diff --git a/create_account.html b/create_account.html
index 3a57707693..40cfaacd1c 100644
--- a/create_account.html
+++ b/create_account.html
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 <div name="enroll_form" id="enroll_form">
 
   <h1>Enroll in 6.002x Circuits &amp; Electronics</h1>
-
+  <!--[if lte IE 8]>
   <p class="ie-warning"> Enrollment requires a modern web browser with JavaScript enabled. You don't have this. You can&rsquo;t enroll without upgrading, since you couldn&rsquo;t take the course without upgrading. Feel free to download the latest version of <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/">Mozilla Firefox</a> or <a href="http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95346">Google Chrome</a>, for free, to enroll and take this course.</p>
+  <![endif]-->
 
   <form name="enroll" id="enroll_form"  method="get">
     <fieldset><% if 'error' in locals(): e = error %>
diff --git a/login.html b/login.html
index abf59aae74..0372532284 100644
--- a/login.html
+++ b/login.html
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
     <h1>Log in to MITx</h1>
     <p class="no-account">If you don&rsquo;t have an account yet, <a href="#enroll" rel="leanModal">please enroll here</a></p>
   </header>
+  <!--[if lte IE 8]>
+  <p class="ie-warning">You are using a browser that is not supported by <em>MITx</em>, and you might not be able to complete pieces of the course. Please download the latest version of <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/">Firefox</a> or <a href="https://www.google.com/chrome">Chrome</a> to get the full experience.</p>
+  <![endif]-->
 
   <form id="login_form" method="post">
     <ol>
diff --git a/main.html b/main.html
index b3c1d67a91..888fb82903 100644
--- a/main.html
+++ b/main.html
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 </head>
 
 <body class="<%block name="bodyclass"/>">
+  <!--[if lte IE 8]>
+  <p class="ie-warning">You are using a browser that is not supported by <em>MITx</em>, and you might not be able to complete pieces of the course. Please download the latest version of <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/">Firefox</a> or <a href="https://www.google.com/chrome">Chrome</a> to get the full experience.</p>
+  <![endif]-->
 
   ${self.body()}
   <%block name="bodyextra"/>
diff --git a/sass/base/_extends.scss b/sass/base/_extends.scss
index 2ac93d731e..d55fe62f96 100644
--- a/sass/base/_extends.scss
+++ b/sass/base/_extends.scss
@@ -204,3 +204,12 @@ h1.top-header {
 .tran {
   @include transition( all, .2s, $ease-in-out-quad);
 }
+
+p.ie-warning {
+  display: block !important;
+  line-height: 1.3em;
+  background: yellow;
+  padding: lh();
+  text-align: left;
+  margin-bottom: 0;
+}
diff --git a/sass/index/_extends.scss b/sass/index/_extends.scss
index eaeb34a9e8..04bd5b83b6 100644
--- a/sass/index/_extends.scss
+++ b/sass/index/_extends.scss
@@ -85,3 +85,10 @@
   }
 }
 
+p.ie-warning {
+  display: block !important;
+  line-height: 1.3em;
+  background: yellow;
+  margin-bottom: lh();
+  padding: lh();
+}
diff --git a/sass/layout/_leanmodal.scss b/sass/layout/_leanmodal.scss
index b344fbf9b9..b9399a39e4 100644
--- a/sass/layout/_leanmodal.scss
+++ b/sass/layout/_leanmodal.scss
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ div.leanModal_box {
   &#enroll {
     max-width: 600px;
 
-    p.ie-warning {
-      display: none;
-    }
-
     ol {
       @extend .clearfix;
       padding-top: lh();
diff --git a/sass/marketing-ie.scss b/sass/marketing-ie.scss
index 43c1e06f12..c92fd2f7fb 100644
--- a/sass/marketing-ie.scss
+++ b/sass/marketing-ie.scss
@@ -9,11 +9,6 @@ body {
 }
 
 div#enroll {
-  p.ie-warning {
-    display: block !important;
-    line-height: 1.3em;
-  }
-
   form {
     display: none;
   }
