diff --git a/src/display/display_utils.js b/src/display/display_utils.js
index 302dd0244..0c3fd6158 100644
--- a/src/display/display_utils.js
+++ b/src/display/display_utils.js
@@ -530,14 +530,20 @@ function isValidFetchUrl(url, baseUrl) {
 
 /**
  * @param {string} src
+ * @param {boolean} [removeScriptElement]
  * @returns {Promise<void>}
  */
-function loadScript(src) {
+function loadScript(src, removeScriptElement = false) {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const script = document.createElement("script");
     script.src = src;
 
-    script.onload = resolve;
+    script.onload = function (evt) {
+      if (removeScriptElement) {
+        script.remove();
+      }
+      resolve(evt);
+    };
     script.onerror = function () {
       reject(new Error(`Cannot load script at: ${script.src}`));
     };
diff --git a/web/genericcom.js b/web/genericcom.js
index 2b83f0dfe..0f914218d 100644
--- a/web/genericcom.js
+++ b/web/genericcom.js
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ class GenericPreferences extends BasePreferences {
 
 class GenericScripting {
   constructor() {
-    this._ready = loadScript(AppOptions.get("sandboxBundleSrc")).then(() => {
+    this._ready = loadScript(
+      AppOptions.get("sandboxBundleSrc"),
+      /* removeScriptElement = */ true
+    ).then(() => {
       return window.pdfjsSandbox.QuickJSSandbox();
     });
   }