diff --git a/xpfe/components/search/datasets/Makefile.in b/xpfe/components/search/datasets/Makefile.in
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-#
-# ***** BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK *****
-# Version: MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1
-#
-# The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version
-# 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-# the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
-# http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
-#
-# Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
-# for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the
-# License.
-#
-# The Original Code is mozilla.org code.
-#
-# The Initial Developer of the Original Code is
-# Netscape Communications Corporation.
-# Portions created by the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 1998
-# the Initial Developer. All Rights Reserved.
-#
-# Contributor(s):
-#
-# Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of
-# either of the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later (the "GPL"),
-# or the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1 or later (the "LGPL"),
-# in which case the provisions of the GPL or the LGPL are applicable instead
-# of those above. If you wish to allow use of your version of this file only
-# under the terms of either the GPL or the LGPL, and not to allow others to
-# use your version of this file under the terms of the MPL, indicate your
-# decision by deleting the provisions above and replace them with the notice
-# and other provisions required by the GPL or the LGPL. If you do not delete
-# the provisions above, a recipient may use your version of this file under
-# the terms of any one of the MPL, the GPL or the LGPL.
-#
-# ***** END LICENSE BLOCK *****
-
-DEPTH		= ../../../..
-topsrcdir	= @top_srcdir@
-srcdir		= @srcdir@
-VPATH		= @srcdir@
-
-include $(DEPTH)/config/autoconf.mk
-
-MODULE       = appcomps
-PACKAGE_FILE = searchplugins.pkg
-
-ifndef MOZ_PHOENIX
-FILES		= \
-	dmoz.gif            \
-	dmoz.src            \
-	google.gif          \
-	google.src          \
-	jeeves.gif          \
-	jeeves.src          \
-	$(NULL)
-endif
-
-include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk
-
-ifndef MOZ_PHOENIX
-libs:: $(FILES)
-	$(INSTALL) $^ $(DIST)/bin/searchplugins
-
-install:: $(FILES)
-	$(SYSINSTALL) $(IFLAGS1) $^ $(DESTDIR)$(mozappdir)/searchplugins
-endif
diff --git a/xpfe/components/search/datasets/dmoz.gif b/xpfe/components/search/datasets/dmoz.gif
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diff --git a/xpfe/components/search/datasets/dmoz.src b/xpfe/components/search/datasets/dmoz.src
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-# Search file for dmoz.org
-#
-# Creation:  April 24, 2000 by Robert John Churchill  <rjc@netscape.com>
-
-<SEARCH
-      name="dmoz.org"
-      description = "dmoz.org"
-      method="GET"
-      action="http://search.dmoz.org/cgi-bin/search"
-      queryCharset="utf-8"
->
-
-<INPUT NAME="search" user>
-
-<INTERPRET
-      browserResultType = "category"
-      resultListStart = "<b>Open Directory Categories</b>"
-      resultListEnd = "</ol>"
-      resultItemStart = "<li>"
->
-
-<INTERPRET
-      browserResultType = "result"
-      resultListStart = "<b>Open Directory Sites</b>"
-      resultListEnd = "</ol>"
-      resultItemStart = "<li>"
-      charset="utf-8"
->
-
-</SEARCH>
-
-<BROWSER
-      update="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/search/dmoz.src" 
-      updateIcon="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/search/dmoz.gif" 
-      updateCheckDays="3"
->
diff --git a/xpfe/components/search/datasets/google.gif b/xpfe/components/search/datasets/google.gif
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diff --git a/xpfe/components/search/datasets/google.src b/xpfe/components/search/datasets/google.src
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-# Mozilla/Google plug-in by amitp+mozilla@google.com
-
-<search 
-   name="Google"
-   description="Google Search"
-   method="GET"
-   action="http://www.google.com/search"
-   update="http://www.google.com/mozilla/google.src"
-   updateCheckDays=1   
-   queryEncoding="utf-8"
-   queryCharset="utf-8"
->
-
-<input name="q" user>
-<inputnext name="start" factor="10">
-<inputprev name="start" factor="10">
-<input name="ie" value="utf-8">
-<input name="oe" value="utf-8">
-
-<interpret 
-    browserResultType="result" 
-    charset = "UTF-8"
-    resultListStart="<!--a-->" 
-    resultListEnd="<!--z-->" 
-    resultItemStart="<!--m-->" 
-    resultItemEnd="<!--n-->"
->
-</search>
diff --git a/xpfe/components/search/datasets/jeeves.gif b/xpfe/components/search/datasets/jeeves.gif
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diff --git a/xpfe/components/search/datasets/jeeves.src b/xpfe/components/search/datasets/jeeves.src
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-# Mozilla/AskJeeves plug-in (sspitzer@mozilla.org)
-#
-# I started with amitp+mozilla@google.com google plugin (google.src)
-# and jeeves.src from the mycroft guys
-# Erich Iseli <sherlock@iseli.org>, Julius Ross <juliusross@mac.com>
-# and modified it to work for ask.com
-# Last updated November 19, 2006 (Charles Caygill, Mycroft Project)
-
-<search 
-   name="Ask.com"
-   description="Ask.com Search Engine"
-   method="GET"
-   action="http://www.ask.com/web"
-   queryCharset="utf-8"
->
-
-<input name="q" user>
-<inputnext name="page" factor="1">
-<inputprev>
-
-<interpret 
-    browserResultType="result" 
-    charset="utf-8"
-    resultListStart='<html>'
-    resultListEnd='</html>'
-    resultItemStart='class="L4"'
-    resultItemEnd='class="T1"'
->
-
-</search>
diff --git a/xpfe/components/search/datasets/searchplugins.pkg b/xpfe/components/search/datasets/searchplugins.pkg
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-[xpfe-locale-US]
-dist/bin/searchplugins/dmoz.gif
-dist/bin/searchplugins/dmoz.src
-dist/bin/searchplugins/google.gif
-dist/bin/searchplugins/google.src
-dist/bin/searchplugins/NetscapeSearch.gif
-dist/bin/searchplugins/NetscapeSearch.src