--- a/browser/branding/aurora/locales/browserconfig.properties
+++ b/browser/branding/aurora/locales/browserconfig.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # 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/.
 
 # Do NOT localize or otherwise change these values
-browser.startup.homepage=about:home
+browser.startup.homepage=about:newtab

--- a/browser/branding/nightly/locales/browserconfig.properties
+++ b/browser/branding/nightly/locales/browserconfig.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # 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/.
 
 # Do NOT localize or otherwise change these values
-browser.startup.homepage=about:home
+browser.startup.homepage=about:newtab

--- a/browser/branding/official/locales/browserconfig.properties
+++ b/browser/branding/official/locales/browserconfig.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # 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/.
 
 # Do NOT localize or otherwise change these values
-browser.startup.homepage=about:home
+browser.startup.homepage=about:newtab

--- a/browser/branding/unofficial/locales/browserconfig.properties
+++ b/browser/branding/unofficial/locales/browserconfig.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # 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/.
 
 # Do NOT localize or otherwise change these values
-browser.startup.homepage=about:home
+browser.startup.homepage=about:newtab