--- a/mobile/android/locales/filter.py
+++ b/mobile/android/locales/filter.py
@@ -58,18 +58,16 @@ def test(mod, path, entity = None):
           re.match(r"defines.inc", path)):
         return "ignore"
     if path == "defines.inc":
       if entity == "MOZ_LANGPACK_CONTRIBUTORS":
         return "ignore"
     return "error"
 
   # we're in mod == "mobile"
-  if re.match(r"searchplugins\/.+\.xml", path):
-    return "ignore"
   if path == "chrome/region.properties":
     # only region.properties exceptions remain
     if (re.match(r"browser\.search\.order\.[1-9]", entity) or
         re.match(r"browser\.search\.[a-zA-Z]+\.US", entity) or
         re.match(r"browser\.contentHandlers\.types\.[0-5]", entity) or
         re.match(r"gecko\.handlerService\.schemes\.", entity) or
         re.match(r"gecko\.handlerService\.defaultHandlersVersion", entity) or
         re.match(r"browser\.suggestedsites\.", entity)):

--- a/mobile/locales/filter.py
+++ b/mobile/locales/filter.py
@@ -58,18 +58,16 @@ def test(mod, path, entity = None):
           re.match(r"defines.inc", path)):
         return "ignore"
     if path == "defines.inc":
       if entity == "MOZ_LANGPACK_CONTRIBUTORS":
         return "ignore"
     return "error"
 
   # we're in mod == "mobile"
-  if re.match(r"searchplugins\/.+\.xml", path):
-    return "ignore"
   if path == "chrome/region.properties":
     # only region.properties exceptions remain
     if (re.match(r"browser\.search\.order\.[1-9]", entity) or
         re.match(r"browser\.search\.[a-zA-Z]+\.US", entity) or
         re.match(r"browser\.contentHandlers\.types\.[0-5]", entity) or
         re.match(r"gecko\.handlerService\.schemes\.", entity) or
         re.match(r"gecko\.handlerService\.defaultHandlersVersion", entity) or
         re.match(r"browser\.suggestedsites\.", entity)):