diff --git a/js/deletes.js b/js/deletes.js
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-// Copyright 2020 Signal Messenger, LLC
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
-
-/* global
-  Backbone,
-  Whisper,
-  MessageController,
-  ConversationController
-*/
-
-/* eslint-disable more/no-then */
-
-// eslint-disable-next-line func-names
-(function () {
-  window.Whisper = window.Whisper || {};
-  Whisper.Deletes = new (Backbone.Collection.extend({
-    forMessage(message) {
-      const matchingDeletes = this.filter({
-        targetSentTimestamp: message.get('sent_at'),
-        fromId: message.getContactId(),
-      });
-
-      if (matchingDeletes.length > 0) {
-        window.log.info('Found early DOE for message');
-        this.remove(matchingDeletes);
-        return matchingDeletes;
-      }
-
-      return [];
-    },
-    async onDelete(del) {
-      try {
-        // The conversation the deleted message was in; we have to find it in the database
-        //   to to figure that out.
-        const targetConversation = await ConversationController.getConversationForTargetMessage(
-          del.get('fromId'),
-          del.get('targetSentTimestamp')
-        );
-
-        if (!targetConversation) {
-          window.log.info(
-            'No target conversation for DOE',
-            del.get('fromId'),
-            del.get('targetSentTimestamp')
-          );
-
-          return;
-        }
-
-        // Do not await, since this can deadlock the queue
-        targetConversation.queueJob('Deletes.onDelete', async () => {
-          window.log.info('Handling DOE for', del.get('targetSentTimestamp'));
-
-          const messages = await window.Signal.Data.getMessagesBySentAt(
-            del.get('targetSentTimestamp'),
-            {
-              MessageCollection: Whisper.MessageCollection,
-            }
-          );
-
-          const targetMessage = messages.find(
-            m => del.get('fromId') === m.getContactId()
-          );
-
-          if (!targetMessage) {
-            window.log.info(
-              'No message for DOE',
-              del.get('fromId'),
-              del.get('targetSentTimestamp')
-            );
-
-            return;
-          }
-
-          const message = MessageController.register(
-            targetMessage.id,
-            targetMessage
-          );
-
-          await window.Signal.Util.deleteForEveryone(message, del);
-
-          this.remove(del);
-        });
-      } catch (error) {
-        window.log.error(
-          'Deletes.onDelete error:',
-          error && error.stack ? error.stack : error
-        );
-      }
-    },
-  }))();
-})();