diff --git a/src/js/background.js b/src/js/background.js
index 706e55c5c..223273565 100644
--- a/src/js/background.js
+++ b/src/js/background.js
@@ -144,10 +144,10 @@ if ( vAPI.webextFlavor.soup.has('firefox') ) {
 }
 
 const µBlock = {  // jshint ignore:line
-    userSettingsDefault: userSettingsDefault,
+    userSettingsDefault,
     userSettings: Object.assign({}, userSettingsDefault),
 
-    hiddenSettingsDefault: hiddenSettingsDefault,
+    hiddenSettingsDefault,
     hiddenSettingsAdmin: {},
     hiddenSettings: Object.assign({}, hiddenSettingsDefault),