
-      ? global
-      : window;
+    Utils.global = Utils.isNode && !Utils.isBrowser ? global : window;
   }
 
   static fromB64ToArray(str: string): Uint8Array {
-    if (Utils.isNode || Utils.isNativeScript) {
+    if (Utils.isNode) {
       return new Uint8Array(Buffer.from(str, "base64"));
     } else {
       const binaryString = window.atob(str);
@@ -58,7 +52,7 @@ export class Utils {
   }
 
   static fromHexToArray(str: string): Uint8Array {
-    if (Utils.isNode || Utils.isNativeScript) {
+    if (Utils.isNode) {
       return new Uint8Array(Buffer.from(str, "hex"));
     } else {
       const bytes = new Uint8Array(str.length / 2);
@@ -70,7 +64,7 @@ export class Utils {
   }
 
   static fromUtf8ToArray(str: string): Uint8Array {
-    if (Utils.isNode || Utils.isNativeScript) {
+    if (Utils.isNode) {
       return new Uint8Array(Buffer.from(str, "utf8"));
     } else {
       const strUtf8 = unescape(encodeURIComponent(str));
@@ -91,7 +85,7 @@ export class Utils {
   }
 
   static fromBufferToB64(buffer: ArrayBuffer): string {
-    if (Utils.isNode || Utils.isNativeScript) {
+    if (Utils.isNode) {
       return Buffer.from(buffer).toString("base64");
     } else {
       let binary = "";
@@ -112,7 +106,7 @@ export class Utils {
   }
 
   static fromBufferToUtf8(buffer: ArrayBuffer): string {
-    if (Utils.isNode || Utils.isNativeScript) {
+    if (Utils.isNode) {
       return Buffer.from(buffer).toString("utf8");
     } else {
       const bytes = new Uint8Array(buffer);
@@ -127,7 +121,7 @@ export class Utils {
 
   // ref: https://stackoverflow.com/a/40031979/1090359
   static fromBufferToHex(buffer: ArrayBuffer): string {
-    if (Utils.isNode || Utils.isNativeScript) {
+    if (Utils.isNode) {
       return Buffer.from(buffer).toString("hex");
     } else {
       const bytes = new Uint8Array(buffer);
@@ -160,7 +154,7 @@ export class Utils {
   }
 
   static fromUtf8ToB64(utfStr: string): string {
-    if (Utils.isNode || Utils.isNativeScript) {
+    if (Utils.isNode) {
       return Buffer.from(utfStr, "utf8").toString("base64");
     } else {
       return decodeURIComponent(escape(window.btoa(utfStr)));
@@ -172,7 +166,7 @@ export class Utils {
   }
 
   static fromB64ToUtf8(b64Str: string): string {
-    if (Utils.isNode || Utils.isNativeScript) {
+    if (Utils.isNode) {
       return Buffer.from(b64Str, "base64").toString("utf8");
     } else {
       return decodeURIComponent(escape(window.atob(b64Str)));
@@ -387,7 +381,7 @@ export class Utils {
   private static getUrlObject(uriString: string): URL {
     try {
       if (nodeURL != null) {
-        return nodeURL.URL ? new nodeURL.URL(uriString) : nodeURL.parse(uriString);
+        return new nodeURL.URL(uriString);
       } else if (typeof URL === "function") {
         return new URL(uriString);
       } else if (window != null) {