diff --git a/browser/components/newtab/data/content/activity-stream.bundle.js b/browser/components/newtab/data/content/activity-stream.bundle.js
index 34395476104e..83bc25d7fc62 100644
--- a/browser/components/newtab/data/content/activity-stream.bundle.js
+++ b/browser/components/newtab/data/content/activity-stream.bundle.js
@@ -1577,7 +1577,7 @@ class ASRouterAdminInner extends (external_React_default()).PureComponent {
         label = /*#__PURE__*/external_React_default().createElement("span", null, "remote settings (", /*#__PURE__*/external_React_default().createElement("a", {
           className: "providerUrl",
           target: "_blank",
-          href: "https://firefox.settings.services.mozilla.com/v1/buckets/main/collections/nimbus-desktop-experiments/records",
+          href: "https://see.ticket.about.this.invalid",
           rel: "noopener noreferrer"
         }, "nimbus-desktop-experiments"), ")");
       }
diff --git a/services/settings/Utils.jsm b/services/settings/Utils.jsm
index 31ad77d28678..cca446b6fbde 100644
--- a/services/settings/Utils.jsm
+++ b/services/settings/Utils.jsm
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ XPCOMUtils.defineLazyGetter(this, "isRunningTests", () => {
 // Overriding the server URL is normally disabled on Beta and Release channels,
 // except under some conditions.
 XPCOMUtils.defineLazyGetter(this, "allowServerURLOverride", () => {
+
+  // always allow this override for librewolf
+  return true;
+    
   if (!AppConstants.RELEASE_OR_BETA) {
     // Always allow to override the server URL on Nightly/DevEdition.
     return true;
diff --git a/toolkit/components/search/SearchUtils.jsm b/toolkit/components/search/SearchUtils.jsm
index 0bf60e5f163a..bcb685efe68d 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/search/SearchUtils.jsm
+++ b/toolkit/components/search/SearchUtils.jsm
@@ -158,9 +158,9 @@ var SearchUtils = {
 
   ENGINES_URLS: {
     "prod-main":
-      "https://firefox.settings.services.mozilla.com/v1/buckets/main/collections/search-config/records",
+      "https://%.invalid",
     "prod-preview":
-      "https://firefox.settings.services.mozilla.com/v1/buckets/main-preview/collections/search-config/records",
+      "https://%.invalid",
     "stage-main":
       "https://settings.stage.mozaws.net/v1/buckets/main/collections/search-config/records",
     "stage-preview":
diff --git a/toolkit/modules/AppConstants.jsm b/toolkit/modules/AppConstants.jsm
index 7f8ac95dd962..334003b3e005 100644
--- a/toolkit/modules/AppConstants.jsm
+++ b/toolkit/modules/AppConstants.jsm
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ this.AppConstants = Object.freeze({
 #ifdef MOZ_THUNDERBIRD
     "https://thunderbird-settings.thunderbird.net/v1",
 #else
-    "https://firefox.settings.services.mozilla.com/v1",
+    "https://%.invalid",
 #endif
 
   REMOTE_SETTINGS_VERIFY_SIGNATURE: