diff --git a/platform/mv3/safari/patch-extension.js b/platform/mv3/safari/patch-extension.js
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-/*******************************************************************************
-
-    uBlock Origin - a comprehensive, efficient content blocker
-    Copyright (C) 2025-present Raymond Hill
-
-    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-    (at your option) any later version.
-
-    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-    GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-    along with this program.  If not, see {http://www.gnu.org/licenses/}.
-
-    Home: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
-*/
-
-import fs from 'fs/promises';
-import process from 'process';
-
-/******************************************************************************/
-
-const commandLineArgs = (( ) => {
-    const args = Object.create(null);
-    let name, value;
-    for ( const arg of process.argv.slice(2) ) {
-        const pos = arg.indexOf('=');
-        if ( pos === -1 ) {
-            name = arg;
-            value = '';
-        } else {
-            name = arg.slice(0, pos);
-            value = arg.slice(pos+1);
-        }
-        args[name] = value;
-    }
-    return args;
-})();
-
-/******************************************************************************/
-
-// Apple store rejects when description (extShortDesc) is longer than 112
-// characters.
-
-async function fixLongDescription(path) {
-    let text = await fs.readFile(path, { encoding: 'utf8' });
-    const messages = JSON.parse(text);
-    let message = messages.extShortDesc.message;
-    if ( message.length <= 112 ) { return; }
-    const pos = message.indexOf('.');
-    if ( pos !== -1 ) {
-        message = message.slice(0, pos+1);
-    }
-    if ( message.length >= 112 ) {
-        message = `${message.slice(0, 111)}…`;
-    }
-    messages.extShortDesc.message = message;
-    text = JSON.stringify(messages, null, 2);
-    await fs.writeFile(path, text);
-}
-
-async function fixLongDescriptions() {
-    const promises = [];
-    const packageDir = commandLineArgs.packageDir;
-    const entries = await fs.readdir(`${packageDir}/_locales/`, { withFileTypes: true });
-    for ( const entry of entries ) {
-        if ( entry.isDirectory() === false ) { continue; }
-        promises.push(fixLongDescription(`${packageDir}/_locales/${entry.name}/messages.json`));
-    }
-    return Promise.all(promises);
-}
-
-/******************************************************************************/
-
-// Apple store rejects when version has four components.
-
-async function fixManifest() {
-    const packageDir = commandLineArgs.packageDir;
-    const path = `${packageDir}/manifest.json`;
-    let text = await fs.readFile(path, { encoding: 'utf8' });
-    const manifest = JSON.parse(text);
-    const match = /^(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)$/.exec(manifest.version);
-    if ( match === null ) { return; }
-    const month = parseInt(match[2], 10);
-    const dayofmonth = parseInt(match[3], 10);
-    const monthday /* sort of */ = month * 100 + dayofmonth;
-    manifest.version = `${match[1]}.${monthday}.${match[4]}`;
-    text = JSON.stringify(manifest, null, 2);
-    await fs.writeFile(path, text);
-}
-
-/******************************************************************************/
-
-async function main() {
-    await Promise.all([
-        fixLongDescriptions(),
-        fixManifest(),
-    ]);
-}
-
-main();
-
-/******************************************************************************/