diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index 4c0bc8468..4e6fad009 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -62,4 +62,3 @@ If yes, please describe the impact and migration path for existing applications:
 - [ ] Firefox
 - [ ] Safari
 - [ ] Edge
-- [ ] IE
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b6e6ab7f5..8c665fc5a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 - Smart full-text search plugin
 - Multiple themes
 - Useful plugin API
-- Compatible with IE11
 - Support embedded files
 
 ## Quick start
diff --git a/build/build.js b/build/build.js
index ca50d4e1f..6a3726ed5 100644
--- a/build/build.js
+++ b/build/build.js
@@ -26,14 +26,15 @@ async function build(opts) {
   await rollup
     .rollup({
       input: opts.input,
-      plugins: (opts.plugins || []).concat([
+      plugins: [
+        ...(opts.plugins || []),
         commonjs(),
         nodeResolve(),
         replace({
           __VERSION__: version,
         })
-      ]),
-      onwarn: function (message) {
+      ],
+      onwarn(message) {
         if (message.code === 'UNRESOLVED_IMPORT') {
           throw new Error(
             `Could not resolve module ` +
@@ -44,8 +45,8 @@ async function build(opts) {
         }
       }
     })
-    .then(function (bundle) {
-      var dest = 'lib/' + (opts.output || opts.input)
+    .then(bundle => {
+      const dest = 'lib/' + (opts.output || opts.input)
 
       console.log(dest)
       return bundle.write({
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ async function buildCore() {
 }
 
 async function buildAllPlugin() {
-  var plugins = [
+  const plugins = [
     {name: 'search', input: 'search/index.js'},
     {name: 'ga', input: 'ga.js'},
     {name: 'gtag', input: 'gtag.js'},
diff --git a/build/cover.js b/build/cover.js
index 996e52569..9d64aebed 100644
--- a/build/cover.js
+++ b/build/cover.js
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 import fs from 'fs';
 import { relative } from './util.js';
-var read = fs.readFileSync;
-var write = fs.writeFileSync;
+const read = fs.readFileSync;
+const write = fs.writeFileSync;
 const pkgPath = relative(import.meta, '..', 'package.json');
 const pkg = JSON.parse(read(pkgPath).toString());
-var version = process.env.VERSION || pkg.version;
+const version = process.env.VERSION || pkg.version;
 
-var file = relative(import.meta, '..', 'docs', '_coverpage.md');
-var cover = read(file, 'utf8').toString();
+const file = relative(import.meta, '..', 'docs', '_coverpage.md');
+let cover = read(file, 'utf8').toString();
 
 console.log('Replace version number in cover page...');
 cover = cover.replace(
   /<small>(\S+)?<\/small>/g,
-  '<small>' + version + '</small>'
+  /* html */ `<small>${version}</small>`
 );
 write(file, cover);
diff --git a/build/css.js b/build/css.js
index baf981628..1047c5868 100644
--- a/build/css.js
+++ b/build/css.js
@@ -11,17 +11,16 @@ fs.readdir(relative('../src/themes'), (err, files) => {
     }
     files.map(async (file) => {
         if (/\.styl/g.test(file)) {
-            var stylusCMD;
             const stylusBin = ['node_modules', 'stylus', 'bin', 'stylus'].join(path.sep)
-            var cmdargs = [
+            let cmdargs = [
                 stylusBin,
                 `src/themes/${file}`,
                 '-u',
                 'autoprefixer-stylus'
             ]
-            cmdargs = cmdargs.concat(args)
+            cmdargs = [...cmdargs, ...args]
 
-            stylusCMD = spawn('node', cmdargs, { shell: true })
+            const stylusCMD = spawn('node', cmdargs, { shell: true })
 
             stylusCMD.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
                 console.log(`[Stylus Build ] stdout: ${data}`);
diff --git a/build/emoji.js b/build/emoji.js
index f9d5d0aa2..0dc41dc3b 100644
--- a/build/emoji.js
+++ b/build/emoji.js
@@ -93,17 +93,15 @@ function writeEmojiJS(emojiData) {
   }
 }
 
-(async () => {
-  console.info('Build emoji');
-
-  try {
-    const emojiData = await getEmojiData();
-
-    if (emojiData) {
-      writeEmojiPage(emojiData);
-      writeEmojiJS(emojiData);
-    }
-  } catch (err) {
-    console.warn(`- Error: ${err.message}`);
+console.info('Build emoji');
+
+try {
+  const emojiData = await getEmojiData();
+
+  if (emojiData) {
+    writeEmojiPage(emojiData);
+    writeEmojiJS(emojiData);
   }
-})();
+} catch (err) {
+  console.warn(`- Error: ${err.message}`);
+}
diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index f9d03d874..f85aa72ab 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ See the [Quick start](quickstart.md) guide for more details.
 - Multiple themes
 - Useful plugin API
 - Emoji support
-- Compatible with IE11
 
 ## Examples
 
diff --git a/docs/_media/example.js b/docs/_media/example.js
index 8cad2d730..33bdf862c 100644
--- a/docs/_media/example.js
+++ b/docs/_media/example.js
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-import fetch from 'fetch'
+import fetch from 'fetch';
 
-const URL = 'https://example.com'
-const PORT = 8080
+const URL = 'https://example.com';
+const PORT = 8080;
 
 /// [demo]
 const result = fetch(`${URL}:${PORT}`)
-  .then(function (response) {
-    return response.json()
-  })
-  .then(function (myJson) {
-    console.log(JSON.stringify(myJson))
+  .then(response => {
+    return response.json();
   })
+  .then(myJson => {
+    console.log(JSON.stringify(myJson));
+  });
 /// [demo]
 
-result.then(console.log).catch(console.error)
+result.then(console.log).catch(console.error);
diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index 4b238da76..6461dcea8 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ See https://github.com/lukeed/tinydate#patterns
 window.$docsify = {
   formatUpdated: '{MM}/{DD} {HH}:{mm}',
 
-  formatUpdated: function (time) {
+  formatUpdated(time) {
     // ...
 
     return time;
@@ -346,14 +346,14 @@ window.$docsify = {
   markdown: {
     smartypants: true,
     renderer: {
-      link: function () {
+      link() {
         // ...
       },
     },
   },
 
   // function
-  markdown: function (marked, renderer) {
+  markdown(marked, renderer) {
     // ...
     return marked;
   },
@@ -747,18 +747,17 @@ window.$docsify = {
     '/foo': '# Custom Markdown',
 
     // RegEx match w/ synchronous function
-    '/bar/(.*)': function (route, matched) {
+    '/bar/(.*)'(route, matched) {
       return '# Custom Markdown';
     },
 
     // RegEx match w/ asynchronous function
-    '/baz/(.*)': function (route, matched, next) {
-      // Requires `fetch` polyfill for legacy browsers (https://github.github.io/fetch/)
+    '/baz/(.*)'(route, matched, next) {
       fetch('/api/users?id=12345')
-        .then(function (response) {
+        .then(response => {
           next('# Custom Markdown');
         })
-        .catch(function (err) {
+        .catch(err => {
           // Handle error...
         });
     },
@@ -772,7 +771,7 @@ Other than strings, route functions can return a falsy value (`null` \ `undefine
 window.$docsify = {
   routes: {
     // accepts everything other than dogs (synchronous)
-    '/pets/(.+)': function(route, matched) {
+    '/pets/(.+)'(route, matched) {
       if (matched[0] === 'dogs') {
         return null;
       } else {
@@ -781,7 +780,7 @@ window.$docsify = {
     }
 
     // accepts everything other than cats (asynchronous)
-    '/pets/(.*)': function(route, matched, next) {
+    '/pets/(.*)'(route, matched, next) {
       if (matched[0] === 'cats') {
         next();
       } else {
@@ -799,12 +798,12 @@ Finally, if you have a specific path that has a real markdown file (and therefor
 window.$docsify = {
   routes: {
     // if you look up /pets/cats, docsify will skip all routes and look for "pets/cats.md"
-    '/pets/cats': function(route, matched) {
+    '/pets/cats'(route, matched) {
       return false;
     }
 
     // but any other pet should generate dynamic content right here
-    '/pets/(.+)': function(route, matched) {
+    '/pets/(.+)'(route, matched) {
       const pet = matched[0];
       return `your pet is ${pet} (but not a cat)`;
     }
@@ -835,11 +834,19 @@ If you have a link to the homepage in the sidebar and want it to be shown as act
 
 For more details, see [#1131](https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify/issues/1131).
 
-## themeColor
+## themeColor (_deprecated_)
+
+> **Warning** Deprecated. Use the CSS var `--theme-color` in your `<style>` sheet. Example:
+>
+> <style>
+>   :root {
+>     --theme-color: deeppink;
+>   }
+> </style>
 
 - Type: `String`
 
-Customize the theme color. Use [CSS3 variables](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Using_CSS_variables) feature and polyfill in older browsers.
+Customize the theme color.
 
 ```js
 window.$docsify = {
diff --git a/docs/index.html b/docs/index.html
index db0774355..2eaeb3acb 100644
--- a/docs/index.html
+++ b/docs/index.html
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
       name="google-site-verification"
       content="6t0LoIeFksrjF4c9sqUEsVXiQNxLp2hgoqo0KryT-sE"
     />
-    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1" />
     <meta
       name="keywords"
       content="doc,docs,documentation,gitbook,creator,generator,github,jekyll,github-pages"
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@
     <script src="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/docsify-plugin-carbon@1"></script>
     <script>
       // Set html "lang" attribute based on URL
-      var lang = location.hash.match(/#\/(de-de|es|ru-ru|zh-cn)\//);
+      const lang = location.hash.match(/#\/(de-de|es|ru-ru|zh-cn)\//);
 
       if (lang) {
         document.documentElement.setAttribute('lang', lang[1]);
@@ -128,9 +127,8 @@
         },
         vueComponents: {
           'button-counter': {
-            template:
-              '<button @click="count += 1">You clicked me {{ count }} times</button>',
-            data: function () {
+            template: /* html */ `<button @click="count += 1">You clicked me {{ count }} times</button>`,
+            data() {
               return {
                 count: 0,
               };
@@ -138,7 +136,7 @@
           },
         },
         vueGlobalOptions: {
-          data: function () {
+          data() {
             return {
               count: 0,
               message: 'Hello, World!',
@@ -151,7 +149,7 @@
             };
           },
           computed: {
-            timeOfDay: function () {
+            timeOfDay() {
               const date = new Date();
               const hours = date.getHours();
 
@@ -165,14 +163,14 @@
             },
           },
           methods: {
-            hello: function () {
+            hello() {
               alert(this.message);
             },
           },
         },
         vueMounts: {
           '#counter': {
-            data: function () {
+            data() {
               return {
                 count: 0,
               };
@@ -182,7 +180,7 @@
         plugins: [
           DocsifyCarbon.create('CEBI6KQE', 'docsifyjsorg'),
           function (hook, vm) {
-            hook.beforeEach(function (html) {
+            hook.beforeEach(html => {
               if (/githubusercontent\.com/.test(vm.route.file)) {
                 url = vm.route.file
                   .replace('raw.githubusercontent.com', 'github.com')
@@ -196,14 +194,14 @@
                   'https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify/blob/develop/docs/' +
                   vm.route.file;
               }
-              var editHtml = '[:memo: Edit Document](' + url + ')\n';
+              const editHtml = '[:memo: Edit Document](' + url + ')\n';
               return (
                 editHtml +
                 html +
                 '\n\n----\n\n' +
                 '<a href="https://docsify.js.org" target="_blank" style="color: inherit; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">Powered by docsify</a>'
               );
-            })
+            });
           },
         ],
       };
diff --git a/docs/language-highlight.md b/docs/language-highlight.md
index f943e3550..e95823d03 100644
--- a/docs/language-highlight.md
+++ b/docs/language-highlight.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ function getAdder(int $x): int
 Code blocks [dynamically created from javascript](https://docsify.js.org/#/configuration?id=executescript) can be highlighted using the method `Prism.highlightElement` like so:
 
 ```javascript
-var code = document.createElement("code");
+const code = document.createElement("code");
 code.innerHTML = "console.log('Hello World!')";
 code.setAttribute("class", "lang-javascript");
 Prism.highlightElement(code);
diff --git a/docs/markdown.md b/docs/markdown.md
index fef036e96..6adc7f035 100644
--- a/docs/markdown.md
+++ b/docs/markdown.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ window.$docsify = {
   markdown: {
     smartypants: true,
     renderer: {
-      link: function() {
+      link() {
         // ...
       }
     }
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ You can completely customize the parsing rules.
 
 ```js
 window.$docsify = {
-  markdown: function(marked, renderer) {
+  markdown(marked, renderer) {
     // ...
 
     return marked
@@ -36,17 +36,17 @@ window.$docsify = {
 //  <link rel="stylesheet" href="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/mermaid/dist/mermaid.min.css">
 //  <script src="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/mermaid/dist/mermaid.min.js"></script>
 
-var num = 0;
+let num = 0;
 mermaid.initialize({ startOnLoad: false });
 
 window.$docsify = {
   markdown: {
     renderer: {
-      code: function(code, lang) {
+      code(code, lang) {
         if (lang === "mermaid") {
-          return (
-            '<div class="mermaid">' + mermaid.render('mermaid-svg-' + num++, code) + "</div>"
-          );
+          return /* html */ `
+            <div class="mermaid">${mermaid.render('mermaid-svg-' + num++, code)}</div>
+          `;
         }
         return this.origin.code.apply(this, arguments);
       }
diff --git a/docs/plugins.md b/docs/plugins.md
index dce1f4e64..ee0c0967d 100644
--- a/docs/plugins.md
+++ b/docs/plugins.md
@@ -63,11 +63,7 @@ By default, the hyperlink on the current page is recognized and the content is s
 <script src="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/docsify/lib/plugins/search.min.js"></script>
 ```
 
-This plugin ignores diacritical marks when performing a full text search (e.g., "cafe" will also match "café"). Legacy browsers like IE11 require the following [String.normalize()](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/normalize) polyfill to ignore diacritical marks:
-
-```html
-<script src="//polyfill.io/v3/polyfill.min.js?features=String.prototype.normalize"></script>
-```
+This plugin ignores diacritical marks when performing a full text search (e.g., "cafe" will also match "café").
 
 ## Google Analytics
 
diff --git a/docs/pwa.md b/docs/pwa.md
index 3caca1122..464f0c5be 100644
--- a/docs/pwa.md
+++ b/docs/pwa.md
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ const HOSTNAME_WHITELIST = [
 
 // The Util Function to hack URLs of intercepted requests
 const getFixedUrl = (req) => {
-  var now = Date.now()
-  var url = new URL(req.url)
+  const now = Date.now()
+  const url = new URL(req.url)
 
   // 1. fixed http URL
   // Just keep syncing with location.protocol
diff --git a/docs/quickstart.md b/docs/quickstart.md
index 149afd108..032e30646 100644
--- a/docs/quickstart.md
+++ b/docs/quickstart.md
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ If you don't like `npm` or have trouble installing the tool, you can manually cr
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
   <head>
-    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1" />
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1" />
     <meta charset="UTF-8" />
     <link
diff --git a/docs/themes.md b/docs/themes.md
index c03dddabc..dfc665473 100644
--- a/docs/themes.md
+++ b/docs/themes.md
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ If you have any ideas or would like to develop a new theme, you are welcome to s
 </style>
 
 <script>
-  var preview = Docsify.dom.find('.demo-theme-preview');
-  var themes = Docsify.dom.findAll('[rel="stylesheet"]');
+  const preview = Docsify.dom.find('.demo-theme-preview');
+  const themes = Docsify.dom.findAll('[rel="stylesheet"]');
 
   preview.onclick = function (e) {
-    var title = e.target.getAttribute('data-theme');
+    const title = e.target.getAttribute('data-theme');
 
-    themes.forEach(function (theme) {
+    themes.forEach(theme => {
       theme.disabled = theme.title !== title;
     });
   };
diff --git a/docs/write-a-plugin.md b/docs/write-a-plugin.md
index 32b625d5b..a27b599a0 100644
--- a/docs/write-a-plugin.md
+++ b/docs/write-a-plugin.md
@@ -24,15 +24,15 @@ Alternatively, a plugin can be stored in a separate file and "installed" using a
 ```js
 // docsify-plugin-myplugin.js
 
-(function () {
-  var myPlugin = function (hook, vm) {
+{
+  function myPlugin(hook, vm) {
     // ...
-  };
+  }
 
   // Add plugin to docsify's plugin array
-  $docsify = $docsify || {};
-  $docsify.plugins = [].concat($docsify.plugins || [], myPlugin);
-})();
+  window.$docsify = window.$docsify || {};
+  $docsify.plugins = [...($docsify.plugins || []), myPlugin];
+}
 ```
 
 ```html
@@ -51,47 +51,47 @@ Below is a plugin template with placeholders for all available lifecycle hooks.
 1. Load your plugin using a standard `<script>` tag
 
 ```js
-(function () {
-  var myPlugin = function (hook, vm) {
+{
+  function myPlugin(hook, vm) {
     // Invoked one time when docsify script is initialized
-    hook.init(function () {
+    hook.init(() => {
       // ...
     });
 
     // Invoked one time when the docsify instance has mounted on the DOM
-    hook.mounted(function () {
+    hook.mounted(() => {
       // ...
     });
 
     // Invoked on each page load before new markdown is transformed to HTML.
     // Supports asynchronous tasks (see beforeEach documentation for details).
-    hook.beforeEach(function (markdown) {
+    hook.beforeEach(markdown => {
       // ...
       return markdown;
     });
 
     // Invoked on each page load after new markdown has been transformed to HTML.
     // Supports asynchronous tasks (see afterEach documentation for details).
-    hook.afterEach(function (html) {
+    hook.afterEach(html => {
       // ...
       return html;
     });
 
     // Invoked on each page load after new HTML has been appended to the DOM
-    hook.doneEach(function () {
+    hook.doneEach(() => {
       // ...
     });
 
     // Invoked one time after rendering the initial page
-    hook.ready(function () {
+    hook.ready(() => {
       // ...
     });
-  };
+  }
 
   // Add plugin to docsify's plugin array
-  $docsify = $docsify || {};
-  $docsify.plugins = [].concat(myPlugin, $docsify.plugins || []);
-})();
+  window.$docsify = window.$docsify || {};
+  $docsify.plugins = [myPlugin, ...($docsify.plugins || [])];
+}
 ```
 
 ## Lifecycle Hooks
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ Lifecycle hooks are provided via the `hook` argument passed to the plugin functi
 Invoked one time when docsify script is initialized.
 
 ```js
-hook.init(function () {
+hook.init(() => {
   // ...
 });
 ```
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ hook.init(function () {
 Invoked one time when the docsify instance has mounted on the DOM.
 
 ```js
-hook.mounted(function () {
+hook.mounted(() => {
   // ...
 });
 ```
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ hook.mounted(function () {
 Invoked on each page load before new markdown is transformed to HTML.
 
 ```js
-hook.beforeEach(function (markdown) {
+hook.beforeEach(markdown => {
   // ...
   return markdown;
 });
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ hook.beforeEach(function (markdown) {
 For asynchronous tasks, the hook function accepts a `next` callback as a second argument. Call this function with the final `markdown` value when ready. To prevent errors from affecting docsify and other plugins, wrap async code in a `try/catch/finally` block.
 
 ```js
-hook.beforeEach(function (markdown, next) {
+hook.beforeEach((markdown, next) => {
   try {
     // Async task(s)...
   } catch (err) {
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ hook.beforeEach(function (markdown, next) {
 Invoked on each page load after new markdown has been transformed to HTML.
 
 ```js
-hook.afterEach(function (html) {
+hook.afterEach(html => {
   // ...
   return html;
 });
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ hook.afterEach(function (html) {
 For asynchronous tasks, the hook function accepts a `next` callback as a second argument. Call this function with the final `html` value when ready. To prevent errors from affecting docsify and other plugins, wrap async code in a `try/catch/finally` block.
 
 ```js
-hook.afterEach(function (html, next) {
+hook.afterEach((html, next) => {
   try {
     // Async task(s)...
   } catch (err) {
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ hook.afterEach(function (html, next) {
 Invoked on each page load after new HTML has been appended to the DOM.
 
 ```js
-hook.doneEach(function () {
+hook.doneEach(() => {
   // ...
 });
 ```
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ hook.doneEach(function () {
 Invoked one time after rendering the initial page.
 
 ```js
-hook.ready(function () {
+hook.ready(() => {
   // ...
 });
 ```
@@ -203,15 +203,15 @@ hook.ready(function () {
 window.$docsify = {
   plugins: [
     function pageFooter(hook, vm) {
-      var footer = [
-        '<hr/>',
-        '<footer>',
-        '<span><a href="https://github.com/QingWei-Li">cinwell</a> &copy;2017.</span>',
-        '<span>Proudly published with <a href="https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify" target="_blank">docsify</a>.</span>',
-        '</footer>',
-      ].join('');
-
-      hook.afterEach(function (html) {
+      const footer = /* html */ `
+        <hr/>
+        <footer>
+          <span><a href="https://github.com/QingWei-Li">cinwell</a> &copy;2017.</span>
+          <span>Proudly published with <a href="https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify" target="_blank">docsify</a>.</span>
+        </footer>
+      `;
+
+      hook.afterEach(html => {
         return html + footer;
       });
     },
@@ -228,11 +228,11 @@ window.$docsify = {
       // The date template pattern
       $docsify.formatUpdated = '{YYYY}/{MM}/{DD} {HH}:{mm}';
 
-      hook.beforeEach(function (html) {
-        var url =
+      hook.beforeEach(html => {
+        const url =
           'https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify/blob/master/docs/' +
           vm.route.file;
-        var editHtml = '[📝 EDIT DOCUMENT](' + url + ')\n';
+        const editHtml = '[📝 EDIT DOCUMENT](' + url + ')\n';
 
         return (
           editHtml +
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 19e6e0fa6..aeef81c1e 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   <head>
     <meta charset="UTF-8" />
     <title>docsify</title>
-    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1" />
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1" />
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="/themes/vue.css" title="vue" />
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="/themes/dark.css" title="dark" disabled />
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@
     <script src="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/docsify-plugin-carbon@1"></script>
     <script>
       // Set html "lang" attribute based on URL
-      var lang = location.hash.match(/#\/(de-de|es|ru-ru|zh-cn)\//);
+      const lang = location.hash.match(/#\/(de-de|es|ru-ru|zh-cn)\//);
 
       if (lang) {
         document.documentElement.setAttribute('lang', lang[1]);
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@
         plugins: [
           DocsifyCarbon.create('CEBI6KQE', 'docsifyjsorg'),
           function (hook, vm) {
-            hook.beforeEach(function (html) {
+            hook.beforeEach(html => {
               if (/githubusercontent\.com/.test(vm.route.file)) {
                 url = vm.route.file
                   .replace('raw.githubusercontent.com', 'github.com')
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@
                   'https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify/blob/develop/docs/' +
                   vm.route.file;
               }
-              var editHtml = '[:memo: Edit Document](' + url + ')\n';
+              const editHtml = '[:memo: Edit Document](' + url + ')\n';
               return (
                 editHtml +
                 html +
diff --git a/src/core/Docsify.js b/src/core/Docsify.js
index 06f584335..f0d74fff9 100644
--- a/src/core/Docsify.js
+++ b/src/core/Docsify.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export class Docsify extends Fetch(
   }
 
   initPlugin() {
-    [].concat(this.config.plugins).forEach(fn => {
+    this.config.plugins.forEach(fn => {
       try {
         isFn(fn) && fn(this._lifecycle, this);
       } catch (err) {
diff --git a/src/core/config.js b/src/core/config.js
index 7d77c0383..5e076bfdb 100644
--- a/src/core/config.js
+++ b/src/core/config.js
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-import { merge, hyphenate, isPrimitive, hasOwn } from './util/core.js';
+import stripIndent from 'strip-indent';
+import { hyphenate, isPrimitive } from './util/core.js';
 
 const currentScript = document.currentScript;
 
 /** @param {import('./Docsify').Docsify} vm */
 export default function (vm) {
-  const config = merge(
+  const config = Object.assign(
     {
       auto2top: false,
       autoHeader: false,
@@ -30,14 +31,36 @@ export default function (vm) {
       noCompileLinks: [],
       noEmoji: false,
       notFoundPage: true,
+      plugins: [],
       relativePath: false,
       repo: '',
       routes: {},
       routerMode: 'hash',
       subMaxLevel: 0,
-      themeColor: '',
+      // themeColor: '',
       topMargin: 0,
+
+      // Deprecations //////////////////
+
+      __themeColor: '',
+      get themeColor() {
+        return this.__themeColor;
+      },
+      set themeColor(value) {
+        this.__themeColor = value;
+        console.warn(
+          stripIndent(/* html */ `
+            $docsify.themeColor is deprecated. Use a --theme-color property in your style sheet. Example:
+            <style>
+              :root {
+                --theme-color: deeppink;
+              }
+            </style>
+          `).trim()
+        );
+      },
     },
+
     typeof window.$docsify === 'function'
       ? window.$docsify(vm)
       : window.$docsify
@@ -45,18 +68,16 @@ export default function (vm) {
 
   const script =
     currentScript ||
-    [].slice
-      .call(document.getElementsByTagName('script'))
-      .filter(n => /docsify\./.test(n.src))[0];
+    Array.from(document.getElementsByTagName('script')).filter(n =>
+      /docsify\./.test(n.src)
+    )[0];
 
   if (script) {
-    for (const prop in config) {
-      if (hasOwn.call(config, prop)) {
-        const val = script.getAttribute('data-' + hyphenate(prop));
+    for (const prop of Object.keys(config)) {
+      const val = script.getAttribute('data-' + hyphenate(prop));
 
-        if (isPrimitive(val)) {
-          config[prop] = val === '' ? true : val;
-        }
+      if (isPrimitive(val)) {
+        config[prop] = val === '' ? true : val;
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/core/event/index.js b/src/core/event/index.js
index a56daf3d1..d5619c0b0 100644
--- a/src/core/event/index.js
+++ b/src/core/event/index.js
@@ -14,11 +14,8 @@ export function Events(Base) {
     $resetEvents(source) {
       const { auto2top } = this.config;
 
-      (() => {
-        // Rely on the browser's scroll auto-restoration when going back or forward
-        if (source === 'history') {
-          return;
-        }
+      // If 'history', rely on the browser's scroll auto-restoration when going back or forward
+      if (source !== 'history') {
         // Scroll to ID if specified
         if (this.route.query.id) {
           scrollIntoView(this.route.path, this.route.query.id);
@@ -27,7 +24,7 @@ export function Events(Base) {
         if (source === 'navigate') {
           auto2top && scroll2Top(auto2top);
         }
-      })();
+      }
 
       if (this.config.loadNavbar) {
         sidebar.getAndActive(this.router, 'nav');
diff --git a/src/core/event/scroll.js b/src/core/event/scroll.js
index f01f01ba2..13a4ef717 100644
--- a/src/core/event/scroll.js
+++ b/src/core/event/scroll.js
@@ -43,9 +43,7 @@ function highlight(path) {
   const top = ((doc && doc.scrollTop) || document.body.scrollTop) - coverHeight;
   let last;
 
-  for (let i = 0, len = anchors.length; i < len; i += 1) {
-    const node = anchors[i];
-
+  for (const node of anchors) {
     if (node.offsetTop > top) {
       if (!last) {
         last = node;
@@ -103,8 +101,7 @@ export function scrollActiveSidebar(router) {
     lis = dom.findAll(sidebar, 'li');
   }
 
-  for (let i = 0, len = lis.length; i < len; i += 1) {
-    const li = lis[i];
+  for (const li of lis) {
     const a = li.querySelector('a');
     if (!a) {
       continue;
diff --git a/src/core/fetch/ajax.js b/src/core/fetch/ajax.js
index fc18ba909..a6fe81cd0 100644
--- a/src/core/fetch/ajax.js
+++ b/src/core/fetch/ajax.js
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
+// @ts-check
 /* eslint-disable no-unused-vars */
 import progressbar from '../render/progressbar.js';
-import { noop, hasOwn } from '../util/core.js';
+import { noop } from '../util/core.js';
 
+/** @typedef {{updatedAt: string}} CacheOpt */
+
+/** @typedef {{content: string, opt: CacheOpt}} CacheItem */
+
+/** @type {Record<string, CacheItem>} */
 const cache = {};
 
 /**
@@ -9,14 +15,13 @@ const cache = {};
  * @param {string} url Resource URL
  * @param {boolean} [hasBar=false] Has progress bar
  * @param {String[]} headers Array of headers
- * @return {Promise} Promise response
+ * @return A Promise-like response with error callback (error callback is not Promise-like)
  */
+// TODO update to using fetch() + Streams API instead of XMLHttpRequest. See an
+// example of download progress calculation using fetch() here:
+// https://streams.spec.whatwg.org/demos/
 export function get(url, hasBar = false, headers = {}) {
   const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
-  const on = function () {
-    xhr.addEventListener.apply(xhr, arguments);
-  };
-
   const cached = cache[url];
 
   if (cached) {
@@ -24,16 +29,18 @@ export function get(url, hasBar = false, headers = {}) {
   }
 
   xhr.open('GET', url);
-  for (const i in headers) {
-    if (hasOwn.call(headers, i)) {
-      xhr.setRequestHeader(i, headers[i]);
-    }
+  for (const i of Object.keys(headers)) {
+    xhr.setRequestHeader(i, headers[i]);
   }
 
   xhr.send();
 
   return {
-    then: function (success, error = noop) {
+    /**
+     * @param {(text: string, opt: CacheOpt) => void} success
+     * @param {(event: ProgressEvent<XMLHttpRequestEventTarget>) => void} error
+     */
+    then(success, error = noop) {
       if (hasBar) {
         const id = setInterval(
           _ =>
@@ -43,22 +50,27 @@ export function get(url, hasBar = false, headers = {}) {
           500
         );
 
-        on('progress', progressbar);
-        on('loadend', evt => {
+        xhr.addEventListener('progress', progressbar);
+        xhr.addEventListener('loadend', evt => {
           progressbar(evt);
           clearInterval(id);
         });
       }
 
-      on('error', error);
-      on('load', ({ target }) => {
+      xhr.addEventListener('error', error);
+      xhr.addEventListener('load', event => {
+        const target = /** @type {XMLHttpRequest} */ (event.target);
         if (target.status >= 400) {
-          error(target);
+          error(event);
         } else {
+          if (typeof target.response !== 'string') {
+            throw new TypeError('Unsupported content type.');
+          }
+
           const result = (cache[url] = {
             content: target.response,
             opt: {
-              updatedAt: xhr.getResponseHeader('last-modified'),
+              updatedAt: xhr.getResponseHeader('last-modified') ?? '',
             },
           });
 
diff --git a/src/core/fetch/index.js b/src/core/fetch/index.js
index be6319db1..cbea24ca5 100644
--- a/src/core/fetch/index.js
+++ b/src/core/fetch/index.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ function loadNested(path, qs, file, next, vm, first) {
     vm.router.getFile(path + file) + qs,
     false,
     vm.config.requestHeaders
-  ).then(next, _ => loadNested(path, qs, file, next, vm));
+  ).then(next, _error => loadNested(path, qs, file, next, vm));
 }
 
 /** @typedef {import('../Docsify').Constructor} Constructor */
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export function Fetch(Base) {
   let last;
 
   const abort = () => last && last.abort && last.abort();
-  const request = (url, hasbar, requestHeaders) => {
+  const request = (url, requestHeaders) => {
     abort();
     last = get(url, true, requestHeaders);
     return last;
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ export function Fetch(Base) {
         };
 
         // and a handler that is called if content failed to fetch
-        const contentFailedToFetch = _ => {
+        const contentFailedToFetch = _error => {
           this._fetchFallbackPage(path, qs, cb) || this._fetch404(file, qs, cb);
         };
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ export function Fetch(Base) {
             if (typeof contents === 'string') {
               contentFetched(contents);
             } else {
-              request(file + qs, true, requestHeaders).then(
+              request(file + qs, requestHeaders).then(
                 contentFetched,
                 contentFailedToFetch
               );
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ export function Fetch(Base) {
           });
         } else {
           // if the requested url is not local, just fetch the file
-          request(file + qs, true, requestHeaders).then(
+          request(file + qs, requestHeaders).then(
             contentFetched,
             contentFailedToFetch
           );
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ export function Fetch(Base) {
       const newPath = this.router.getFile(
         path.replace(new RegExp(`^/${local}`), '')
       );
-      const req = request(newPath + qs, true, requestHeaders);
+      const req = request(newPath + qs, requestHeaders);
 
       req.then(
         (text, opt) =>
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ export function Fetch(Base) {
             opt,
             this._loadSideAndNav(path, qs, loadSidebar, cb)
           ),
-        () => this._fetch404(path, qs, cb)
+        _error => this._fetch404(path, qs, cb)
       );
 
       return true;
@@ -246,9 +246,9 @@ export function Fetch(Base) {
       if (notFoundPage) {
         const path404 = get404Path(path, this.config);
 
-        request(this.router.getFile(path404), true, requestHeaders).then(
+        request(this.router.getFile(path404), requestHeaders).then(
           (text, opt) => this._renderMain(text, opt, fnLoadSideAndNav),
-          () => this._renderMain(null, {}, fnLoadSideAndNav)
+          _error => this._renderMain(null, {}, fnLoadSideAndNav)
         );
         return true;
       }
diff --git a/src/core/render/compiler.js b/src/core/render/compiler.js
index b68881485..9386f4266 100644
--- a/src/core/render/compiler.js
+++ b/src/core/render/compiler.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { marked } from 'marked';
 import { isAbsolutePath, getPath, getParentPath } from '../router/util.js';
-import { isFn, merge, cached, isPrimitive } from '../util/core.js';
+import { isFn, cached, isPrimitive } from '../util/core.js';
 import { tree as treeTpl } from './tpl.js';
 import { genTree } from './gen-tree.js';
 import { slugify } from './slugify.js';
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ export class Compiler {
       compile = mdConf(marked, renderer);
     } else {
       marked.setOptions(
-        merge(mdConf, {
-          renderer: merge(renderer, mdConf.renderer),
+        Object.assign(mdConf, {
+          renderer: Object.assign(renderer, mdConf.renderer),
         })
       );
       compile = marked;
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ export class Compiler {
     this._marked = compile;
     this.compile = text => {
       let isCached = true;
-      // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+
+      // FIXME: this is not cached.
       const result = cached(_ => {
         isCached = false;
         let html = '';
@@ -186,8 +187,7 @@ export class Compiler {
   _matchNotCompileLink(link) {
     const links = this.config.noCompileLinks || [];
 
-    for (let i = 0; i < links.length; i++) {
-      const n = links[i];
+    for (const n of links) {
       const re = cachedLinks[n] || (cachedLinks[n] = new RegExp(`^${n}$`));
 
       if (re.test(link)) {
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ export class Compiler {
       }
 
       const tree = this.cacheTree[currentPath] || genTree(toc, level);
-      html = treeTpl(tree, '<ul>{inner}</ul>');
+      html = treeTpl(tree, /* html */ `<ul>{inner}</ul>`);
       this.cacheTree[currentPath] = tree;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/core/render/compiler/code.js b/src/core/render/compiler/code.js
index a6abb0f1c..a1ac40335 100644
--- a/src/core/render/compiler/code.js
+++ b/src/core/render/compiler/code.js
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ export const highlightCodeCompiler = ({ renderer }) =>
       lang
     );
 
-    return `<pre v-pre data-lang="${lang}"><code class="lang-${lang}">${text}</code></pre>`;
+    return /* html */ `<pre v-pre data-lang="${lang}"><code class="lang-${lang}">${text}</code></pre>`;
   });
diff --git a/src/core/render/compiler/headline.js b/src/core/render/compiler/headline.js
index c656f715c..6ad117667 100644
--- a/src/core/render/compiler/headline.js
+++ b/src/core/render/compiler/headline.js
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ export const headingCompiler = ({ renderer, router, _self }) =>
     nextToc.slug = url;
     _self.toc.push(nextToc);
 
-    return `<h${level} id="${slug}"><a href="${url}" data-id="${slug}" class="anchor"><span>${str}</span></a></h${level}>`;
+    return /* html */ `<h${level} id="${slug}"><a href="${url}" data-id="${slug}" class="anchor"><span>${str}</span></a></h${level}>`;
   });
diff --git a/src/core/render/compiler/image.js b/src/core/render/compiler/image.js
index 0e74645ac..3c521e93e 100644
--- a/src/core/render/compiler/image.js
+++ b/src/core/render/compiler/image.js
@@ -38,11 +38,7 @@ export const imageCompiler = ({ renderer, contentBase, router }) =>
       url = getPath(contentBase, getParentPath(router.getCurrentPath()), href);
     }
 
-    if (attrs.length > 0) {
-      return `<img src="${url}" data-origin="${href}" alt="${text}" ${attrs.join(
-        ' '
-      )} />`;
-    }
-
-    return `<img src="${url}" data-origin="${href}" alt="${text}"${attrs}>`;
+    return /* html */ `<img src="${url}" data-origin="${href}" alt="${text}" ${attrs.join(
+      ' '
+    )} />`;
   });
diff --git a/src/core/render/compiler/link.js b/src/core/render/compiler/link.js
index 47684c814..c884b2b90 100644
--- a/src/core/render/compiler/link.js
+++ b/src/core/render/compiler/link.js
@@ -60,5 +60,5 @@ export const linkCompiler = ({
       attrs.push(`title="${title}"`);
     }
 
-    return `<a href="${href}" ${attrs.join(' ')}>${text}</a>`;
+    return /* html */ `<a href="${href}" ${attrs.join(' ')}>${text}</a>`;
   });
diff --git a/src/core/render/compiler/paragraph.js b/src/core/render/compiler/paragraph.js
index 19a2f3fef..44706e16d 100644
--- a/src/core/render/compiler/paragraph.js
+++ b/src/core/render/compiler/paragraph.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export const paragraphCompiler = ({ renderer }) =>
     } else if (/^\?&gt;/.test(text)) {
       result = helperTpl('warn', text);
     } else {
-      result = `<p>${text}</p>`;
+      result = /* html */ `<p>${text}</p>`;
     }
 
     return result;
diff --git a/src/core/render/compiler/taskListItem.js b/src/core/render/compiler/taskListItem.js
index afc6b1052..e4b2512ff 100644
--- a/src/core/render/compiler/taskListItem.js
+++ b/src/core/render/compiler/taskListItem.js
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ export const taskListItemCompiler = ({ renderer }) =>
   (renderer.listitem = text => {
     const isTaskItem = /^(<input.*type="checkbox"[^>]*>)/.test(text);
     const html = isTaskItem
-      ? `<li class="task-list-item"><label>${text}</label></li>`
-      : `<li>${text}</li>`;
+      ? /* html */ `<li class="task-list-item"><label>${text}</label></li>`
+      : /* html */ `<li>${text}</li>`;
 
     return html;
   });
diff --git a/src/core/render/embed.js b/src/core/render/embed.js
index 1e2ffdb91..fcd8bd7f5 100644
--- a/src/core/render/embed.js
+++ b/src/core/render/embed.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import stripIndent from 'strip-indent';
 import { get } from '../fetch/ajax.js';
-import { merge } from '../util/core.js';
 
 const cached = {};
 
@@ -14,70 +13,72 @@ function walkFetchEmbed({ embedTokens, compile, fetch }, cb) {
   }
 
   while ((token = embedTokens[step++])) {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-shadow
-    const next = (function (token) {
-      return text => {
-        let embedToken;
-        if (text) {
-          if (token.embed.type === 'markdown') {
-            let path = token.embed.url.split('/');
-            path.pop();
-            path = path.join('/');
-            // Resolves relative links to absolute
-            text = text.replace(/\[([^[\]]+)\]\(([^)]+)\)/g, x => {
-              const linkBeginIndex = x.indexOf('(');
-              if (x.slice(linkBeginIndex, linkBeginIndex + 2) === '(.') {
-                return (
-                  x.substring(0, linkBeginIndex) +
-                  `(${window.location.protocol}//${window.location.host}${path}/` +
-                  x.substring(linkBeginIndex + 1, x.length - 1) +
-                  ')'
-                );
-              }
-              return x;
-            });
-
-            // This may contain YAML front matter and will need to be stripped.
-            const frontMatterInstalled =
-              ($docsify.frontMatter || {}).installed || false;
-            if (frontMatterInstalled === true) {
-              text = $docsify.frontMatter.parseMarkdown(text);
-            }
-
-            embedToken = compile.lexer(text);
-          } else if (token.embed.type === 'code') {
-            if (token.embed.fragment) {
-              const fragment = token.embed.fragment;
-              const pattern = new RegExp(
-                `(?:###|\\/\\/\\/)\\s*\\[${fragment}\\]([\\s\\S]*)(?:###|\\/\\/\\/)\\s*\\[${fragment}\\]`
+    const currentToken = token;
+
+    const next = text => {
+      let embedToken;
+      if (text) {
+        if (currentToken.embed.type === 'markdown') {
+          let path = currentToken.embed.url.split('/');
+          path.pop();
+          path = path.join('/');
+          // Resolves relative links to absolute
+          text = text.replace(/\[([^[\]]+)\]\(([^)]+)\)/g, x => {
+            const linkBeginIndex = x.indexOf('(');
+            if (x.slice(linkBeginIndex, linkBeginIndex + 2) === '(.') {
+              return (
+                x.substring(0, linkBeginIndex) +
+                `(${window.location.protocol}//${window.location.host}${path}/` +
+                x.substring(linkBeginIndex + 1, x.length - 1) +
+                ')'
               );
-              text = stripIndent((text.match(pattern) || [])[1] || '').trim();
             }
+            return x;
+          });
+
+          // This may contain YAML front matter and will need to be stripped.
+          const frontMatterInstalled =
+            ($docsify.frontMatter || {}).installed || false;
+          if (frontMatterInstalled === true) {
+            text = $docsify.frontMatter.parseMarkdown(text);
+          }
 
-            embedToken = compile.lexer(
-              '```' +
-                token.embed.lang +
-                '\n' +
-                text.replace(/`/g, '@DOCSIFY_QM@') +
-                '\n```\n'
+          embedToken = compile.lexer(text);
+        } else if (currentToken.embed.type === 'code') {
+          if (currentToken.embed.fragment) {
+            const fragment = currentToken.embed.fragment;
+            const pattern = new RegExp(
+              `(?:###|\\/\\/\\/)\\s*\\[${fragment}\\]([\\s\\S]*)(?:###|\\/\\/\\/)\\s*\\[${fragment}\\]`
             );
-          } else if (token.embed.type === 'mermaid') {
-            embedToken = [
-              { type: 'html', text: `<div class="mermaid">\n${text}\n</div>` },
-            ];
-            embedToken.links = {};
-          } else {
-            embedToken = [{ type: 'html', text }];
-            embedToken.links = {};
+            text = stripIndent((text.match(pattern) || [])[1] || '').trim();
           }
-        }
 
-        cb({ token, embedToken });
-        if (++count >= embedTokens.length) {
-          cb({});
+          embedToken = compile.lexer(
+            '```' +
+              currentToken.embed.lang +
+              '\n' +
+              text.replace(/`/g, '@DOCSIFY_QM@') +
+              '\n```\n'
+          );
+        } else if (currentToken.embed.type === 'mermaid') {
+          embedToken = [
+            {
+              type: 'html',
+              text: /* html */ `<div class="mermaid">\n${text}\n</div>`,
+            },
+          ];
+          embedToken.links = {};
+        } else {
+          embedToken = [{ type: 'html', text }];
+          embedToken.links = {};
         }
-      };
-    })(token);
+      }
+
+      cb({ token: currentToken, embedToken });
+      if (++count >= embedTokens.length) {
+        cb({});
+      }
+    };
 
     if (token.embed.url) {
       get(token.embed.url).then(next);
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ export function prerenderEmbed({ compiler, raw = '', fetch }, done) {
         }
       });
 
-      merge(links, embedToken.links);
+      Object.assign(links, embedToken.links);
 
       tokens = tokens
         .slice(0, index)
diff --git a/src/core/render/emojify.js b/src/core/render/emojify.js
index 52467c8f8..d0c1e0969 100644
--- a/src/core/render/emojify.js
+++ b/src/core/render/emojify.js
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ function replaceEmojiShorthand(m, $1, useNativeEmoji) {
         // Hat tip: https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2018/05/30/journey-in-native-unicode-emoji/#emoji-made-up-of-multiple-characters
         .join('&zwj;')
         .concat('&#xFE0E;');
-      result = `<span class="emoji">${emojiUnicode}</span>`;
+      result = /* html */ `<span class="emoji">${emojiUnicode}</span>`;
     } else {
-      result = `<img src="${emojiData.baseURL}${emojiMatch}.png" alt="${$1}" class="emoji" loading="lazy">`;
+      result = /* html */ `<img src="${emojiData.baseURL}${emojiMatch}.png" alt="${$1}" class="emoji" loading="lazy">`;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/core/render/gen-tree.js b/src/core/render/gen-tree.js
index cfe49282c..f0e6dde56 100644
--- a/src/core/render/gen-tree.js
+++ b/src/core/render/gen-tree.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export function genTree(toc, maxLevel) {
     }
 
     if (last[len]) {
-      last[len].children = (last[len].children || []).concat(headline);
+      last[len].children = [...(last[len].children || []), headline];
     } else {
       headlines.push(headline);
     }
diff --git a/src/core/render/index.js b/src/core/render/index.js
index 56ec1c267..4502efbb5 100644
--- a/src/core/render/index.js
+++ b/src/core/render/index.js
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-unused-vars */
 import tinydate from 'tinydate';
 import * as dom from '../util/dom.js';
-import cssVars from '../util/polyfill/css-vars.js';
 import { getAndActive, sticky } from '../event/sidebar.js';
 import { getPath, isAbsolutePath } from '../router/util.js';
 import { isMobile, inBrowser } from '../util/env.js';
-import { isPrimitive, merge } from '../util/core.js';
+import { isPrimitive } from '../util/core.js';
 import { scrollActiveSidebar } from '../event/scroll.js';
 import { Compiler } from './compiler.js';
 import * as tpl from './tpl.js';
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ function renderMain(html) {
   };
 
   if (!html) {
-    html = '<h1>404 - Not found</h1>';
+    html = /* html */ `<h1>404 - Not found</h1>`;
   }
 
   if ('Vue' in window) {
@@ -167,15 +166,14 @@ function renderMain(html) {
           })
           .map(elm => {
             // Clone global configuration
-            const vueConfig = merge({}, docsifyConfig.vueGlobalOptions || {});
-
+            const vueConfig = {
+              ...docsifyConfig.vueGlobalOptions,
+            };
             // Replace vueGlobalOptions data() return value with shared data object.
             // This provides a global store for all Vue instances that receive
             // vueGlobalOptions as their configuration.
             if (vueGlobalData) {
-              vueConfig.data = function () {
-                return vueGlobalData;
-              };
+              vueConfig.data = () => vueGlobalData;
             }
 
             return [elm, vueConfig];
@@ -458,8 +456,6 @@ export function Render(Base) {
         dom.$.head.appendChild(
           dom.create('div', tpl.theme(config.themeColor)).firstElementChild
         );
-        // Polyfll
-        cssVars(config.themeColor);
       }
 
       this._updateRender();
diff --git a/src/core/render/progressbar.js b/src/core/render/progressbar.js
index caa69459c..613de9285 100644
--- a/src/core/render/progressbar.js
+++ b/src/core/render/progressbar.js
@@ -16,13 +16,15 @@ function init() {
 
 /**
  * Render progress bar
+ * @param {{step: number, loaded?: undefined, total?: undefined} | {step?: undefined, loaded: number, total: number}} info
  */
-export default function ({ loaded, total, step }) {
+export default function (info) {
+  const { loaded, total, step } = info;
   let num;
 
   !barEl && init();
 
-  if (step) {
+  if (typeof step !== 'undefined') {
     num = parseInt(barEl.style.width || 0, 10) + step;
     num = num > 80 ? 80 : num;
   } else {
diff --git a/src/core/render/slugify.js b/src/core/render/slugify.js
index a605f1765..7a6bf8be5 100644
--- a/src/core/render/slugify.js
+++ b/src/core/render/slugify.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import { hasOwn } from '../util/core.js';
-
 let cache = {};
 const re = /[\u2000-\u206F\u2E00-\u2E7F\\'!"#$%&()*+,./:;<=>?@[\]^`{|}~]/g;
 
@@ -22,7 +20,7 @@ export function slugify(str) {
     .replace(/^(\d)/, '_$1');
   let count = cache[slug];
 
-  count = hasOwn.call(cache, slug) ? count + 1 : 0;
+  count = Object.keys(cache).includes(slug) ? count + 1 : 0;
   cache[slug] = count;
 
   if (count) {
diff --git a/src/core/render/tpl.js b/src/core/render/tpl.js
index 47ceeab74..424ffe88f 100644
--- a/src/core/render/tpl.js
+++ b/src/core/render/tpl.js
@@ -17,15 +17,15 @@ export function corner(data, cornerExternalLinkTarget) {
   // Double check
   cornerExternalLinkTarget = cornerExternalLinkTarget || '_blank';
 
-  return (
-    `<a href="${data}" target="${cornerExternalLinkTarget}" class="github-corner" aria-label="View source on Github">` +
-    '<svg viewBox="0 0 250 250" aria-hidden="true">' +
-    '<path d="M0,0 L115,115 L130,115 L142,142 L250,250 L250,0 Z"></path>' +
-    '<path d="M128.3,109.0 C113.8,99.7 119.0,89.6 119.0,89.6 C122.0,82.7 120.5,78.6 120.5,78.6 C119.2,72.0 123.4,76.3 123.4,76.3 C127.3,80.9 125.5,87.3 125.5,87.3 C122.9,97.6 130.6,101.9 134.4,103.2" fill="currentColor" style="transform-origin: 130px 106px;" class="octo-arm"></path>' +
-    '<path d="M115.0,115.0 C114.9,115.1 118.7,116.5 119.8,115.4 L133.7,101.6 C136.9,99.2 139.9,98.4 142.2,98.6 C133.8,88.0 127.5,74.4 143.8,58.0 C148.5,53.4 154.0,51.2 159.7,51.0 C160.3,49.4 163.2,43.6 171.4,40.1 C171.4,40.1 176.1,42.5 178.8,56.2 C183.1,58.6 187.2,61.8 190.9,65.4 C194.5,69.0 197.7,73.2 200.1,77.6 C213.8,80.2 216.3,84.9 216.3,84.9 C212.7,93.1 206.9,96.0 205.4,96.6 C205.1,102.4 203.0,107.8 198.3,112.5 C181.9,128.9 168.3,122.5 157.7,114.1 C157.9,116.9 156.7,120.9 152.7,124.9 L141.0,136.5 C139.8,137.7 141.6,141.9 141.8,141.8 Z" fill="currentColor" class="octo-body"></path>' +
-    '</svg>' +
-    '</a>'
-  );
+  return /* html */ `
+    <a href="${data}" target="${cornerExternalLinkTarget}" class="github-corner" aria-label="View source on Github">
+      <svg viewBox="0 0 250 250" aria-hidden="true">
+        <path d="M0,0 L115,115 L130,115 L142,142 L250,250 L250,0 Z"></path>
+        <path d="M128.3,109.0 C113.8,99.7 119.0,89.6 119.0,89.6 C122.0,82.7 120.5,78.6 120.5,78.6 C119.2,72.0 123.4,76.3 123.4,76.3 C127.3,80.9 125.5,87.3 125.5,87.3 C122.9,97.6 130.6,101.9 134.4,103.2" fill="currentColor" style="transform-origin: 130px 106px;" class="octo-arm"></path>
+        <path d="M115.0,115.0 C114.9,115.1 118.7,116.5 119.8,115.4 L133.7,101.6 C136.9,99.2 139.9,98.4 142.2,98.6 C133.8,88.0 127.5,74.4 143.8,58.0 C148.5,53.4 154.0,51.2 159.7,51.0 C160.3,49.4 163.2,43.6 171.4,40.1 C171.4,40.1 176.1,42.5 178.8,56.2 C183.1,58.6 187.2,61.8 190.9,65.4 C194.5,69.0 197.7,73.2 200.1,77.6 C213.8,80.2 216.3,84.9 216.3,84.9 C212.7,93.1 206.9,96.0 205.4,96.6 C205.1,102.4 203.0,107.8 198.3,112.5 C181.9,128.9 168.3,122.5 157.7,114.1 C157.9,116.9 156.7,120.9 152.7,124.9 L141.0,136.5 C139.8,137.7 141.6,141.9 141.8,141.8 Z" fill="currentColor" class="octo-body"></path>
+      </svg>
+    </a>
+  `;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -36,27 +36,33 @@ export function corner(data, cornerExternalLinkTarget) {
 export function main(config) {
   const name = config.name ? config.name : '';
 
-  const aside =
-    '<button class="sidebar-toggle" aria-label="Menu">' +
-    '<div class="sidebar-toggle-button">' +
-    '<span></span><span></span><span></span>' +
-    '</div>' +
-    '</button>' +
-    '<aside class="sidebar">' +
-    (config.name
-      ? `<h1 class="app-name"><a class="app-name-link" data-nosearch>${
-          config.logo ? `<img alt="${name}" src=${config.logo}>` : name
-        }</a></h1>`
-      : '') +
-    '<div class="sidebar-nav"><!--sidebar--></div>' +
-    '</aside>';
-  return (
-    `<main>${aside}` +
-    '<section class="content">' +
-    '<article class="markdown-section" id="main"><!--main--></article>' +
-    '</section>' +
-    '</main>'
-  );
+  const aside = /* html */ `
+    <button class="sidebar-toggle" aria-label="Menu">
+      <div class="sidebar-toggle-button">
+        <span></span><span></span><span></span>
+      </div>
+    </button>
+    <aside class="sidebar">
+      ${
+        config.name
+          ? /* html */ `
+            <h1 class="app-name"><a class="app-name-link" data-nosearch>${
+              config.logo ? `<img alt="${name}" src=${config.logo} />` : name
+            }</a></h1>
+          `
+          : ''
+      }
+      <div class="sidebar-nav"><!--sidebar--></div>
+    </aside>
+  `;
+
+  return /* html */ `
+    <main>${aside}
+      <section class="content">
+        <article class="markdown-section" id="main"><!--main--></article>
+      </section>
+    </main>
+  `;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -65,17 +71,20 @@ export function main(config) {
  */
 export function cover() {
   const SL = ', 100%, 85%';
-  const bgc =
-    'linear-gradient(to left bottom, ' +
-    `hsl(${Math.floor(Math.random() * 255) + SL}) 0%,` +
-    `hsl(${Math.floor(Math.random() * 255) + SL}) 100%)`;
+  const bgc = `
+    linear-gradient(
+      to left bottom,
+      hsl(${Math.floor(Math.random() * 255) + SL}) 0%,
+      hsl(${Math.floor(Math.random() * 255) + SL}) 100%
+    )
+  `;
 
-  return (
-    `<section class="cover show" style="background: ${bgc}">` +
-    '<div class="mask"></div>' +
-    '<div class="cover-main"><!--cover--></div>' +
-    '</section>'
-  );
+  return /* html */ `
+    <section class="cover show" style="background: ${bgc}">
+      <div class="mask"></div>
+      <div class="cover-main"><!--cover--></div>
+    </section>
+  `;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -84,7 +93,10 @@ export function cover() {
  * @param  {String} tpl TPL list
  * @return {String} Rendered tree
  */
-export function tree(toc, tpl = '<ul class="app-sub-sidebar">{inner}</ul>') {
+export function tree(
+  toc,
+  tpl = /* html */ `<ul class="app-sub-sidebar">{inner}</ul>`
+) {
   if (!toc || !toc.length) {
     return '';
   }
@@ -92,7 +104,7 @@ export function tree(toc, tpl = '<ul class="app-sub-sidebar">{inner}</ul>') {
   let innerHTML = '';
   toc.forEach(node => {
     const title = node.title.replace(/(<([^>]+)>)/g, '');
-    innerHTML += `<li><a class="section-link" href="${node.slug}" title="${title}">${node.title}</a></li>`;
+    innerHTML += /* html */ `<li><a class="section-link" href="${node.slug}" title="${title}">${node.title}</a></li>`;
     if (node.children) {
       innerHTML += tree(node.children, tpl);
     }
@@ -101,9 +113,12 @@ export function tree(toc, tpl = '<ul class="app-sub-sidebar">{inner}</ul>') {
 }
 
 export function helper(className, content) {
-  return `<p class="${className}">${content.slice(5).trim()}</p>`;
+  return /* html */ `<p class="${className}">${content.slice(5).trim()}</p>`;
 }
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated
+ */
 export function theme(color) {
-  return `<style>:root{--theme-color: ${color};}</style>`;
+  return /* html */ `<style>:root{--theme-color: ${color};}</style>`;
 }
diff --git a/src/core/router/history/base.js b/src/core/router/history/base.js
index d628c58ec..72ba40751 100644
--- a/src/core/router/history/base.js
+++ b/src/core/router/history/base.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
   replaceSlug,
   resolvePath,
 } from '../util.js';
-import { noop, merge } from '../../util/core.js';
+import { noop } from '../../util/core.js';
 
 const cached = {};
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export class History {
     const local = currentRoute && path[0] === '#';
     const route = this.parse(replaceSlug(path));
 
-    route.query = merge({}, route.query, params);
+    route.query = { ...route.query, ...params };
     path = route.path + stringifyQuery(route.query);
     path = path.replace(/\.md(\?)|\.md$/, '$1');
 
diff --git a/src/core/router/history/hash.js b/src/core/router/history/hash.js
index 2475c5c5a..ecb2caf14 100644
--- a/src/core/router/history/hash.js
+++ b/src/core/router/history/hash.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { isExternal, noop } from '../../util/core.js';
 import { on } from '../../util/dom.js';
-import { endsWith } from '../../util/str.js';
 import { parseQuery, cleanPath, replaceSlug } from '../util.js';
 import { History } from './base.js';
 
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ export class HashHistory extends History {
     // prevents the `/index.html` part of the URI from being
     // remove during routing.
     // See here: https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify/pull/1372
-    const basePath = endsWith(path, '.html')
+    const basePath = path.endsWith('.html')
       ? path + '#/' + base
       : path + '/' + base;
     return /^(\/|https?:)/g.test(base) ? base : cleanPath(basePath);
diff --git a/src/core/router/index.js b/src/core/router/index.js
index 0a409846a..8b3814bf9 100644
--- a/src/core/router/index.js
+++ b/src/core/router/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { supportsPushState } from '../util/env.js';
 import * as dom from '../util/dom.js';
 import { noop } from '../util/core.js';
 import { HashHistory } from './history/hash.js';
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ export function Router(Base) {
       const mode = config.routerMode || 'hash';
       let router;
 
-      if (mode === 'history' && supportsPushState) {
+      if (mode === 'history') {
         router = new HTML5History(config);
       } else {
         router = new HashHistory(config);
diff --git a/src/core/router/util.js b/src/core/router/util.js
index 1a764fa31..e3f7608b3 100644
--- a/src/core/router/util.js
+++ b/src/core/router/util.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export function parseQuery(query) {
   }
 
   // Simple parse
-  query.split('&').forEach(function (param) {
+  query.split('&').forEach(param => {
     const parts = param.replace(/\+/g, ' ').split('=');
 
     res[parts[0]] = parts[1] && decode(parts[1]);
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ export const cleanPath = cached(path => {
 export const resolvePath = cached(path => {
   const segments = path.replace(/^\//, '').split('/');
   let resolved = [];
-  for (let i = 0, len = segments.length; i < len; i++) {
-    const segment = segments[i];
+  for (const segment of segments) {
     if (segment === '..') {
       resolved.pop();
     } else if (segment !== '.') {
diff --git a/src/core/util/core.js b/src/core/util/core.js
index e1e585d53..a091075cb 100644
--- a/src/core/util/core.js
+++ b/src/core/util/core.js
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 /**
- * Create a cached version of a pure function.
+ * Create a cached version of fn that given an input string returns a
+ * cached return value mapped from the string, regardless if fn is a new function every time.
+ * created.
  * @param {*} fn The function call to be cached
  * @void
  */
-
+// TODO Replace this with a proper memo(fn) based on args per function.
 export function cached(fn) {
   const cache = Object.create(null);
   return function (str) {
@@ -20,33 +22,10 @@ export const hyphenate = cached(str => {
   return str.replace(/([A-Z])/g, m => '-' + m.toLowerCase());
 });
 
-export const hasOwn = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty;
-
-/**
- * Simple Object.assign polyfill
- * @param {Object} to The object to be merged with
- * @returns {Object} The merged object
- */
-export const merge =
-  Object.assign ||
-  function (to) {
-    for (let i = 1; i < arguments.length; i++) {
-      const from = Object(arguments[i]);
-
-      for (const key in from) {
-        if (hasOwn.call(from, key)) {
-          to[key] = from[key];
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
-    return to;
-  };
-
 /**
  * Check if value is primitive
  * @param {*} value Checks if a value is primitive
- * @returns {Boolean} Result of the check
+ * @returns {value is string | number} Result of the check
  */
 export function isPrimitive(value) {
   return typeof value === 'string' || typeof value === 'number';
@@ -61,7 +40,7 @@ export function noop() {}
 /**
  * Check if value is function
  * @param {*} obj Any javascript object
- * @returns {Boolean} True if the passed-in value is a function
+ * @returns {obj is Function} True if the passed-in value is a function
  */
 export function isFn(obj) {
   return typeof obj === 'function';
diff --git a/src/core/util/dom.js b/src/core/util/dom.js
index cd5db6d79..4068ef88d 100644
--- a/src/core/util/dom.js
+++ b/src/core/util/dom.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const cacheNode = {};
  * Get Node
  * @param  {String|Element} el A DOM element
  * @param  {Boolean} noCache Flag to use or not use the cache
- * @return {Element} The found node element
+ * @return {HTMLElement | SVGElement} The found node element
  */
 export function getNode(el, noCache = false) {
   if (typeof el === 'string') {
@@ -46,13 +46,11 @@ export function find(el, node) {
  * @param {Element} node The query
  * @returns {Array<Element>} An array of DOM elements
  * @example
- * findAll('a') => [].slice.call(document.querySelectorAll('a'))
- * findAll(nav, 'a') => [].slice.call(nav.querySelectorAll('a'))
+ * findAll('a') => Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('a'))
+ * findAll(nav, 'a') => Array.from(nav.querySelectorAll('a'))
  */
 export function findAll(el, node) {
-  return [].slice.call(
-    node ? el.querySelectorAll(node) : $.querySelectorAll(el)
-  );
+  return Array.from(node ? el.querySelectorAll(node) : $.querySelectorAll(el));
 }
 
 export function create(node, tpl) {
@@ -86,8 +84,8 @@ export function off(el, type, handler) {
 
 /**
  * Toggle class
- * @param {String|Element} el The element that needs the class to be toggled
- * @param {Element} type The type of action to be performed on the classList (toggle by default)
+ * @param {Element|null} el The element that needs the class to be toggled
+ * @param {string} type The type of action to be performed on the classList (toggle by default)
  * @param {String} val Name of the class to be toggled
  * @void
  * @example
diff --git a/src/core/util/env.js b/src/core/util/env.js
index ca6e6cb94..373f8f0db 100644
--- a/src/core/util/env.js
+++ b/src/core/util/env.js
@@ -1,21 +1,3 @@
 export const inBrowser = true; // True for now, may change when we add SSR.
 
 export const isMobile = inBrowser && document.body.clientWidth <= 600;
-
-/**
- * @see https://github.com/MoOx/pjax/blob/master/lib/is-supported.js
- */
-export const supportsPushState =
-  inBrowser &&
-  (function () {
-    // Borrowed wholesale from https://github.com/defunkt/jquery-pjax
-    return (
-      window.history &&
-      window.history.pushState &&
-      window.history.replaceState &&
-      // PushState isn’t reliable on iOS until 5.
-      !navigator.userAgent.match(
-        /((iPod|iPhone|iPad).+\bOS\s+[1-4]\D|WebApps\/.+CFNetwork)/
-      )
-    );
-  })();
diff --git a/src/core/util/polyfill/css-vars.js b/src/core/util/polyfill/css-vars.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 872eeba94..000000000
--- a/src/core/util/polyfill/css-vars.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-import * as dom from '../dom.js';
-import { get } from '../../fetch/ajax.js';
-
-function replaceVar(block, color) {
-  block.innerHTML = block.innerHTML.replace(
-    /var\(\s*--theme-color.*?\)/g,
-    color
-  );
-}
-
-export default function (color) {
-  // Variable support
-  if (window.CSS && window.CSS.supports && window.CSS.supports('(--v:red)')) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  const styleBlocks = dom.findAll('style:not(.inserted),link');
-  [].forEach.call(styleBlocks, block => {
-    if (block.nodeName === 'STYLE') {
-      replaceVar(block, color);
-    } else if (block.nodeName === 'LINK') {
-      const href = block.getAttribute('href');
-
-      if (!/\.css$/.test(href)) {
-        return;
-      }
-
-      get(href).then(res => {
-        const style = dom.create('style', res);
-
-        dom.head.appendChild(style);
-        replaceVar(style, color);
-      });
-    }
-  });
-}
diff --git a/src/core/util/str.js b/src/core/util/str.js
index 4663b5ebe..e973fe7b1 100644
--- a/src/core/util/str.js
+++ b/src/core/util/str.js
@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
-export function startsWith(str, prefix) {
-  return str.indexOf(prefix) === 0;
-}
-
-export function endsWith(str, suffix) {
-  return str.indexOf(suffix, str.length - suffix.length) !== -1;
-}
-
 export function removeDocsifyIgnoreTag(str) {
   return str
     .replace(/<!-- {docsify-ignore} -->/, '')
diff --git a/src/core/virtual-routes/exact-match.js b/src/core/virtual-routes/exact-match.js
index b825741e4..2f38cb592 100644
--- a/src/core/virtual-routes/exact-match.js
+++ b/src/core/virtual-routes/exact-match.js
@@ -1,21 +1,17 @@
-import { startsWith, endsWith } from '../util/str.js';
-
 /**
  * Adds beginning of input (^) and end of input ($) assertions if needed into a regex string
  * @param {string} matcher the string to match
  * @returns {string}
  */
 export function makeExactMatcher(matcher) {
-  const matcherWithBeginningOfInput = startsWith(matcher, '^')
+  const matcherWithBeginningOfInput = matcher.startsWith('^')
     ? matcher
     : `^${matcher}`;
 
-  const matcherWithBeginningAndEndOfInput = endsWith(
-    matcherWithBeginningOfInput,
-    '$'
-  )
-    ? matcherWithBeginningOfInput
-    : `${matcherWithBeginningOfInput}$`;
+  const matcherWithBeginningAndEndOfInput =
+    matcherWithBeginningOfInput.endsWith('$')
+      ? matcherWithBeginningOfInput
+      : `${matcherWithBeginningOfInput}$`;
 
   return matcherWithBeginningAndEndOfInput;
 }
diff --git a/src/core/virtual-routes/index.js b/src/core/virtual-routes/index.js
index 9c8f5fd56..1009658a4 100644
--- a/src/core/virtual-routes/index.js
+++ b/src/core/virtual-routes/index.js
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export function VirtualRoutes(Base) {
       }
 
       return {
-        then: function (cb) {
+        then(cb) {
           done = cb;
           asyncMatchNextRoute();
         },
diff --git a/src/plugins/disqus.js b/src/plugins/disqus.js
index ba5f010da..0658aa9ff 100644
--- a/src/plugins/disqus.js
+++ b/src/plugins/disqus.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/* eslint-disable no-unused-vars */
 const fixedPath = location.href.replace('/-/', '/#/');
 if (fixedPath !== location.href) {
   location.href = fixedPath;
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ function install(hook, vm) {
     dom.appendTo(dom.find('.content'), div);
 
     // eslint-disable-next-line
-    window.disqus_config = function() {
+    window.disqus_config = function () {
       this.page.url = location.origin + '/-' + vm.route.path;
       this.page.identifier = vm.route.path;
       this.page.title = document.title;
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ function install(hook, vm) {
     if (typeof window.DISQUS !== 'undefined') {
       window.DISQUS.reset({
         reload: true,
-        config: function () {
+        config() {
           this.page.url = location.origin + '/-' + vm.route.path;
           this.page.identifier = vm.route.path;
           this.page.title = document.title;
@@ -49,4 +48,5 @@ function install(hook, vm) {
   });
 }
 
-$docsify.plugins = [].concat(install, $docsify.plugins);
+window.$docsify = window.$docsify || {};
+$docsify.plugins = [install, ...($docsify.plugins || [])];
diff --git a/src/plugins/emoji.js b/src/plugins/emoji.js
index 3668ea3ef..cd6262044 100644
--- a/src/plugins/emoji.js
+++ b/src/plugins/emoji.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ if (window && window.console) {
 
 // Emoji from GitHub API
 window.emojify = function (match, $1) {
-  return Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(emojiData.data, $1) === false
-    ? match
-    : `<img src="${emojiData.baseURL}${emojiData.data[$1]}" alt="${$1}" class="emoji" />`;
+  return $1 in emojiData.data
+    ? /* html */ `<img src="${emojiData.baseURL}${emojiData.data[$1]}" alt="${$1}" class="emoji" />`
+    : match;
 };
diff --git a/src/plugins/external-script.js b/src/plugins/external-script.js
index 56881c5b9..fcdeca706 100644
--- a/src/plugins/external-script.js
+++ b/src/plugins/external-script.js
@@ -2,13 +2,11 @@ function handleExternalScript() {
   const container = Docsify.dom.getNode('#main');
   const scripts = Docsify.dom.findAll(container, 'script');
 
-  for (let i = scripts.length; i--; ) {
-    const script = scripts[i];
-
-    if (script && script.src) {
+  for (const script of scripts) {
+    if (script.src) {
       const newScript = document.createElement('script');
 
-      Array.prototype.slice.call(script.attributes).forEach(attribute => {
+      Array.from(script.attributes).forEach(attribute => {
         newScript[attribute.name] = attribute.value;
       });
 
@@ -22,4 +20,5 @@ const install = function (hook) {
   hook.doneEach(handleExternalScript);
 };
 
-window.$docsify.plugins = [].concat(install, window.$docsify.plugins);
+window.$docsify = window.$docsify || {};
+$docsify.plugins = [install, ...($docsify.plugins || [])];
diff --git a/src/plugins/front-matter/index.js b/src/plugins/front-matter/index.js
index e98245a7a..ffe7986fc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/front-matter/index.js
+++ b/src/plugins/front-matter/index.js
@@ -18,4 +18,5 @@ const install = function (hook, vm) {
   });
 };
 
-$docsify.plugins = [].concat(install, $docsify.plugins);
+window.$docsify = window.$docsify || {};
+$docsify.plugins = [install, ...($docsify.plugins || [])];
diff --git a/src/plugins/front-matter/parser.js b/src/plugins/front-matter/parser.js
index 629f10412..5e6a56af3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/front-matter/parser.js
+++ b/src/plugins/front-matter/parser.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 /* eslint-disable */
 import parser from './yaml.js'
 
-var optionalByteOrderMark = '\\ufeff?'
-var pattern =
+const optionalByteOrderMark = '\\ufeff?'
+const pattern =
   '^(' +
   optionalByteOrderMark +
   '(= yaml =|---)' +
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ var pattern =
   '(?:\\n)?)'
 // NOTE: If this pattern uses the 'g' flag the `regex` variable definition will
 // need to be moved down into the functions that use it.
-var regex = new RegExp(pattern, 'm')
+const regex = new RegExp(pattern, 'm')
 
 function extractor(string) {
   string = string || ''
 
-  var lines = string.split(/(\r?\n)/)
+  const lines = string.split(/(\r?\n)/)
   if (lines[0] && /= yaml =|---/.test(lines[0])) {
     return parse(string)
   } else {
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ function extractor(string) {
 }
 
 function parse(string) {
-  var match = regex.exec(string)
+  const match = regex.exec(string)
 
   if (!match) {
     return {
@@ -39,17 +39,11 @@ function parse(string) {
     }
   }
 
-  var yaml = match[match.length - 1].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '')
-  var attributes = parser(yaml) || {}
-  var body = string.replace(match[0], '')
+  const yaml = match[match.length - 1].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '')
+  const attributes = parser(yaml) || {}
+  const body = string.replace(match[0], '')
 
   return { attributes: attributes, body: body, frontmatter: yaml }
 }
 
-function test(string) {
-  string = string || ''
-
-  return regex.test(string)
-}
-
 export default extractor
diff --git a/src/plugins/front-matter/yaml.js b/src/plugins/front-matter/yaml.js
index b94746345..09c1ac5ca 100644
--- a/src/plugins/front-matter/yaml.js
+++ b/src/plugins/front-matter/yaml.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /**
- * Fork https://github.com/egoist/docute/blob/master/src/utils/yaml.js
+ * Forked from https://github.com/egoist/docute/blob/master/src/utils/yaml.js
  */
 /* eslint-disable */
 /*
@@ -75,37 +75,6 @@ function Block(lvl) {
   }
 }
 
-// function to create an XMLHttpClient in a cross-browser manner
-function createXMLHTTPRequest() {
-  var xmlhttp
-
-  try {
-    // Mozilla / Safari / IE7
-    xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest()
-  } catch (e) {
-    // IE
-    var XMLHTTP_IDS = new Array(
-      'MSXML2.XMLHTTP.5.0',
-      'MSXML2.XMLHTTP.4.0',
-      'MSXML2.XMLHTTP.3.0',
-      'MSXML2.XMLHTTP',
-      'Microsoft.XMLHTTP'
-    )
-    var success = false
-    for (var i = 0; i < XMLHTTP_IDS.length && !success; i++) {
-      try {
-        xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject(XMLHTTP_IDS[i])
-        success = true
-      } catch (e) {}
-    }
-    if (!success) {
-      throw new Error('Unable to create XMLHttpRequest.')
-    }
-  }
-
-  return xmlhttp
-}
-
 function parser(str) {
   var regLevel = regex['regLevel']
   var invalidLine = regex['invalidLine']
diff --git a/src/plugins/ga.js b/src/plugins/ga.js
index 37167a4dc..9d987fbbb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ga.js
+++ b/src/plugins/ga.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/* eslint-disable no-console */
 // From https://github.com/egoist/vue-ga/blob/master/src/index.js
 function appendScript() {
   const script = document.createElement('script');
@@ -37,4 +36,5 @@ const install = function (hook) {
   hook.beforeEach(collect);
 };
 
-$docsify.plugins = [].concat(install, $docsify.plugins);
+window.$docsify = window.$docsify || {};
+$docsify.plugins = [install, ...($docsify.plugins || [])];
diff --git a/src/plugins/gitalk.js b/src/plugins/gitalk.js
index b8d5f46e4..627dcef3b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/gitalk.js
+++ b/src/plugins/gitalk.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* eslint-disable no-unused-vars */
+/* global gitalk */
 function install(hook) {
   const dom = Docsify.dom;
 
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ function install(hook) {
       el.removeChild(el.firstChild);
     }
 
-    // eslint-disable-next-line
     gitalk.render('gitalk-container');
   });
 }
 
-$docsify.plugins = [].concat(install, $docsify.plugins);
+window.$docsify = window.$docsify || {};
+$docsify.plugins = [install, ...($docsify.plugins || [])];
diff --git a/src/plugins/gtag.js b/src/plugins/gtag.js
index aec713cb7..39b532cf8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/gtag.js
+++ b/src/plugins/gtag.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/* eslint-disable no-console */
 // From ./ga.js
 
 function appendScript(id) {
@@ -69,4 +68,5 @@ const install = function (hook) {
   hook.beforeEach(collect);
 };
 
-$docsify.plugins = [].concat(install, $docsify.plugins);
+window.$docsify = window.$docsify || {};
+$docsify.plugins = [install, ...($docsify.plugins || [])];
diff --git a/src/plugins/matomo.js b/src/plugins/matomo.js
index 48abb5e5d..e4ed911ce 100644
--- a/src/plugins/matomo.js
+++ b/src/plugins/matomo.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ function init(options) {
   window._paq = window._paq || [];
   window._paq.push(['trackPageView']);
   window._paq.push(['enableLinkTracking']);
-  setTimeout(function () {
+  setTimeout(() => {
     appendScript(options);
     window._paq.push(['setTrackerUrl', options.host + '/matomo.php']);
     window._paq.push(['setSiteId', String(options.id)]);
@@ -36,4 +36,5 @@ const install = function (hook) {
   hook.beforeEach(collect);
 };
 
-$docsify.plugins = [].concat(install, $docsify.plugins);
+window.$docsify = window.$docsify || {};
+$docsify.plugins = [install, ...($docsify.plugins || [])];
diff --git a/src/plugins/search/component.js b/src/plugins/search/component.js
index f184c5837..35a99115d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/search/component.js
+++ b/src/plugins/search/component.js
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ function style() {
 }
 
 function tpl(defaultValue = '') {
-  const html = `<div class="input-wrap">
+  const html = /* html */ `
+    <div class="input-wrap">
       <input type="search" value="${defaultValue}" aria-label="Search text" />
       <div class="clear-button">
         <svg width="26" height="24">
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ function tpl(defaultValue = '') {
       </div>
     </div>
     <div class="results-panel"></div>
-    </div>`;
+  `;
   const el = Docsify.dom.create('div', html);
   const aside = Docsify.dom.find('aside');
 
@@ -154,17 +155,19 @@ function doSearch(value) {
 
   let html = '';
   matchs.forEach(post => {
-    html += `<div class="matching-post">
-<a href="${post.url}">
-<h2>${post.title}</h2>
-<p>${post.content}</p>
-</a>
-</div>`;
+    html += /* html */ `
+      <div class="matching-post">
+        <a href="${post.url}">
+          <h2>${post.title}</h2>
+          <p>${post.content}</p>
+        </a>
+      </div>
+    `;
   });
 
   $panel.classList.add('show');
   $clearBtn.classList.add('show');
-  $panel.innerHTML = html || `<p class="empty">${NO_DATA_TEXT}</p>`;
+  $panel.innerHTML = html || /* html */ `<p class="empty">${NO_DATA_TEXT}</p>`;
   if (options.hideOtherSidebarContent) {
     $sidebarNav && $sidebarNav.classList.add('hide');
     $appName && $appName.classList.add('hide');
diff --git a/src/plugins/search/index.js b/src/plugins/search/index.js
index 1e97200b5..1d67c95e7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/search/index.js
+++ b/src/plugins/search/index.js
@@ -46,4 +46,5 @@ const install = function (hook, vm) {
   });
 };
 
-$docsify.plugins = [].concat(install, $docsify.plugins);
+window.$docsify = window.$docsify || {};
+$docsify.plugins = [install, ...($docsify.plugins || [])];
diff --git a/src/plugins/search/search.js b/src/plugins/search/search.js
index c3af63706..327cb370c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/search/search.js
+++ b/src/plugins/search/search.js
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export function genIndex(path, content = '', router, depth) {
   let slug;
   let title = '';
 
-  tokens.forEach(function (token, tokenIndex) {
+  tokens.forEach((token, tokenIndex) => {
     if (token.type === 'heading' && token.depth <= depth) {
       const { str, config } = getAndRemoveConfig(token.text);
 
@@ -149,17 +149,19 @@ export function search(query) {
   const matchingResults = [];
   let data = [];
   Object.keys(INDEXS).forEach(key => {
-    data = data.concat(Object.keys(INDEXS[key]).map(page => INDEXS[key][page]));
+    data = [
+      ...data,
+      ...Object.keys(INDEXS[key]).map(page => INDEXS[key][page]),
+    ];
   });
 
   query = query.trim();
   let keywords = query.split(/[\s\-，\\/]+/);
   if (keywords.length !== 1) {
-    keywords = [].concat(query, keywords);
+    keywords = [query, ...keywords];
   }
 
-  for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
-    const post = data[i];
+  for (const post of data) {
     let matchesScore = 0;
     let resultStr = '';
     let handlePostTitle = '';
@@ -213,7 +215,7 @@ export function search(query) {
                 .substring(start, end)
                 .replace(
                   regEx,
-                  word => `<em class="search-keyword">${word}</em>`
+                  word => /* html */ `<em class="search-keyword">${word}</em>`
                 ) +
               '...';
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/zoom-image.js b/src/plugins/zoom-image.js
index f227e9fee..369ca16f5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/zoom-image.js
+++ b/src/plugins/zoom-image.js
@@ -1,23 +1,16 @@
-/* eslint-disable no-unused-vars */
 import mediumZoom from 'medium-zoom';
 
-const matchesSelector =
-  Element.prototype.matches ||
-  Element.prototype.webkitMatchesSelector ||
-  Element.prototype.msMatchesSelector;
-
 function install(hook) {
   let zoom;
 
   hook.doneEach(_ => {
-    let elms = Array.apply(
-      null,
+    let elms = Array.from(
       document.querySelectorAll(
         '.markdown-section img:not(.emoji):not([data-no-zoom])'
       )
     );
 
-    elms = elms.filter(elm => matchesSelector.call(elm, 'a img') === false);
+    elms = elms.filter(elm => !elm.matches('a img'));
 
     if (zoom) {
       zoom.detach();
@@ -27,4 +20,5 @@ function install(hook) {
   });
 }
 
-$docsify.plugins = [].concat(install, $docsify.plugins);
+window.$docsify = window.$docsify || {};
+$docsify.plugins = [install, ...($docsify.plugins || [])];
diff --git a/test/config/server.js b/test/config/server.js
index c066ebd17..2c16029e4 100644
--- a/test/config/server.js
+++ b/test/config/server.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { create } from 'browser-sync';
 import path from 'path';
 import url from 'url';
+import { noop } from '../../src/core/util/core.js';
 
 const browserSync = create();
 
@@ -15,13 +16,13 @@ const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
 
 export const TEST_HOST = `http://${serverConfig.hostname}:${serverConfig.port}`;
 
-function startServer(options = {}, cb = Function.prototype) {
+function startServer(options = {}, cb = noop) {
   const defaults = {
     ...serverConfig,
     middleware: [
       {
         route: '/_blank.html',
-        handle: function (req, res, next) {
+        handle(req, res, next) {
           res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html');
           res.end('');
           next();
@@ -50,23 +51,20 @@ function startServer(options = {}, cb = Function.prototype) {
     snippetOptions: {
       rule: {
         match: /<\/body>/i,
-        fn: function (snippet, match) {
+        fn(snippet, match) {
           // Override changelog alias to load local changelog (see routes)
-          const newSnippet = `
+          const newSnippet = /* html */ `
             ${snippet.replace(/<script[^>]*/, '$& type="text/plain"')}
             <script>
-              (function() {
-                var aliasConfig = (window && window.$docsify && window.$docsify.alias) || {};
-                var isIE = /*@cc_on!@*/false || !!document.documentMode;
+              {
+                const aliasConfig = (window && window.$docsify && window.$docsify.alias) || {};
 
                 // Fix /docs site configuration during tests
                 aliasConfig['.*?/changelog'] = '/changelog.md';
 
-                // Enable BrowserSync snippet for non-IE browsers
-                if (!isIE) {
-                  document.querySelector('#__bs_script__').removeAttribute('type');
-                }
-              })();
+                // Enable BrowserSync snippet
+                document.querySelector('#__bs_script__').removeAttribute('type');
+              }
             </script>
             ${match}
           `;
diff --git a/test/e2e/configuration.test.js b/test/e2e/configuration.test.js
index f54c0dede..b3f3a54ae 100644
--- a/test/e2e/configuration.test.js
+++ b/test/e2e/configuration.test.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* global fail */
 import docsifyInit from '../helpers/docsify-init.js';
 import { test, expect } from './fixtures/docsify-init-fixture.js';
 
@@ -14,10 +15,9 @@ test.describe('Configuration options', () => {
         plugins: [
           function (hook, vm) {
             hook.init(function () {
-              // eslint-disable-next-line no-undef
               fail();
             });
-            hook.beforeEach(function (markdown) {
+            hook.beforeEach(markdown => {
               return `${markdown}\n\nbeforeEach`;
             });
           },
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ test.describe('Configuration options', () => {
         plugins: [
           function (hook, vm) {
             hook.ready(function () {
-              // eslint-disable-next-line no-undef
               fail();
             });
           },
diff --git a/test/e2e/plugins.test.js b/test/e2e/plugins.test.js
index 8944462bc..ebf6d3ca9 100644
--- a/test/e2e/plugins.test.js
+++ b/test/e2e/plugins.test.js
@@ -21,43 +21,43 @@ test.describe('Plugins', () => {
       config: {
         plugins: [
           function (hook, vm) {
-            hook.init(function () {
+            hook.init(() => {
               console.log('init');
             });
 
-            hook.mounted(function () {
+            hook.mounted(() => {
               console.log('mounted');
             });
 
-            hook.beforeEach(function (markdown, next) {
-              setTimeout(function () {
+            hook.beforeEach((markdown, next) => {
+              setTimeout(() => {
                 console.log('beforeEach-async');
                 next(markdown);
               }, 100);
             });
 
-            hook.beforeEach(function (markdown) {
+            hook.beforeEach(markdown => {
               console.log('beforeEach');
               return markdown;
             });
 
-            hook.afterEach(function (html, next) {
-              setTimeout(function () {
+            hook.afterEach((html, next) => {
+              setTimeout(() => {
                 console.log('afterEach-async');
                 next(html);
               }, 100);
             });
 
-            hook.afterEach(function (html) {
+            hook.afterEach(html => {
               console.log('afterEach');
               return html;
             });
 
-            hook.doneEach(function () {
+            hook.doneEach(() => {
               console.log('doneEach');
             });
 
-            hook.ready(function () {
+            hook.ready(() => {
               console.log('ready');
             });
           },
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ test.describe('Plugins', () => {
       config: {
         plugins: [
           function (hook, vm) {
-            hook.beforeEach(function (markdown) {
+            hook.beforeEach(markdown => {
               return 'beforeEach';
             });
           },
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ test.describe('Plugins', () => {
       config: {
         plugins: [
           function (hook, vm) {
-            hook.beforeEach(function (markdown, next) {
-              setTimeout(function () {
+            hook.beforeEach((markdown, next) => {
+              setTimeout(() => {
                 next('beforeEach');
               }, 100);
             });
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ test.describe('Plugins', () => {
       config: {
         plugins: [
           function (hook, vm) {
-            hook.afterEach(function (html) {
+            hook.afterEach(html => {
               return '<p>afterEach</p>';
             });
           },
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ test.describe('Plugins', () => {
       config: {
         plugins: [
           function (hook, vm) {
-            hook.afterEach(function (html, next) {
-              setTimeout(function () {
+            hook.afterEach((html, next) => {
+              setTimeout(() => {
                 next('<p>afterEach</p>');
               }, 100);
             });
diff --git a/test/e2e/virtual-routes.test.js b/test/e2e/virtual-routes.test.js
index ba31adcb0..b84ca30ca 100644
--- a/test/e2e/virtual-routes.test.js
+++ b/test/e2e/virtual-routes.test.js
@@ -101,9 +101,7 @@ test.describe('Virtual Routes - Generate Dynamic Content via Config', () => {
       page,
     }) => {
       const routes = {
-        '/pets/(.*)': function (route) {
-          return `# Route: /pets/dog`;
-        },
+        '/pets/(.*)': route => `# Route: /pets/dog`,
       };
 
       await docsifyInit({
@@ -122,7 +120,7 @@ test.describe('Virtual Routes - Generate Dynamic Content via Config', () => {
       page,
     }) => {
       const routes = {
-        '/pets/(.*)': function (_, matched) {
+        '/pets/(.*)'(_, matched) {
           return `# Pets Page (${matched[1]})`;
         },
       };
diff --git a/test/e2e/vue.test.js b/test/e2e/vue.test.js
index fde2dcd8c..0edbb43d5 100644
--- a/test/e2e/vue.test.js
+++ b/test/e2e/vue.test.js
@@ -24,16 +24,14 @@ test.describe('Vue.js Compatibility', () => {
           },
         },
         vueGlobalOptions: {
-          data: function () {
-            return {
-              counter: 0,
-              msg: 'vueglobaloptions',
-            };
-          },
+          data: () => ({
+            counter: 0,
+            msg: 'vueglobaloptions',
+          }),
         },
         vueMounts: {
           '#vuemounts': {
-            data: function () {
+            data() {
               return {
                 counter: 0,
                 msg: 'vuemounts',
diff --git a/test/helpers/docsify-init.js b/test/helpers/docsify-init.js
index a64585691..3441046ea 100644
--- a/test/helpers/docsify-init.js
+++ b/test/helpers/docsify-init.js
@@ -225,11 +225,29 @@ async function docsifyInit(options = {}) {
 
     await page.evaluate(config => {
       // Restore config functions from strings
-      const configObj = JSON.parse(config, (key, val) =>
-        /^__FN__/.test(val)
-          ? new Function(`return ${val.split('__FN__')[1]}`)()
-          : val
-      );
+      const configObj = JSON.parse(config, (key, val) => {
+        if (/^__FN__/.test(val)) {
+          let source = val.split('__FN__')[1];
+
+          // f.e. `foo() {}` or `'bar!?'() {}` without the `function ` prefix
+          const isConcise =
+            !source.includes('function') && !source.includes('=>');
+
+          if (isConcise) {
+            source = `{ ${source} }`;
+          } else {
+            source = `{ _: ${source} }`;
+          }
+
+          return new Function(/* js */ `
+            const o = ${source}
+            const keys = Object.keys(o)
+            return o[keys[0]]
+          `)();
+        } else {
+          return val;
+        }
+      });
 
       window.$docsify = configObj;
     }, configString);
diff --git a/test/integration/__snapshots__/docs.test.js.snap b/test/integration/__snapshots__/docs.test.js.snap
index ffe44b777..2e620b9dd 100644
--- a/test/integration/__snapshots__/docs.test.js.snap
+++ b/test/integration/__snapshots__/docs.test.js.snap
@@ -1,12 +1,26 @@
 // Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
 
 exports[`Docs Site coverpage renders and is unchanged 1`] = `
-"<section class=\\"cover show\\" style=\\"background: linear-gradient(to left bottom, hsl(127, 100%, 85%) 0%,hsl(127, 100%, 85%) 100%)\\"><div class=\\"mask\\"></div><div class=\\"cover-main\\"><p><img src=\\"http://127.0.0.1:3001/_media/icon.svg\\" data-origin=\\"_media/icon.svg\\" alt=\\"logo\\"></p><h1 id=\\"docsify-4130\\"><a href=\\"#/?id=docsify-4130\\" data-id=\\"docsify-4130\\" class=\\"anchor\\"><span>docsify <small>4.13.0</small></span></a></h1><blockquote>
+"<section class=\\"cover show\\" style=\\"background: 
+    linear-gradient(
+      to left bottom,
+      hsl(127, 100%, 85%) 0%,
+      hsl(127, 100%, 85%) 100%
+    )
+  \\">
+      <div class=\\"mask\\"></div>
+      <div class=\\"cover-main\\"><p><img src=\\"http://127.0.0.1:3001/_media/icon.svg\\" data-origin=\\"_media/icon.svg\\" alt=\\"logo\\"></p><h1 id=\\"docsify-4130\\"><a href=\\"#/?id=docsify-4130\\" data-id=\\"docsify-4130\\" class=\\"anchor\\"><span>docsify <small>4.13.0</small></span></a></h1><blockquote>
 <p>A magical documentation site generator.</p></blockquote>
 <ul><li>Simple and lightweight</li><li>No statically built html files</li><li>Multiple themes</li></ul><p><a href=\\"https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify/\\" target=\\"_blank\\" rel=\\"noopener\\">GitHub</a>
-<a href=\\"#/?id=docsify\\">Getting Started</a></p></div></section>"
+<a href=\\"#/?id=docsify\\">Getting Started</a></p></div>
+    </section>"
 `;
 
 exports[`Docs Site navbar renders and is unchanged 1`] = `"<nav class=\\"app-nav no-badge\\"><ul><li>Translations<ul><li><a href=\\"#/\\" title=\\"undefined\\" class=\\"active\\"><img src=\\"https://github.githubassets.com/images/icons/emoji/unicode/1f1ec-1f1e7.png?v8.png\\" alt=\\"uk\\" class=\\"emoji\\" loading=\\"lazy\\"> English</a></li><li><a href=\\"#/zh-cn/\\" title=\\"undefined\\"><img src=\\"https://github.githubassets.com/images/icons/emoji/unicode/1f1e8-1f1f3.png?v8.png\\" alt=\\"cn\\" class=\\"emoji\\" loading=\\"lazy\\"> 简体中文</a></li><li><a href=\\"#/de-de/\\" title=\\"undefined\\"><img src=\\"https://github.githubassets.com/images/icons/emoji/unicode/1f1e9-1f1ea.png?v8.png\\" alt=\\"de\\" class=\\"emoji\\" loading=\\"lazy\\"> Deutsch</a></li><li><a href=\\"#/es/\\" title=\\"undefined\\"><img src=\\"https://github.githubassets.com/images/icons/emoji/unicode/1f1ea-1f1f8.png?v8.png\\" alt=\\"es\\" class=\\"emoji\\" loading=\\"lazy\\"> Español</a></li><li><a href=\\"#/ru-ru/\\" title=\\"undefined\\"><img src=\\"https://github.githubassets.com/images/icons/emoji/unicode/1f1f7-1f1fa.png?v8.png\\" alt=\\"ru\\" class=\\"emoji\\" loading=\\"lazy\\"> Русский</a></li></ul></li></ul></nav>"`;
 
-exports[`Docs Site sidebar renders and is unchanged 1`] = `"<aside class=\\"sidebar\\"><div class=\\"sidebar-nav\\"><ul><li><p>Getting started</p><ul><li><a href=\\"#/quickstart\\" title=\\"undefined\\">Quick start</a></li><li><a href=\\"#/more-pages\\" title=\\"undefined\\">Writing more pages</a></li><li><a href=\\"#/custom-navbar\\" title=\\"undefined\\">Custom navbar</a></li><li><a href=\\"#/cover\\" title=\\"undefined\\">Cover page</a></li></ul></li><li><p>Customization</p><ul><li><a href=\\"#/configuration\\" title=\\"undefined\\">Configuration</a></li><li><a href=\\"#/themes\\" title=\\"undefined\\">Themes</a></li><li><a href=\\"#/plugins\\" title=\\"undefined\\">List of Plugins</a></li><li><a href=\\"#/write-a-plugin\\" title=\\"undefined\\">Write a Plugin</a></li><li><a href=\\"#/markdown\\" title=\\"undefined\\">Markdown configuration</a></li><li><a href=\\"#/language-highlight\\" title=\\"undefined\\">Language highlighting</a></li><li><a href=\\"#/emoji\\" title=\\"undefined\\">Emoji</a></li></ul></li><li><p>Guide</p><ul><li><a href=\\"#/deploy\\" title=\\"undefined\\">Deploy</a></li><li><a href=\\"#/helpers\\" title=\\"undefined\\">Helpers</a></li><li><a href=\\"#/vue\\" title=\\"undefined\\">Vue compatibility</a></li><li><a href=\\"#/cdn\\" title=\\"undefined\\">CDN</a></li><li><a href=\\"#/pwa\\" title=\\"undefined\\">Offline Mode (PWA)</a></li><li><a href=\\"#/embed-files\\" title=\\"undefined\\">Embed Files</a></li></ul></li><li><p><a href=\\"#/awesome\\" title=\\"undefined\\">Awesome docsify</a></p></li><li><p><a href=\\"#/changelog\\" title=\\"undefined\\">Changelog</a></p></li></ul></div></aside>"`;
+exports[`Docs Site sidebar renders and is unchanged 1`] = `
+"<aside class=\\"sidebar\\">
+      
+      <div class=\\"sidebar-nav\\"><ul><li><p>Getting started</p><ul><li><a href=\\"#/quickstart\\" title=\\"undefined\\">Quick start</a></li><li><a href=\\"#/more-pages\\" title=\\"undefined\\">Writing more pages</a></li><li><a href=\\"#/custom-navbar\\" title=\\"undefined\\">Custom navbar</a></li><li><a href=\\"#/cover\\" title=\\"undefined\\">Cover page</a></li></ul></li><li><p>Customization</p><ul><li><a href=\\"#/configuration\\" title=\\"undefined\\">Configuration</a></li><li><a href=\\"#/themes\\" title=\\"undefined\\">Themes</a></li><li><a href=\\"#/plugins\\" title=\\"undefined\\">List of Plugins</a></li><li><a href=\\"#/write-a-plugin\\" title=\\"undefined\\">Write a Plugin</a></li><li><a href=\\"#/markdown\\" title=\\"undefined\\">Markdown configuration</a></li><li><a href=\\"#/language-highlight\\" title=\\"undefined\\">Language highlighting</a></li><li><a href=\\"#/emoji\\" title=\\"undefined\\">Emoji</a></li></ul></li><li><p>Guide</p><ul><li><a href=\\"#/deploy\\" title=\\"undefined\\">Deploy</a></li><li><a href=\\"#/helpers\\" title=\\"undefined\\">Helpers</a></li><li><a href=\\"#/vue\\" title=\\"undefined\\">Vue compatibility</a></li><li><a href=\\"#/cdn\\" title=\\"undefined\\">CDN</a></li><li><a href=\\"#/pwa\\" title=\\"undefined\\">Offline Mode (PWA)</a></li><li><a href=\\"#/embed-files\\" title=\\"undefined\\">Embed Files</a></li></ul></li><li><p><a href=\\"#/awesome\\" title=\\"undefined\\">Awesome docsify</a></p></li><li><p><a href=\\"#/changelog\\" title=\\"undefined\\">Changelog</a></p></li></ul></div>
+    </aside>"
+`;
diff --git a/test/integration/emoji.test.js b/test/integration/emoji.test.js
index b448347ca..cae95a1d6 100644
--- a/test/integration/emoji.test.js
+++ b/test/integration/emoji.test.js
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ describe('Emoji', function () {
   test('Ignores emoji shorthand codes in html attributes', async () => {
     await docsifyInit({
       markdown: {
-        homepage: `<a href="http://domain.com/:smile:/"> <img src='http://domain.com/:smile:/file.png'> <script src=http://domain.com/:smile:/file.js></script>`,
+        homepage: /* html */ `<a href="http://domain.com/:smile:/"> <img src='http://domain.com/:smile:/file.png'> <script src=http://domain.com/:smile:/file.js></script>`,
       },
       // _logHTML: true,
     });
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ describe('Emoji', function () {
   test('Ignores emoji shorthand codes in style url() values', async () => {
     await docsifyInit({
       markdown: {
-        homepage: `<style>@import url(http://domain.com/:smile/file.css);</style>`,
+        homepage: /* html */ `<style>@import url(http://domain.com/:smile/file.css);</style>`,
       },
       // _logHTML: true,
     });
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ describe('Emoji', function () {
   test('Ignores emoji shorthand codes in code, pre, script, and template tags', async () => {
     await docsifyInit({
       markdown: {
-        homepage: `
+        homepage: /* html */ `
           <pre>:100:</pre>
 
           <code>:100:</code>
diff --git a/test/integration/render.test.js b/test/integration/render.test.js
index d2b12527e..8b65f11ca 100644
--- a/test/integration/render.test.js
+++ b/test/integration/render.test.js
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ describe('render', function () {
       const output = window.marked('![alt text](http://imageUrl)');
 
       expect(output).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
-        `"<p><img src=\\"http://imageUrl\\" data-origin=\\"http://imageUrl\\" alt=\\"alt text\\"></p>"`
+        `"<p><img src=\\"http://imageUrl\\" data-origin=\\"http://imageUrl\\" alt=\\"alt text\\"  /></p>"`
       );
     });
 
diff --git a/test/unit/render-util.test.js b/test/unit/render-util.test.js
index d416079ce..46e4395e6 100644
--- a/test/unit/render-util.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/render-util.test.js
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ describe('core/render/tpl', () => {
     ]);
 
     expect(result).toBe(
-      `<ul class="app-sub-sidebar"><li><a class="section-link" href="#/cover?id=basic-usage" title="Basic usage"><span style="color:red">Basic usage</span></a></li><li><a class="section-link" href="#/cover?id=custom-background" title="Custom background">Custom background</a></li><li><a class="section-link" href="#/cover?id=test" title="Test"><img src="/docs/_media/favicon.ico" data-origin="/_media/favicon.ico" alt="ico">Test</a></li></ul>`
+      /* html */ `<ul class="app-sub-sidebar"><li><a class="section-link" href="#/cover?id=basic-usage" title="Basic usage"><span style="color:red">Basic usage</span></a></li><li><a class="section-link" href="#/cover?id=custom-background" title="Custom background">Custom background</a></li><li><a class="section-link" href="#/cover?id=test" title="Test"><img src="/docs/_media/favicon.ico" data-origin="/_media/favicon.ico" alt="ico">Test</a></li></ul>`
     );
   });
 });