remove the merge extension intialiser

this initialiser conflicts with the gemfication
of framework and causes permissions issues

MS-972

lib/metasploit/framework/common_engine.rb

@@ -42,44 +42,7 @@ module Metasploit::Framework::CommonEngine
     # `initializer`s
     #
 
-    initializer 'metasploit_framework.merge_meterpreter_extensions' do
-      Rails.application.railties.engines.each do |engine|
-        merge_meterpreter_extensions(engine)
+
   end
 
-      # The Rails.application itself could have paths['data/meterpreter'], but will not be part of
-      # Rails.application.railties.engines because only direct subclasses of `Rails::Engine` are returned.
-      merge_meterpreter_extensions(Rails.application)
-    end
-  end
-
-  #
-  # Instance Methods
-  #
-
-  private
-
-  # Merges the meterpreter extensions from `engine`'s `paths['data/meterpreter]`.
-  #
-  # @param engine [Rails::Engine] a Rails engine or application that has meterpreter extensions
-  # @return [void]
-  # @todo Make metasploit-framework look for meterpreter extension in paths['data/meterpreter'] from the engine instead of copying them.
-  def merge_meterpreter_extensions(engine)
-    data_meterpreter_paths = engine.paths['data/meterpreter']
-
-    # may be `nil` since 'data/meterpreter' is not part of the core Rails::Engine paths set.
-    if data_meterpreter_paths
-      source_paths = data_meterpreter_paths.existent
-      destination_directory = root.join('data', 'meterpreter').to_path
-
-      source_paths.each do |source_path|
-        basename = File.basename(source_path)
-        destination_path = File.join(destination_directory, basename)
-
-        unless destination_path == source_path
-          FileUtils.copy(source_path, destination_directory)
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
 end