diff --git a/app/manifest.json b/app/manifest.json
index 02cd38c8c..662d054b0 100644
--- a/app/manifest.json
+++ b/app/manifest.json
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@
   "permissions": [
     "storage",
     "tabs",
-    "webRequest",
-    "webRequestBlocking",
     "http://localhost:8545/"
   ],
   "web_accessible_resources": [