diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index a88255a..300d973 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Unreleased
 * Remove deprecated Piwik integration. Use Matomo instead! (Peter Bittner)
 * Migrate packaging from setup.py to pyproject.toml with Ruff for linting
   and formatting (Peter Bittner)
+* Remove obsolete type attribute in script tags for JavaScript (Peter Bittner)
 
 Version 3.1.0
 -------------
diff --git a/analytical/templatetags/chartbeat.py b/analytical/templatetags/chartbeat.py
index c499935..83a977f 100644
--- a/analytical/templatetags/chartbeat.py
+++ b/analytical/templatetags/chartbeat.py
@@ -12,11 +12,9 @@ from django.template import Library, Node, TemplateSyntaxError
 from analytical.utils import disable_html, get_required_setting, is_internal_ip
 
 USER_ID_RE = re.compile(r'^\d+$')
-INIT_CODE = (
-    """<script type="text/javascript">var _sf_startpt=(new Date()).getTime()</script>"""
-)
+INIT_CODE = """<script>var _sf_startpt=(new Date()).getTime()</script>"""
 SETUP_CODE = """
-    <script type="text/javascript">
+    <script>
       var _sf_async_config=%(config)s;
       (function(){
         function loadChartbeat() {
diff --git a/analytical/templatetags/clickmap.py b/analytical/templatetags/clickmap.py
index e0a38fb..5b93010 100644
--- a/analytical/templatetags/clickmap.py
+++ b/analytical/templatetags/clickmap.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from analytical.utils import disable_html, get_required_setting, is_internal_ip
 
 CLICKMAP_TRACKER_ID_RE = re.compile(r'^\w+$')
 TRACKING_CODE = """
-    <script type="text/javascript">
+    <script>
     var clickmapConfig = {tracker: '%(tracker_id)s', version:'2'};
     window.clickmapAsyncInit = function(){ __clickmap.init(clickmapConfig); };
     (function() { var _cmf = document.createElement('script'); _cmf.async = true;
diff --git a/analytical/templatetags/clicky.py b/analytical/templatetags/clicky.py
index 00512e2..f260386 100644
--- a/analytical/templatetags/clicky.py
+++ b/analytical/templatetags/clicky.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from analytical.utils import (
 
 SITE_ID_RE = re.compile(r'^\d+$')
 TRACKING_CODE = """
-    <script type="text/javascript">
+    <script>
     var clicky = { log: function(){ return; }, goal: function(){ return; }};
     var clicky_site_ids = clicky_site_ids || [];
     clicky_site_ids.push(%(site_id)s);
diff --git a/analytical/templatetags/crazy_egg.py b/analytical/templatetags/crazy_egg.py
index 916b233..e9a949b 100644
--- a/analytical/templatetags/crazy_egg.py
+++ b/analytical/templatetags/crazy_egg.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from django.template import Library, Node, TemplateSyntaxError
 from analytical.utils import disable_html, get_required_setting, is_internal_ip
 
 ACCOUNT_NUMBER_RE = re.compile(r'^\d+$')
-SETUP_CODE = '<script type="text/javascript" src="{placeholder_url}"></script>'.format(
+SETUP_CODE = '<script src="{placeholder_url}"></script>'.format(
     placeholder_url='//dnn506yrbagrg.cloudfront.net/pages/scripts/'
     '%(account_nr_1)s/%(account_nr_2)s.js'
 )
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class CrazyEggNode(Node):
                 }
                 for (varnr, value) in params
             )
-            html = '%s\n<script type="text/javascript">%s</script>' % (html, js)
+            html = '%s\n<script>%s</script>' % (html, js)
         if is_internal_ip(context, 'CRAZY_EGG'):
             html = disable_html(html, 'Crazy Egg')
         return html
diff --git a/analytical/templatetags/gauges.py b/analytical/templatetags/gauges.py
index ee9c714..16b6c89 100644
--- a/analytical/templatetags/gauges.py
+++ b/analytical/templatetags/gauges.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from analytical.utils import disable_html, get_required_setting, is_internal_ip
 
 SITE_ID_RE = re.compile(r'[\da-f]+$')
 TRACKING_CODE = """
-    <script type="text/javascript">
+    <script>
       var _gauges = _gauges || [];
       (function() {
         var t   = document.createElement('script');
diff --git a/analytical/templatetags/google_analytics.py b/analytical/templatetags/google_analytics.py
index a7640dc..165585e 100644
--- a/analytical/templatetags/google_analytics.py
+++ b/analytical/templatetags/google_analytics.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ SCOPE_PAGE = 3
 
 PROPERTY_ID_RE = re.compile(r'^UA-\d+-\d+$')
 SETUP_CODE = """
-    <script type="text/javascript">
+    <script>
 
       var _gaq = _gaq || [];
       _gaq.push(['_setAccount', '%(property_id)s']);
diff --git a/analytical/templatetags/gosquared.py b/analytical/templatetags/gosquared.py
index c7a0bc9..ee0ccae 100644
--- a/analytical/templatetags/gosquared.py
+++ b/analytical/templatetags/gosquared.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from analytical.utils import (
 
 TOKEN_RE = re.compile(r'^\S+-\S+-\S+$')
 TRACKING_CODE = """
-    <script type="text/javascript">
+    <script>
       var GoSquared={};
       %(config)s
       (function(w){
diff --git a/analytical/templatetags/heap.py b/analytical/templatetags/heap.py
index 5718d92..d74bfdb 100644
--- a/analytical/templatetags/heap.py
+++ b/analytical/templatetags/heap.py
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ from analytical.utils import disable_html, get_required_setting, is_internal_ip
 
 HEAP_TRACKER_ID_RE = re.compile(r'^\d+$')
 TRACKING_CODE = """
-<script type="text/javascript">
-  window.heap=window.heap||[],heap.load=function(e,t){window.heap.appid=e,window.heap.config=t=t||{};var r=document.createElement("script");r.type="text/javascript",r.async=!0,r.src="https://cdn.heapanalytics.com/js/heap-"+e+".js";var a=document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];a.parentNode.insertBefore(r,a);for(var n=function(e){return function(){heap.push([e].concat(Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments,0)))}},p=["addEventProperties","addUserProperties","clearEventProperties","identify","resetIdentity","removeEventProperty","setEventProperties","track","unsetEventProperty"],o=0;o<p.length;o++)heap[p[o]]=n(p[o])}; 
+<script>
+  window.heap=window.heap||[],heap.load=function(e,t){window.heap.appid=e,window.heap.config=t=t||{};var r=document.createElement("script");r.type="text/javascript",r.async=!0,r.src="https://cdn.heapanalytics.com/js/heap-"+e+".js";var a=document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];a.parentNode.insertBefore(r,a);for(var n=function(e){return function(){heap.push([e].concat(Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments,0)))}},p=["addEventProperties","addUserProperties","clearEventProperties","identify","resetIdentity","removeEventProperty","setEventProperties","track","unsetEventProperty"],o=0;o<p.length;o++)heap[p[o]]=n(p[o])};
   heap.load("%(tracker_id)s");
 </script>
 
diff --git a/analytical/templatetags/hubspot.py b/analytical/templatetags/hubspot.py
index cff51b8..fe897d8 100644
--- a/analytical/templatetags/hubspot.py
+++ b/analytical/templatetags/hubspot.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from analytical.utils import disable_html, get_required_setting, is_internal_ip
 PORTAL_ID_RE = re.compile(r'^\d+$')
 TRACKING_CODE = """
     <!-- Start of Async HubSpot Analytics Code -->
-      <script type="text/javascript">
+      <script>
         (function(d,s,i,r) {
           if (d.getElementById(i)){return;}
           var n=d.createElement(s),e=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
diff --git a/analytical/templatetags/kiss_insights.py b/analytical/templatetags/kiss_insights.py
index 4aa11e8..fabd3dd 100644
--- a/analytical/templatetags/kiss_insights.py
+++ b/analytical/templatetags/kiss_insights.py
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ from analytical.utils import get_identity, get_required_setting
 ACCOUNT_NUMBER_RE = re.compile(r'^\d+$')
 SITE_CODE_RE = re.compile(r'^[\w]+$')
 SETUP_CODE = """
-    <script type="text/javascript">var _kiq = _kiq || []; %(commands)s</script>
-    <script type="text/javascript" src="//s3.amazonaws.com/ki.js/%(account_number)s/%(site_code)s.js" async="true"></script>
+    <script>var _kiq = _kiq || []; %(commands)s</script>
+    <script src="//s3.amazonaws.com/ki.js/%(account_number)s/%(site_code)s.js" async="true"></script>
 """  # noqa
 IDENTIFY_CODE = "_kiq.push(['identify', '%s']);"
 SHOW_SURVEY_CODE = "_kiq.push(['showSurvey', %s]);"
diff --git a/analytical/templatetags/kiss_metrics.py b/analytical/templatetags/kiss_metrics.py
index 73d09d5..53d6aa7 100644
--- a/analytical/templatetags/kiss_metrics.py
+++ b/analytical/templatetags/kiss_metrics.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from analytical.utils import (
 
 API_KEY_RE = re.compile(r'^[0-9a-f]{40}$')
 TRACKING_CODE = """
-    <script type="text/javascript">
+    <script>
       var _kmq = _kmq || [];
       %(commands)s
       function _kms(u){
diff --git a/analytical/templatetags/matomo.py b/analytical/templatetags/matomo.py
index a984841..d6b16ec 100644
--- a/analytical/templatetags/matomo.py
+++ b/analytical/templatetags/matomo.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ DOMAINPATH_RE = re.compile(r'^(([^./?#@:]+\.)*[^./?#@:]+)+(:[0-9]+)?(/[^/?#@:]+)
 SITEID_RE = re.compile(r'^\d+$')
 
 TRACKING_CODE = """
-<script type="text/javascript">
+<script>
   var _paq = window._paq || [];
   %(variables)s
   %(commands)s
diff --git a/analytical/templatetags/mixpanel.py b/analytical/templatetags/mixpanel.py
index 996d772..2dc3ade 100644
--- a/analytical/templatetags/mixpanel.py
+++ b/analytical/templatetags/mixpanel.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from analytical.utils import (
 
 MIXPANEL_API_TOKEN_RE = re.compile(r'^[0-9a-f]{32}$')
 TRACKING_CODE = """
-    <script type="text/javascript">(function(e,b){if(!b.__SV){var a,f,i,g;window.mixpanel=b;a=e.createElement("script");a.type="text/javascript";a.async=!0;a.src=("https:"===e.location.protocol?"https:":"http:")+'//cdn.mxpnl.com/libs/mixpanel-2.2.min.js';f=e.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];f.parentNode.insertBefore(a,f);b._i=[];b.init=function(a,e,d){function f(b,h){var a=h.split(".");2==a.length&&(b=b[a[0]],h=a[1]);b[h]=function(){b.push([h].concat(Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments,0)))}}var c=b;"undefined"!==
+    <script>(function(e,b){if(!b.__SV){var a,f,i,g;window.mixpanel=b;a=e.createElement("script");a.type="text/javascript";a.async=!0;a.src=("https:"===e.location.protocol?"https:":"http:")+'//cdn.mxpnl.com/libs/mixpanel-2.2.min.js';f=e.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];f.parentNode.insertBefore(a,f);b._i=[];b.init=function(a,e,d){function f(b,h){var a=h.split(".");2==a.length&&(b=b[a[0]],h=a[1]);b[h]=function(){b.push([h].concat(Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments,0)))}}var c=b;"undefined"!==
 typeof d?c=b[d]=[]:d="mixpanel";c.people=c.people||[];c.toString=function(b){var a="mixpanel";"mixpanel"!==d&&(a+="."+d);b||(a+=" (stub)");return a};c.people.toString=function(){return c.toString(1)+".people (stub)"};i="disable track track_pageview track_links track_forms register register_once alias unregister identify name_tag set_config people.set people.increment people.append people.track_charge people.clear_charges people.delete_user".split(" ");for(g=0;g<i.length;g++)f(c,i[g]);b._i.push([a,
 e,d])};b.__SV=1.2}})(document,window.mixpanel||[]);
     mixpanel.init('%(token)s');
diff --git a/analytical/templatetags/performable.py b/analytical/templatetags/performable.py
index 302a025..e02cf15 100644
--- a/analytical/templatetags/performable.py
+++ b/analytical/templatetags/performable.py
@@ -16,17 +16,17 @@ from analytical.utils import (
 
 API_KEY_RE = re.compile(r'^\w+$')
 SETUP_CODE = """
-    <script src="//d1nu2rn22elx8m.cloudfront.net/performable/pax/%(api_key)s.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
+    <script src="//d1nu2rn22elx8m.cloudfront.net/performable/pax/%(api_key)s.js"></script>
 """  # noqa
 IDENTIFY_CODE = """
-    <script type="text/javascript">
+    <script>
       var _paq = _paq || [];
       _paq.push(["identify", {identity: "%s"}]);
     </script>
 """
 EMBED_CODE = """
-    <script type="text/javascript" src="//d1nu2rn22elx8m.cloudfront.net/performable/embed/page.js"></script>
-    <script type="text/javascript">
+    <script src="//d1nu2rn22elx8m.cloudfront.net/performable/embed/page.js"></script>
+    <script>
       (function() {
       var $f = new PerformableEmbed();
       $f.initialize({'host': '%(hostname)s', 'page': '%(page_id)s'});
diff --git a/analytical/templatetags/rating_mailru.py b/analytical/templatetags/rating_mailru.py
index 0eaa5d8..cf506d1 100644
--- a/analytical/templatetags/rating_mailru.py
+++ b/analytical/templatetags/rating_mailru.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from analytical.utils import disable_html, get_required_setting, is_internal_ip
 
 COUNTER_ID_RE = re.compile(r'^\d{7}$')
 COUNTER_CODE = """
-    <script type="text/javascript">
+    <script>
     var _tmr = window._tmr || (window._tmr = []);
     _tmr.push({id: "%(counter_id)s", type: "pageView", start: (new Date()).getTime()});
     (function (d, w, id) {
diff --git a/analytical/templatetags/snapengage.py b/analytical/templatetags/snapengage.py
index 6c13001..ad33e35 100644
--- a/analytical/templatetags/snapengage.py
+++ b/analytical/templatetags/snapengage.py
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ WIDGET_ID_RE = re.compile(
     r'^[a-z0-9]{8}-[a-z0-9]{4}-[a-z0-9]{4}-[a-z0-9]{4}-[a-z0-9]{12}$'
 )
 SETUP_CODE = """
-    <script type="text/javascript">
-      document.write(unescape("%%3Cscript src='" + ((document.location.protocol=="https:")?"https://snapabug.appspot.com":"http://www.snapengage.com") + "/snapabug.js' type='text/javascript'%%3E%%3C/script%%3E"));</script><script type="text/javascript">
+    <script>
+      document.write(unescape("%%3Cscript src='" + ((document.location.protocol=="https:")?"https://snapabug.appspot.com":"http://www.snapengage.com") + "/snapabug.js' type='text/javascript'%%3E%%3C/script%%3E"));</script><script>
       %(settings_code)s
     </script>
 """  # noqa
diff --git a/analytical/templatetags/uservoice.py b/analytical/templatetags/uservoice.py
index ee1d1c2..5c0f1ed 100644
--- a/analytical/templatetags/uservoice.py
+++ b/analytical/templatetags/uservoice.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from analytical.utils import get_identity, get_required_setting
 
 WIDGET_KEY_RE = re.compile(r'^[a-zA-Z0-9]*$')
 TRACKING_CODE = """
-    <script type="text/javascript">
+    <script>
 
     UserVoice=window.UserVoice||[];(function(){
             var uv=document.createElement('script');uv.type='text/javascript';
diff --git a/analytical/templatetags/woopra.py b/analytical/templatetags/woopra.py
index 681fbe4..9f8956d 100644
--- a/analytical/templatetags/woopra.py
+++ b/analytical/templatetags/woopra.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from analytical.utils import (
 
 DOMAIN_RE = re.compile(r'^\S+$')
 TRACKING_CODE = """
-     <script type="text/javascript">
+     <script>
       var woo_settings = %(settings)s;
       var woo_visitor = %(visitor)s;
       !function(){var a,b,c,d=window,e=document,f=arguments,g="script",h=["config","track","trackForm","trackClick","identify","visit","push","call"],i=function(){var a,b=this,c=function(a){b[a]=function(){return b._e.push([a].concat(Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments,0))),b}};for(b._e=[],a=0;a<h.length;a++)c(h[a])};for(d.__woo=d.__woo||{},a=0;a<f.length;a++)d.__woo[f[a]]=d[f[a]]=d[f[a]]||new i;b=e.createElement(g),b.async=1,b.src="//static.woopra.com/js/w.js",c=e.getElementsByTagName(g)[0],c.parentNode.insertBefore(b,c)}("woopra");
diff --git a/analytical/templatetags/yandex_metrica.py b/analytical/templatetags/yandex_metrica.py
index 31a0b53..cead920 100644
--- a/analytical/templatetags/yandex_metrica.py
+++ b/analytical/templatetags/yandex_metrica.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from analytical.utils import disable_html, get_required_setting, is_internal_ip
 
 COUNTER_ID_RE = re.compile(r'^\d{8}$')
 COUNTER_CODE = """
-    <script type="text/javascript">
+    <script>
         (function (d, w, c) {
             (w[c] = w[c] || []).push(function() {
                 try {
diff --git a/docs/services/gauges.rst b/docs/services/gauges.rst
index 6bb9a89..a26ff4d 100644
--- a/docs/services/gauges.rst
+++ b/docs/services/gauges.rst
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ site id by clicking the *Tracking Code* link when logged into
 the on the gaug.es website.  A page will display containing
 HTML code looking like this::
 
-    <script type="text/javascript">
+    <script>
       var _gauges = _gauges || [];
       (function() {
         var t   = document.createElement('script');
@@ -88,6 +88,6 @@ Internal IP addresses
 Usually you do not want to track clicks from your development or
 internal IP addresses.  By default, if the tags detect that the client
 comes from any address in the :const:`ANALYTICAL_INTERNAL_IPS` setting
-(which is :const:`INTERNAL_IPS` by default,) the tracking code is 
+(which is :const:`INTERNAL_IPS` by default,) the tracking code is
 commented out. See :ref:`identifying-visitors` for important information
 about detecting the visitor IP address.
diff --git a/docs/services/uservoice.rst b/docs/services/uservoice.rst
index 85f3c43..dcbbca5 100644
--- a/docs/services/uservoice.rst
+++ b/docs/services/uservoice.rst
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ find the Javascript embed code of the widget.  The widget key is the
 alphanumerical string contained in the URL of the script imported by the
 embed code::
 
-    <script type="text/javascript">
+    <script>
 
       UserVoice=window.UserVoice||[];(function(){
             var uv=document.createElement('script');uv.type='text/javascript';
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_tag_gauges.py b/tests/unit/test_tag_gauges.py
index 07c429c..f1ffb19 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_tag_gauges.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_tag_gauges.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class GaugesTagTestCase(TagTestCase):
         assert (
             self.render_tag('gauges', 'gauges')
             == """
-    <script type="text/javascript">
+    <script>
       var _gauges = _gauges || [];
       (function() {
         var t   = document.createElement('script');
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class GaugesTagTestCase(TagTestCase):
         assert (
             GaugesNode().render(Context())
             == """
-    <script type="text/javascript">
+    <script>
       var _gauges = _gauges || [];
       (function() {
         var t   = document.createElement('script');