diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b6558f47..797b7ba7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ The output from the above template will be:
 <head>
     <title>My example calendar</title>
     <link href="style.css" type="text/css" media="all" rel="stylesheet">
-    <script type="text/javascript" src="script.js"></script>
+    <script src="script.js"></script>
 </head>
 <body>
     <div class="calendar-component">Today's date is <span>2015-06-19</span></div>
diff --git a/tests/test_component.py b/tests/test_component.py
index 4b6f0b3b..a3caae13 100644
--- a/tests/test_component.py
+++ b/tests/test_component.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class ComponentRegistryTest(SimpleTestCase):
 
         self.assertHTMLEqual(comp.render_dependencies(), dedent("""
             <link href="style.css" type="text/css" media="all" rel="stylesheet">
-            <script type="text/javascript" src="script.js"></script>
+            <script src="script.js"></script>
         """).strip())
 
         self.assertHTMLEqual(comp.render(variable="test"), dedent("""
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ class ComponentRegistryTest(SimpleTestCase):
         self.assertHTMLEqual(comp.render_dependencies(), dedent("""
             <link href="style.css" type="text/css" media="all" rel="stylesheet">
             <link href="style2.css" type="text/css" media="all" rel="stylesheet">
-            <script type="text/javascript" src="script.js"></script>
-            <script type="text/javascript" src="script2.js"></script>
+            <script src="script.js"></script>
+            <script src="script2.js"></script>
         """).strip())
 
     def test_component_with_filtered_template(self):
diff --git a/tests/test_templatetags.py b/tests/test_templatetags.py
index 2ded11f2..67f73815 100644
--- a/tests/test_templatetags.py
+++ b/tests/test_templatetags.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class ComponentTemplateTagTest(SimpleTestCase):
         rendered = template.render(Context())
         expected_outcome = (
             """<link href="style.css" type="text/css" media="all" rel="stylesheet">\n"""
-            """<script type="text/javascript" src="script.js"></script>"""
+            """<script src="script.js"></script>"""
         )
         self.assertHTMLEqual(rendered, dedent(expected_outcome))
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class ComponentTemplateTagTest(SimpleTestCase):
         template = Template("{% load component_tags %}{% component_js_dependencies %}")
         rendered = template.render(Context())
         expected_outcome = (
-            """<script type="text/javascript" src="script.js"></script>"""
+            """<script src="script.js"></script>"""
         )
         self.assertHTMLEqual(rendered, dedent(expected_outcome))
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class ComponentTemplateTagTest(SimpleTestCase):
         rendered = template.render(Context())
         expected_outcome = (
             """<link href="style.css" type="text/css" media="all" rel="stylesheet">\n"""
-            """<script type="text/javascript" src="script.js"></script>"""
+            """<script src="script.js"></script>"""
         )
         self.assertHTMLEqual(rendered, dedent(expected_outcome))
 
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class ComponentTemplateTagTest(SimpleTestCase):
         template = Template("{% load component_tags %}{% component_js_dependencies %}")
         rendered = template.render(Context())
         expected_outcome = (
-            """<script type="text/javascript" src="script.js"></script>"""
+            """<script src="script.js"></script>"""
         )
         self.assertHTMLEqual(rendered, dedent(expected_outcome))
 
