diff --git a/mozilla/xpfe/bootstrap/nsAppRunner.cpp b/mozilla/xpfe/bootstrap/nsAppRunner.cpp
index a3896bb36b5..ec5df13a8b5 100644
--- a/mozilla/xpfe/bootstrap/nsAppRunner.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/xpfe/bootstrap/nsAppRunner.cpp
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ extern "C" void ShowOSAlert(char* aMessage);
 #define HELP_SPACER_1   "\t"
 #define HELP_SPACER_2   "\t\t"
 #define HELP_SPACER_4   "\t\t\t\t"
-#define PREF_HOMEPAGE_OVERRIDE "browser.startup.homepage_override.1"
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
 #include "prlog.h"
@@ -400,28 +399,8 @@ nsresult LaunchApplication(const char *aParam, PRInt32 height, PRInt32 width)
   if (handlesArgs) {
     nsXPIDLString defaultArgs;
 
-    /* GetDefaultArgs will always set the override pref to false but we don't want that
-       to happen yet (otherwise the setup page won't get displayed when a new
-       profile is used for the first time).  So we will fetch the override pref
-       before calling GetDefaultArgs and, if it is true, we will restore it to back
-       to true after calling GetDefaultArgs
-     */
-    PRBool override = PR_FALSE;
-    nsCOMPtr<nsIPrefBranch> prefBranch;
-    nsCOMPtr<nsIPrefService> prefs = do_GetService(NS_PREFSERVICE_CONTRACTID, &rv);
-    if (prefs) {
-      rv = prefs->GetBranch(nsnull, getter_AddRefs(prefBranch));
-      if (NS_SUCCEEDED(rv)) {
-        prefBranch->GetBoolPref(PREF_HOMEPAGE_OVERRIDE, &override);
-      }
-    }
-
     rv = handler->GetDefaultArgs(getter_Copies(defaultArgs));
 
-    if (override) {
-      prefBranch->SetBoolPref(PREF_HOMEPAGE_OVERRIDE, PR_TRUE);
-    }
-
     if (NS_FAILED(rv)) return rv;
     rv = OpenWindow(chromeUrlForTask, defaultArgs);
   }