diff --git a/src/js/biditrie.js b/src/js/biditrie.js
index cddd0a6d0..9ac7a1d70 100644
--- a/src/js/biditrie.js
+++ b/src/js/biditrie.js
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
     Home: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
 */
 
-/* globals WebAssembly vAPI */
-
 'use strict';
 
 /*******************************************************************************
diff --git a/src/js/globals.js b/src/js/globals.js
deleted file mode 100644
index de6d4675f..000000000
--- a/src/js/globals.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
-
-    uBlock Origin - a browser extension to block requests.
-    Copyright (C) 2014-present 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
-*/
-
-/* globals self */
-
-'use strict';
-
-/******************************************************************************/
-
-// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/globalThis
-
-const globals = (( ) => {
-    // jshint ignore:start
-    if ( typeof globalThis !== 'undefined' ) { return globalThis; }
-    if ( typeof self !== 'undefined' ) { return self; }
-    if ( typeof global !== 'undefined' ) { return global; }
-    // jshint ignore:end
-})();
-
-/******************************************************************************/
-
-export default globals;
diff --git a/src/js/logger-ui-inspector.js b/src/js/logger-ui-inspector.js
index 26b892198..f474e4926 100644
--- a/src/js/logger-ui-inspector.js
+++ b/src/js/logger-ui-inspector.js
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@
 
 /******************************************************************************/
 
-import globals from './globals.js';
-
-/******************************************************************************/
-
 (( ) => {
 
 /******************************************************************************/
@@ -47,7 +43,7 @@ if (
 
 /******************************************************************************/
 
-const logger = globals.logger;
+const logger = self.logger;
 var inspectorConnectionId;
 var inspectedTabId = 0;
 var inspectedURL = '';
diff --git a/src/js/logger-ui.js b/src/js/logger-ui.js
index 88175b931..eed219b62 100644
--- a/src/js/logger-ui.js
+++ b/src/js/logger-ui.js
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 
 /******************************************************************************/
 
-import globals from './globals.js';
 import { hostnameFromURI } from './uri-utils.js';
 
 /******************************************************************************/
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ import { hostnameFromURI } from './uri-utils.js';
 //       accumulated over time.
 
 const messaging = vAPI.messaging;
-const logger = globals.logger = { ownerId: Date.now() };
+const logger = self.logger = { ownerId: Date.now() };
 const logDate = new Date();
 const logDateTimezoneOffset = logDate.getTimezoneOffset() * 60000;
 const loggerEntries = [];
diff --git a/tools/make-browser.sh b/tools/make-browser.sh
index 2b716a860..b37280d26 100755
--- a/tools/make-browser.sh
+++ b/tools/make-browser.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ mkdir -p $DES/js
 cp src/js/base64-custom.js           $DES/js
 cp src/js/biditrie.js                $DES/js
 cp src/js/filtering-context.js       $DES/js
-cp src/js/globals.js                 $DES/js
 cp src/js/hntrie.js                  $DES/js
 cp src/js/static-filtering-parser.js $DES/js
 cp src/js/static-net-filtering.js    $DES/js
diff --git a/tools/make-nodejs.sh b/tools/make-nodejs.sh
index 874b2b3a4..d0e96cee8 100755
--- a/tools/make-nodejs.sh
+++ b/tools/make-nodejs.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ cp src/js/base64-custom.js           $DES/js
 cp src/js/biditrie.js                $DES/js
 cp src/js/dynamic-net-filtering.js   $DES/js
 cp src/js/filtering-context.js       $DES/js
-cp src/js/globals.js                 $DES/js
 cp src/js/hnswitches.js              $DES/js
 cp src/js/hntrie.js                  $DES/js
 cp src/js/static-filtering-parser.js $DES/js