--- a/mobile/android/app/mobile.js
+++ b/mobile/android/app/mobile.js
@@ -556,16 +556,17 @@ pref("layers.acceleration.disabled", fal
 pref("layers.async-video.enabled", true);
 
 // APZ physics settings (fling acceleration, fling curving and axis lock) have
 // been reviewed by UX
 pref("apz.allow_immediate_handoff", false);
 pref("apz.axis_lock.breakout_angle", "0.7853982");    // PI / 4 (45 degrees)
 pref("apz.axis_lock.mode", 1); // Use "strict" axis locking
 pref("apz.content_response_timeout", 600);
+pref("apz.drag.enabled", false);
 pref("apz.fling_accel_interval_ms", 750);
 pref("apz.fling_curve_function_x1", "0.59");
 pref("apz.fling_curve_function_y1", "0.46");
 pref("apz.fling_curve_function_x2", "0.05");
 pref("apz.fling_curve_function_y2", "1.00");
 pref("apz.fling_curve_threshold_inches_per_ms", "0.01");
 // apz.fling_friction and apz.fling_stopped_threshold are currently ignored by Fennec.
 pref("apz.fling_friction", "0.004");