diff --git a/app/scripts/background.js b/app/scripts/background.js
index 9f203b35661d..ad6e3b6f22c2 100644
--- a/app/scripts/background.js
+++ b/app/scripts/background.js
@@ -324,7 +324,6 @@ function maybeDetectPhishing(theController) {
       return {};
     },
     {
-      types: ['main_frame', 'sub_frame', 'xmlhttprequest'],
       urls: ['http://*/*', 'https://*/*'],
     },
     isManifestV2 ? ['blocking'] : [],