--- a/browser/components/nsBrowserGlue.js
+++ b/browser/components/nsBrowserGlue.js
@@ -664,19 +664,16 @@ BrowserGlue.prototype = {
 
     // apply distribution customizations
     // prefs are applied in _onAppDefaults()
     this._distributionCustomizer.applyCustomizations();
 
     // handle any UI migration
     this._migrateUI();
 
-    // Evaluate Webapps.jsm early to resolve ts_paint regression bug 1256667.
-    Cu.import("resource://gre/modules/Webapps.jsm", {});
-
     PageThumbs.init();
     webrtcUI.init();
     AboutHome.init();
 
     DirectoryLinksProvider.init();
     NewTabUtils.init();
     NewTabUtils.links.addProvider(DirectoryLinksProvider);
     AboutNewTab.init();