diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c1ca16a13..44ec6982a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -7730,9 +7730,10 @@
       "license": "MIT"
     },
     "node_modules/node-fetch": {
-      "version": "2.6.7",
+      "version": "2.7.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.7.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-c4FRfUm/dbcWZ7U+1Wq0AwCyFL+3nt2bEw05wfxSz+DWpWsitgmSgYmy2dQdWyKC1694ELPqMs/YzUSNozLt8A==",
       "dev": true,
-      "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "whatwg-url": "^5.0.0"
       },
@@ -17199,7 +17200,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "node-fetch": {
-      "version": "2.6.7",
+      "version": "2.7.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.7.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-c4FRfUm/dbcWZ7U+1Wq0AwCyFL+3nt2bEw05wfxSz+DWpWsitgmSgYmy2dQdWyKC1694ELPqMs/YzUSNozLt8A==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "whatwg-url": "^5.0.0"
diff --git a/packages/less/src/less-browser/index.js b/packages/less/src/less-browser/index.js
index d2ab24a77..84fb35803 100644
--- a/packages/less/src/less-browser/index.js
+++ b/packages/less/src/less-browser/index.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 // index.js
 // Should expose the additional browser functions on to the less object
 //
+
+
 import {addDataAttr} from './utils';
 import lessRoot from '../less';
 import browser from './browser';
@@ -47,13 +49,7 @@ export default (window, options) => {
     }
 
     // only really needed for phantom
-    function bind(func, thisArg) {
-        const curryArgs = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 2);
-        return function() {
-            const args = curryArgs.concat(Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 0));
-            return func.apply(thisArg, args);
-        };
-    }
+//removed phantom
 
     function loadStyles(modifyVars) {
         const styles = document.getElementsByTagName('style');
diff --git a/packages/less/src/less/functions/number.js b/packages/less/src/less/functions/number.js
index 9bfb1a5cc..bafbd4870 100644
--- a/packages/less/src/less/functions/number.js
+++ b/packages/less/src/less/functions/number.js
@@ -55,17 +55,24 @@ const minMax = function (isMin, args) {
     return new Anonymous(`${isMin ? 'min' : 'max'}(${args})`);
 };
 
-export default {
-    min: function(...args) {
-        try {
-            return minMax.call(this, true, args);
-        } catch (e) {}
-    },
-    max: function(...args) {
+function evaluateWithFallback(func, context) {
+    return function (...args) {
         try {
-            return minMax.call(this, false, args);
-        } catch (e) {}
-    },
+            return func.apply(context, args);
+        } catch (e) {
+        // Return the original node as-is if evaluation fails
+            return args
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+export default {
+    min: evaluateWithFallback(function (...args) {
+        return minMax.call(this, true, args);
+    }, this),
+    max: evaluateWithFallback(function (...args) {
+        return minMax.call(this, false, args);
+    }, this),
     convert: function (val, unit) {
         return val.convertTo(unit.value);
     },