diff --git a/static/css/theme.css b/static/css/theme.css
index 58bb2017ba..895c5a1636 100644
--- a/static/css/theme.css
+++ b/static/css/theme.css
@@ -1485,17 +1485,18 @@ h6 a {
     .default-animation{
         transition: none;
     }
-    /* turn off variant selector as it uses modern stuff */
-    #select-variant-container{
-        display: none;
-    }
-
     /* clears the 'X' from Internet Explorer's search input */
     input[type=search]::-ms-clear {  display: none; width : 0; height: 0; }
     input[type=search]::-ms-reveal {  display: none; width : 0; height: 0; }
 
+    /* turn off variant selector as it uses modern stuff; don't change
+    order with block below */
+    .showVariantSwitch{
+        display: getamodernbrowser;
+    }
+
+    /* dumb IE11 doesn't understand initial, so we force a fallback here */
     .showLangSwitch,
-    .showVariantSwitch,
     .showVisitedLinks,
     .showFooter {
         display: block;