diff --git a/src/.jshintrc b/src/.jshintrc
index c927b55a1..b3ee96144 100644
--- a/src/.jshintrc
+++ b/src/.jshintrc
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 	"newcap": false,
 	"-W058": true, // suppress "Missing '()' invoking a constructor" message
 	"globals": {
+		"vAPI": false,
 		"chrome": false,
 		"safari": false,
 		"Components": false // global variable in Firefox
diff --git a/src/js/3p-filters.js b/src/js/3p-filters.js
index cfe55e7ff..00b731875 100644
--- a/src/js/3p-filters.js
+++ b/src/js/3p-filters.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     Home: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
 */
 
-/* global µBlock, vAPI, uDom */
+/* global µBlock, uDom */
 'use strict';
 
 /******************************************************************************/
diff --git a/src/js/about.js b/src/js/about.js
index 81fb1feea..c8b41bbc0 100644
--- a/src/js/about.js
+++ b/src/js/about.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     Home: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
 */
 
-/* global µBlock, vAPI, uDom */
+/* global µBlock, uDom */
 'use strict';
 
 /******************************************************************************/
diff --git a/src/js/assets.js b/src/js/assets.js
index 655add43b..80dc0fe5b 100644
--- a/src/js/assets.js
+++ b/src/js/assets.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     Home: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
 */
 
-/* global µBlock, vAPI, YaMD5 */
+/* global µBlock, YaMD5 */
 'use strict';
 
 /*******************************************************************************
diff --git a/src/js/async.js b/src/js/async.js
index 21f8df8f4..655c83fd5 100644
--- a/src/js/async.js
+++ b/src/js/async.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     Home: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
 */
 
-/* global µBlock, vAPI */
+/* global µBlock */
 'use strict';
 
 /******************************************************************************/
diff --git a/src/js/messaging.js b/src/js/messaging.js
index e8942d8c5..96a9bd4ec 100644
--- a/src/js/messaging.js
+++ b/src/js/messaging.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     Home: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
 */
 
-/* global µBlock, vAPI, YaMD5 */
+/* global µBlock, YaMD5 */
 'use strict';
 
 /******************************************************************************/
diff --git a/src/js/mirrors.js b/src/js/mirrors.js
index 0e61cf58e..b8a76afc4 100644
--- a/src/js/mirrors.js
+++ b/src/js/mirrors.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 */
 
 /* jshint bitwise: false */
-/* global µBlock, vAPI, YaMD5 */
+/* global µBlock, YaMD5 */
 'use strict';
 
 /******************************************************************************/
diff --git a/src/js/pagestore.js b/src/js/pagestore.js
index a78a40ca2..5ea2fc914 100644
--- a/src/js/pagestore.js
+++ b/src/js/pagestore.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 */
 
 /* jshint bitwise: false */
-/* global µBlock, vAPI */
+/* global µBlock */
 'use strict';
 
 /*******************************************************************************
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ PageStore.prototype.updateBadge = function() {
 
     var iconStr = '';
     if ( µb.userSettings.showIconBadge && netFiltering && this.perLoadBlockedRequestCount ) {
-        // Safari knows numbers only, 0 (zero) means empty badge
+        // Safari can't show formatted strings, only integers.
         if (vAPI.safari) {
             iconStr = this.perLoadBlockedRequestCount;
         }
diff --git a/src/js/stats.js b/src/js/stats.js
index 103be33e9..9eb3b18ae 100644
--- a/src/js/stats.js
+++ b/src/js/stats.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 */
 
 /* jshint bitwise: false */
-/* global uDom, vAPI */
+/* global uDom */
 'use strict';
 
 /******************************************************************************/
diff --git a/src/js/storage.js b/src/js/storage.js
index ec3e5433f..6b634201a 100644
--- a/src/js/storage.js
+++ b/src/js/storage.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     Home: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
 */
 
-/* global µBlock, vAPI, punycode, publicSuffixList */
+/* global µBlock, punycode, publicSuffixList */
 'use strict';
 
 /******************************************************************************/
diff --git a/src/js/tab.js b/src/js/tab.js
index 08fa4bcaf..71a699337 100644
--- a/src/js/tab.js
+++ b/src/js/tab.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     Home: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
 */
 
-/* global µBlock, vAPI */
+/* global µBlock */
 'use strict';
 
 /******************************************************************************/
diff --git a/src/js/traffic.js b/src/js/traffic.js
index 8d1d70ef7..a0c3e24fa 100644
--- a/src/js/traffic.js
+++ b/src/js/traffic.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     Home: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
 */
 
-/* global µBlock, vAPI */
+/* global µBlock */
 'use strict';
 
 /******************************************************************************/
diff --git a/src/js/xal.js b/src/js/xal.js
index be9e017d6..5ce6ecf60 100644
--- a/src/js/xal.js
+++ b/src/js/xal.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     Home: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
 */
 
-/* global µBlock, vAPI */
+/* global µBlock */
 'use strict';
 
 /******************************************************************************/