diff --git a/src/js/background.js b/src/js/background.js
index 5b489da753462..0139b2286a469 100644
--- a/src/js/background.js
+++ b/src/js/background.js
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ const µBlock = (( ) => { // jshint ignore:line
         extensionUpdateForceReload: false,
         filterAuthorMode: false,
         filterOnHeaders: false,
-        ignoreScriptInjectFilters: false,
         loggerPopupType: 'popup',
         manualUpdateAssetFetchPeriod: 500,
         popupFontSize: 'unset',
diff --git a/src/js/scriptlet-filtering.js b/src/js/scriptlet-filtering.js
index 2ef28ef3c3480..ad41c508fb07b 100644
--- a/src/js/scriptlet-filtering.js
+++ b/src/js/scriptlet-filtering.js
@@ -302,7 +302,6 @@
 
     api.retrieve = function(request) {
         if ( scriptletDB.size === 0 ) { return; }
-        if ( µb.hiddenSettings.ignoreScriptInjectFilters ) { return; }
 
         const reng = µb.redirectEngine;
         if ( !reng ) { return; }
diff --git a/src/js/static-ext-filtering.js b/src/js/static-ext-filtering.js
index 4c49a0ee464fd..b9b9f2fd25b22 100644
--- a/src/js/static-ext-filtering.js
+++ b/src/js/static-ext-filtering.js
@@ -180,12 +180,11 @@
                 if ( iHn !== undefined ) {
                     do {
                         const strId = this.hostnameSlots[iHn+0];
-                        if ( this.strSlots[strId >>> this.nBits] === value ) {
-                            if ( (strId & exceptionBit) !== 0 ) {
-                                return false;
-                            }
-                            found = true;
+                        const str = this.strSlots[strId >>> this.nBits];
+                        if ( (strId & exceptionBit) !== 0 ) {
+                            if ( str === value || str === '' ) { return false; }
                         }
+                        if ( str === value ) { found = true; }
                         iHn = this.hostnameSlots[iHn+1];
                     } while ( iHn !== 0 );
                 }