--- a/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/GeckoActivity.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/GeckoActivity.java
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 /* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
  * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
  * You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
 
 package org.mozilla.gecko;
 
-import android.content.Intent;
 import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
 
 import org.mozilla.gecko.util.IntentUtils;
 
 public abstract class GeckoActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements GeckoActivityStatus {
     // Has this activity recently started another Gecko activity?
     private boolean mGeckoActivityOpened;
 
@@ -37,21 +36,16 @@ public abstract class GeckoActivity exte
 
         if (getApplication() instanceof GeckoApplication) {
             ((GeckoApplication) getApplication()).onActivityResume(this);
             mGeckoActivityOpened = false;
         }
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected void onNewIntent(Intent externalIntent) {
-        GeckoActivityMonitor.getInstance().onActivityNewIntent(this);
-    }
-
-    @Override
     public void onCreate(android.os.Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
         if (AppConstants.MOZ_ANDROID_ANR_REPORTER) {
             ANRReporter.register(getApplicationContext());
         }
     }
 
     @Override

--- a/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/GeckoActivityMonitor.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/GeckoActivityMonitor.java
@@ -40,22 +40,16 @@ public class GeckoActivityMonitor implem
 
         appContext.registerActivityLifecycleCallbacks(this);
         mInitialized = true;
     }
 
     @Override
     public void onActivityCreated(Activity activity, Bundle savedInstanceState) { }
 
-    // onNewIntent happens in-between a pause/resume cycle, which means that we wouldn't have
-    // a current activity to report if we were using only the official ActivityLifecycleCallbacks.
-    // For code that wants to know the current activity even at this point we therefore have to
-    // handle this ourselves.
-    public void onActivityNewIntent(Activity activity) { }
-
     @Override
     public void onActivityStarted(Activity activity) {
         if (currentActivity.get() == null) {
             appContext.onApplicationForeground();
         }
         currentActivity = new WeakReference<>(activity);
     }
 

--- a/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/GeckoApp.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/GeckoApp.java
@@ -2145,18 +2145,16 @@ public abstract class GeckoApp extends G
         if (mCameraOrientationEventListener != null) {
             mCameraOrientationEventListener.disable();
             mCameraOrientationEventListener = null;
         }
     }
 
     @Override
     protected void onNewIntent(Intent externalIntent) {
-        super.onNewIntent(externalIntent);
-
         final SafeIntent intent = new SafeIntent(externalIntent);
         final String action = intent.getAction();
 
         final boolean isFirstTab = !mWasFirstTabShownAfterActivityUnhidden;
         mWasFirstTabShownAfterActivityUnhidden = true; // Reset since we'll be loading a tab.
         if (!Intent.ACTION_MAIN.equals(action)) {
             mIgnoreLastSelectedTab = true;
         }

--- a/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/SingleTabActivity.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/SingleTabActivity.java
@@ -32,19 +32,16 @@ public abstract class SingleTabActivity 
     @Override
     protected void onNewIntent(Intent externalIntent) {
         final SafeIntent intent = new SafeIntent(externalIntent);
 
         if (decideTabAction(intent, null)) {
             // GeckoApp will handle tab selection.
             super.onNewIntent(intent.getUnsafe());
         } else {
-            // We're not calling the superclass in this code path, so we'll
-            // have to notify the activity monitor ourselves.
-            GeckoActivityMonitor.getInstance().onActivityNewIntent(this);
             loadTabFromIntent(intent);
         }
         // Again, unlike GeckoApp's default behaviour we want to keep the intent around
         // because we might still require its data (e.g. to get custom tab customisations).
         setIntent(intent.getUnsafe());
     }
 
     @Override