diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/pre-initializers/register-dom-templates.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/pre-initializers/register-dom-templates.js
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--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/pre-initializers/register-dom-templates.js
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@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-export default {
-  name: "register-discourse-dom-templates",
-
-  initialize() {
-    $('script[type="text/x-handlebars"]').each(function () {
-      let $this = $(this);
-      let name = $this.attr("name") || $this.data("template-name");
-
-      if (window.console) {
-        window.console.log(
-          "WARNING: you have a handlebars template named " +
-            name +
-            " this is an unsupported setup, precompile your templates"
-        );
-      }
-      $this.remove();
-    });
-  },
-};