Backed out changeset 81df156cb345 (bug 1250203) for test failures in mochitest-5 test_ext_bookmarks.html, browser-chrome browser_views_liveupdate.js, OS X xpcshell test_browserGlue_migrate.js and maybe more. r=backout on a CLOSED TREE

browser/base/content/browser-places.js

@@ -1407,33 +1407,6 @@ var BookmarkingUI = {
     }
     root.containerOpen = false;
     aHeaderItem.parentNode.insertBefore(fragment, aHeaderItem.nextSibling);
-
-    // Update the menu when a bookmark is being removed.
-    // The native menubar on Mac doesn't support live update, so this won't
-    // work there.
-    let observer = {
-      onItemAdded() {},
-      onBeginUpdateBatch() {},
-      onEndUpdateBatch() {},
-      onItemRemoved() {
-        removeObserver();
-        BookmarkingUI._updateRecentBookmarks(aHeaderItem, extraCSSClass);
-      },
-      onItemChanged() {},
-      onItemVisited() {},
-      onItemMoved() {}
-    };
-    PlacesUtils.bookmarks.addObserver(observer, false);
-
-    let popup = aHeaderItem.parentNode;
-    let removeObserver = function (event) {
-      if (event && event.target != popup) {
-        return;
-      }
-      PlacesUtils.bookmarks.removeObserver(observer);
-      popup.removeEventListener("popuphidden", removeObserver);
-    };
-    popup.addEventListener("popuphidden", removeObserver);
   },
 
   /**