diff --git a/src/ngSanitize/sanitize.js b/src/ngSanitize/sanitize.js
index 48ddad82341..cebf0228fd8 100644
--- a/src/ngSanitize/sanitize.js
+++ b/src/ngSanitize/sanitize.js
@@ -421,50 +421,28 @@ function $SanitizeProvider() {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Create an inert document that contains the dirty HTML that needs sanitizing
-   * Depending upon browser support we use one of three strategies for doing this.
-   * Support: Safari 10.x -> XHR strategy
-   * Support: Firefox -> DomParser strategy
+   * Create an inert document that contains the dirty HTML that needs sanitizing.
+   * We use the DOMParser API by default and fall back to createHTMLDocument if DOMParser is not
+   * available.
    */
   var getInertBodyElement /* function(html: string): HTMLBodyElement */ = (function(window, document) {
-    var inertDocument;
-    if (document && document.implementation) {
-      inertDocument = document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('inert');
-    } else {
-      throw $sanitizeMinErr('noinert', 'Can\'t create an inert html document');
+    if (isDOMParserAvailable()) {
+      return getInertBodyElement_DOMParser;
     }
-    var inertBodyElement = (inertDocument.documentElement || inertDocument.getDocumentElement()).querySelector('body');
 
-    // Check for the Safari 10.1 bug - which allows JS to run inside the SVG G element
-    inertBodyElement.innerHTML = '<svg><g onload="this.parentNode.remove()"></g></svg>';
-    if (!inertBodyElement.querySelector('svg')) {
-      return getInertBodyElement_XHR;
-    } else {
-      // Check for the Firefox bug - which prevents the inner img JS from being sanitized
-      inertBodyElement.innerHTML = '<svg><p><style><img src="</style><img src=x onerror=alert(1)//">';
-      if (inertBodyElement.querySelector('svg img')) {
-        return getInertBodyElement_DOMParser;
-      } else {
-        return getInertBodyElement_InertDocument;
-      }
+    if (!document || !document.implementation) {
+      throw $sanitizeMinErr('noinert', 'Can\'t create an inert html document');
     }
+    var inertDocument = document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('inert');
+    var inertBodyElement = (inertDocument.documentElement || inertDocument.getDocumentElement()).querySelector('body');
+    return getInertBodyElement_InertDocument;
 
-    function getInertBodyElement_XHR(html) {
-      // We add this dummy element to ensure that the rest of the content is parsed as expected
-      // e.g. leading whitespace is maintained and tags like `<meta>` do not get hoisted to the `<head>` tag.
-      html = '<remove></remove>' + html;
+    function isDOMParserAvailable() {
       try {
-        html = encodeURI(html);
+        return !!getInertBodyElement_DOMParser('');
       } catch (e) {
-        return undefined;
+        return false;
       }
-      var xhr = new window.XMLHttpRequest();
-      xhr.responseType = 'document';
-      xhr.open('GET', 'data:text/html;charset=utf-8,' + html, false);
-      xhr.send(null);
-      var body = xhr.response.body;
-      body.firstChild.remove();
-      return body;
     }
 
     function getInertBodyElement_DOMParser(html) {
