diff --git a/src/background.js b/src/background.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f614795c3a8c4a0622e83bd330d8a43870b78f3c..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/background.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-browser.runtime.onMessage.addListener(function (request, sender, sendResponse) {
-  console.log("Hello from the background");
-  console.log(request, sender, sendResponse);
-});
diff --git a/src/manifest.json b/src/manifest.json
index 464ed9ec47845e38e0c585df0661dd77f75e383a..98a6e854296afd6d6cbde023e75ddfb1ca958e47 100644
--- a/src/manifest.json
+++ b/src/manifest.json
@@ -13,12 +13,6 @@
     "48": "icons/keyboard-48.png",
     "128": "icons/keyboard-128.png"
   },
-  "background": {
-    "scripts": [
-      "js/background.js"
-    ],
-    "persistent": false
-  },
   "browser_action": {
     "default_popup": "popup.html",
     "default_title": "Virtual keyboard",
diff --git a/vue.config.js b/vue.config.js
index 211a7b5ee1697ee421a053aa6d789281b884ec5b..dec60c63a5c8438c3e0376ea76a90f07c9ab5408 100644
--- a/vue.config.js
+++ b/vue.config.js
@@ -13,12 +13,6 @@ module.exports = {
     },
   },
   pluginOptions: {
-    browserExtension: {
-      componentOptions: {
-        background: {
-          entry: "src/background.js",
-        },
-      },
-    },
+    browserExtension: {},
   },
 };