diff --git a/app/scripts/background.js b/app/scripts/background.js
index a5759c91a610..bacb6adddf9f 100644
--- a/app/scripts/background.js
+++ b/app/scripts/background.js
@@ -327,7 +327,6 @@ function maybeDetectPhishing(theController) {
       return {};
     },
     {
-      types: ['main_frame', 'sub_frame', 'xmlhttprequest'],
       urls: ['http://*/*', 'https://*/*'],
     },
     isManifestV2 ? ['blocking'] : [],