--- a/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/GeckoApp.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/GeckoApp.java
@@ -1455,24 +1455,24 @@ public abstract class GeckoApp
      * tab will be about:home, or the homepage if the user has set one.
      * If we've temporarily disabled restoring to break out of a crash loop, we'll show
      * the Recent Tabs folder of the Combined History panel, so the user can manually
      * restore tabs as needed.
      * If we restore tabs, we don't need to create a new tab.
      */
     protected void loadStartupTab(final int flags) {
         if (!mShouldRestore) {
-            if (mLastSessionCrashed) {
+            //if (mLastSessionCrashed) {
                 // The Recent Tabs panel no longer exists, but BrowserApp will redirect us
                 // to the Recent Tabs folder of the Combined History panel.
                 Tabs.getInstance().loadUrl(AboutPages.getURLForBuiltinPanelType(PanelType.DEPRECATED_RECENT_TABS), flags);
-            } else {
-                final String homepage = getHomepage();
-                Tabs.getInstance().loadUrl(!TextUtils.isEmpty(homepage) ? homepage : AboutPages.HOME, flags);
-            }
+            //} else {
+                //final String homepage = getHomepage();
+                //Tabs.getInstance().loadUrl(!TextUtils.isEmpty(homepage) ? homepage : AboutPages.HOME, flags);
+            //}
         }
     }
 
     /**
      * Loads the initial tab at Fennec startup. This tab will load with the given
      * external URL. If that URL is invalid, a startup tab will be loaded.
      *
      * @param url    External URL to load.