diff --git a/src/background.html b/src/background.html
index 5c6b34ddc..98b6bafe5 100644
--- a/src/background.html
+++ b/src/background.html
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 <script src="js/text-encode.js"></script>
 <script src="js/contextmenu.js"></script>
 <script src="js/reverselookup.js"></script>
-<script src="js/rpcreceiver.js"></script>
 <script src="js/start.js"></script>
 <script src="js/commands.js"></script>
 </body>
diff --git a/src/js/rpcreceiver.js b/src/js/rpcreceiver.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 86adbcb59..000000000
--- a/src/js/rpcreceiver.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
-
-    uBlock Origin - a browser extension to block requests.
-    Copyright (C) 2015-2016 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
-*/
-
-'use strict';
-
-/******************************************************************************/
-
-(function() {
-
-/******************************************************************************/
-
-if ( typeof vAPI.rpcReceiver !== 'object' ) {
-    return;
-}
-
-/******************************************************************************/
-
-vAPI.rpcReceiver.getScriptTagHostnames = function() {
-    var µb = µBlock;
-    if ( µb.htmlFilteringEngine ) {
-        return µb.htmlFilteringEngine.retrieveScriptTagHostnames();
-    }
-};
-
-/******************************************************************************/
-
-vAPI.rpcReceiver.getScriptTagFilters = function(details) {
-    var µb = µBlock;
-    if ( !µb.htmlFilteringEngine ) { return; }
-    // Fetching the script tag filters first: assuming it is faster than
-    // checking whether the site is whitelisted.
-    var hostname = details.frameHostname;
-    var r = µb.htmlFilteringEngine.retrieveScriptTagRegex(
-        µb.URI.domainFromHostname(hostname),
-        hostname
-    );
-    // https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/838
-    // Disable script tag filtering if document URL is whitelisted.
-    if ( r !== undefined && µb.getNetFilteringSwitch(details.rootURL) ) {
-        return r;
-    }
-};
-
-/******************************************************************************/
-
-})();
-
-/******************************************************************************/