diff --git a/app/ui.js b/app/ui.js
index 03969ba..83609d2 100644
--- a/app/ui.js
+++ b/app/ui.js
@@ -731,7 +731,11 @@ const UI = {
         var handle = document.getElementById("noVNC_control_bar_handle");
         var bounds = handle.getBoundingClientRect();
 
-        setCapture(handle);
+        // Touch events have implicit capture
+        if (e.type === "mousedown") {
+            setCapture(handle);
+        }
+
         UI.controlbarGrabbed = true;
         UI.controlbarDrag = false;
 
diff --git a/core/input/devices.js b/core/input/devices.js
index c5cd68f..08c8a63 100644
--- a/core/input/devices.js
+++ b/core/input/devices.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 import * as Log from '../util/logging.js';
 import { isTouchDevice } from '../util/browsers.js'
-import { setCapture, releaseCapture, stopEvent, getPointerEvent } from '../util/events.js';
+import { setCapture, stopEvent, getPointerEvent } from '../util/events.js';
 import { set_defaults, make_properties } from '../util/properties.js';
 import * as KeyboardUtil from "./util.js";
 import KeyTable from "./keysym.js";
@@ -299,14 +299,6 @@ const Mouse = function (defaults) {
 
 Mouse.prototype = {
     // private methods
-    _captureMouse: function () {
-        // capturing the mouse ensures we get the mouseup event
-        setCapture(this._target);
-    },
-
-    _releaseMouse: function () {
-        releaseCapture();
-    },
 
     _resetDoubleClickTimer: function () {
         this._doubleClickTimer = null;
@@ -367,13 +359,16 @@ Mouse.prototype = {
     },
 
     _handleMouseDown: function (e) {
-        this._captureMouse();
+        // Touch events have implicit capture
+        if (e.type === "mousedown") {
+            setCapture(this._target);
+        }
+
         this._handleMouseButton(e, 1);
     },
 
     _handleMouseUp: function (e) {
         this._handleMouseButton(e, 0);
-        this._releaseMouse();
     },
 
     _handleMouseWheel: function (e) {
diff --git a/core/util/events.js b/core/util/events.js
index d5e6de9..09f5c8a 100644
--- a/core/util/events.js
+++ b/core/util/events.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ const _captureProxy = function (e) {
     }
 
     // Implicitly release the capture on button release
-    if ((e.type === "mouseup") || (e.type === "touchend")) {
+    if (e.type === "mouseup") {
         releaseCapture();
     }
 };
@@ -65,24 +65,12 @@ export function setCapture (elem) {
 
         // IE releases capture on 'click' events which might not trigger
         elem.addEventListener('mouseup', releaseCapture);
-        elem.addEventListener('touchend', releaseCapture);
 
     } else {
         // Release any existing capture in case this method is
         // called multiple times without coordination
         releaseCapture();
 
-        // Safari on iOS 9 has a broken constructor for TouchEvent.
-        // We are fine in this case however, since Safari seems to
-        // have some sort of implicit setCapture magic anyway.
-        if (window.TouchEvent !== undefined) {
-            try {
-                new TouchEvent("touchstart");
-            } catch (TypeError) {
-                return;
-            }
-        }
-
         var captureElem = document.getElementById("noVNC_mouse_capture_elem");
 
         if (captureElem === null) {
@@ -103,9 +91,6 @@ export function setCapture (elem) {
 
             captureElem.addEventListener('mousemove', _captureProxy);
             captureElem.addEventListener('mouseup', _captureProxy);
-
-            captureElem.addEventListener('touchmove', _captureProxy);
-            captureElem.addEventListener('touchend', _captureProxy);
         }
 
         _captureElem = elem;
@@ -121,9 +106,6 @@ export function setCapture (elem) {
         // happens to leave the viewport
         window.addEventListener('mousemove', _captureProxy);
         window.addEventListener('mouseup', _captureProxy);
-
-        window.addEventListener('touchmove', _captureProxy);
-        window.addEventListener('touchend', _captureProxy);
     }
 };
 
@@ -154,8 +136,5 @@ export function releaseCapture () {
 
         window.removeEventListener('mousemove', _captureProxy);
         window.removeEventListener('mouseup', _captureProxy);
-
-        window.removeEventListener('touchmove', _captureProxy);
-        window.removeEventListener('touchend', _captureProxy);
     }
 };