Remove build tooling for static declarativeNetRequest rulesets

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -76,16 +76,6 @@ cd -
 npm run bundle-config
 ```
 
-### Updating the MV3 blocklists
-
-Manifest v3 (MV3) builds of the extension contain bundled static declarativeNetRequest rulesets and corresponding block lists for Tracker Blocking. Both the default (aka current)
-and a fallback blocklist are included. The fallback blocklist serves as a backup in case the current blocklist is catastrophically broken. To ensure that builds are reproducible,
-the current and fallback blocklist versions are defined in `shared/data/etags.json`. The blocklists are fetched and rulesets generated automatically when the extension is built.
-
-To update the blocklist versions, use the `npm run update-mv3-blocklists` command. Remember to then commit the changes to `shared/data/etags.json` and rebuild the extension.
-
-**Note: The migration to static Tracker Blocking rulesets is in progress. They are not created or used, but will be soon.**
-
 ### Development flow
 
 The `shared` directory contains JS, CSS, and images that are shared by all browsers for things like the options

Makefile

@@ -296,41 +296,6 @@ ifeq ('$(browser)','chrome-mv3')
   BUILD_TARGETS += $(BUILD_DIR)/data/bundled/smarter-encryption-rules.json
 endif
 
-## Generate Tracker Blocking declarativeNetRequest rulesets for MV3 builds.
-
-# Necessary since "&:" grouped target syntax is not supported currently with
-# versions (< 4.3) of Make shipped with macOS. See $(LAST_COPY) comment above
-# for more context.
-LAST_MV3_BLOCKLIST_FETCH = build/.last-mv3-blocklist-fetch
-LAST_MV3_RULESET_BUILD = build/.last-mv3-ruleset-build-$(browser)-$(type)
-
-$(LAST_MV3_BLOCKLIST_FETCH): shared/data/etags.json
-	node scripts/fetchMV3Blocklists.mjs
-	touch $@
-
-.SECONDARY:
-$(INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/current-mv3-tds.json $(INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/fallback-mv3-tds.json: $(LAST_MV3_BLOCKLIST_FETCH)
-	touch $@
-
-$(BUILD_DIR)/data/bundled/current-mv3-tds.json: $(INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/current-mv3-tds.json
-	cp $< $@
-
-$(BUILD_DIR)/data/bundled/fallback-mv3-tds.json: $(INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/fallback-mv3-tds.json
-	cp $< $@
-
-$(LAST_MV3_RULESET_BUILD): $(INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/current-mv3-tds.json $(INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/fallback-mv3-tds.json $(INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/surrogates.json
-	npx ddg2dnr tds $(INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/current-mv3-tds.json $(INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/surrogates.json \
-	  $(BUILD_DIR)/data/bundled/current-tds-rules.json $(BUILD_DIR)/data/bundled/current-ctl-allowing-rules.json
-	npx ddg2dnr tds $(INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/fallback-mv3-tds.json $(INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/surrogates.json \
-	  $(BUILD_DIR)/data/bundled/fallback-tds-rules.json $(BUILD_DIR)/data/bundled/fallback-ctl-allowing-rules.json
-	touch $@
-
-# TODO: Uncomment this for the switch to static tracker blocking declarativeNetRequest rulesets.
-# ifeq ('$(browser)','chrome-mv3')
-#   BUILD_TARGETS += $(LAST_MV3_RULESET_BUILD)
-#   BUILD_TARGETS += $(BUILD_DIR)/data/bundled/current-mv3-tds.json $(BUILD_DIR)/data/bundled/fallback-mv3-tds.json
-# endif
-
 # Generate the list of "surrogate" (stub) scripts.
 $(BUILD_DIR)/data/surrogates.txt: $(BUILD_DIR)/web_accessible_resources $(LAST_COPY)
 	node scripts/generateListOfSurrogates.js -i $</ > $@

package.json

@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@
         "beta-firefox": "make beta-firefox browser=firefox type=release",
         "release-chrome": "make browser=chrome type=release && make chrome-release-zip",
         "release-chrome-mv3": "make browser=chrome-mv3 type=release && make chrome-mv3-release-zip",
-        "beta-chrome-mv3": "make chrome-mv3-beta browser=chrome-mv3 type=release",
-        "update-mv3-blocklists": "node scripts/updateMV3Blocklists.mjs"
+        "beta-chrome-mv3": "make chrome-mv3-beta browser=chrome-mv3 type=release"
     },
     "devDependencies": {
         "@fingerprintjs/fingerprintjs": "^4.2.2",