diff --git a/scripts/find-badwords.js b/scripts/find-badwords.js
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-// this scripts helps to find the trigger for MOZILLA_COND_OF_USE
-// details: https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-companion/issues/369
-
-// the file with the problem
-const problem = '../add-on/dist/bundles/backgroundPage.bundle.js'
-
-/*
-   download https://github.com/mozilla/addons-linter/blob/master/src/badwords.json
-   in version matching active addons-linter:
-   grep version ../node_modules/addons-linter/package.json
- */
-const badwords = require('./badwords.json')
-
-const Fs = require('fs')
-const file = Fs.readFileSync(problem, 'utf8')
-
-const BADWORDS_RE = {
-  en: new RegExp(`\\b(?:${badwords.en.join('|')})\\b`, 'gi')
-}
-
-console.log('finding badwords...')
-
-const matches = file.match(BADWORDS_RE.en)
-
-console.log(matches)