diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index ebdf04ebad..91bd506bc6 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
         "storage",
         "fileSystem",
         "fileSystem.write",
-        "clipboardWrite",
         "notifications"
     ],
 
diff --git a/tabs/cli.css b/tabs/cli.css
index 6d1e2eeb7b..8c099d6a23 100644
--- a/tabs/cli.css
+++ b/tabs/cli.css
@@ -33,25 +33,4 @@
         border: 1px solid silver;
 
         resize: none;
-    }
-    .tab-cli .copy {
-        display: block;
-        position: absolute;
-
-        bottom: 55px;
-        right: 40px;
-
-        height: 28px;
-        line-height: 28px;
-
-        padding: 0 15px 0 15px;
-
-        text-align: center;
-        font-weight: bold;
-
-        border: 1px solid silver;
-        background-color: #ececec;
-    }
-    .tab-cli .copy:hover {
-        background-color: #dedcdc;
     }
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diff --git a/tabs/cli.html b/tabs/cli.html
index cab5d92bc7..cb0ec8ca48 100644
--- a/tabs/cli.html
+++ b/tabs/cli.html
@@ -8,5 +8,4 @@
         </div>
     </div>
     <textarea name="commands" placeholder="Write your command here" rows="0" cols="0"></textarea>
-    <a class="copy" href="#">Copy to Clipboard</a>
 </div>
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diff --git a/tabs/cli.js b/tabs/cli.js
index 75b3ca1ffa..7c883eb606 100644
--- a/tabs/cli.js
+++ b/tabs/cli.js
@@ -70,19 +70,6 @@ function tab_initialize_cli() {
 
         // give input element user focus
         $('.tab-cli textarea').focus();
-
-        $('.tab-cli .copy').click(function() {
-            var text = $('.tab-cli .window .wrapper').html();
-            text = text.replace(/<br\s*\/?>/mg,"\n"); // replacing br tags with \n to keep some of the formating
-
-            var copyFrom = $('<textarea/>');
-
-            copyFrom.text(text);
-            $('body').append(copyFrom);
-            copyFrom.select();
-            document.execCommand('copy');
-            copyFrom.remove();
-        });
     });
 }