3 files changed, 2 insertions, 36 deletions
diff --git a/browser/locales/Makefile.in b/browser/locales/Makefile.in
index af200147f..b8aee0f14 100644
--- a/browser/locales/Makefile.in
+++ b/browser/locales/Makefile.in
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ STUB_HOOK = $(NSINSTALL) -D '$(ABS_DIST)/$(PKG_INST_PATH)'; \
     $(NULL)
 endif
 
-SEARCHPLUGINS_FILENAMES := $(shell $(call py_action,output_searchplugins_list,$(srcdir)/search/list.json $(AB_CD)))
+SEARCHPLUGINS_FILENAMES := $(or $(shell $(call py_action,output_searchplugins_list,$(srcdir)/search/list.json $(AB_CD))), $(error Missing search plugins))
 SEARCHPLUGINS_PATH := .deps/generated_$(AB_CD)
 SEARCHPLUGINS_TARGET := libs searchplugins
-SEARCHPLUGINS := $(foreach plugin,$(addsuffix .xml,$(SEARCHPLUGINS_FILENAMES)),$(or $(wildcard $(srcdir)/searchplugins/$(plugin)),$(warning Missing searchplugin: $(plugin))))
+SEARCHPLUGINS := $(foreach plugin,$(addsuffix .xml,$(SEARCHPLUGINS_FILENAMES)),$(or $(wildcard $(srcdir)/searchplugins/$(plugin)),$(error Missing searchplugin: $(plugin))))
 # Some locale-specific search plugins may have preprocessor directives, but the
 # default en-US ones do not.
 SEARCHPLUGINS_FLAGS := --silence-missing-directive-warnings
diff --git a/browser/locales/en-US/firefox-l10n.js b/browser/locales/en-US/firefox-l10n.js
index c1e5510f3..642ad6534 100644
--- a/browser/locales/en-US/firefox-l10n.js
+++ b/browser/locales/en-US/firefox-l10n.js
@@ -4,8 +4,4 @@
 
 #filter substitution
 
-# LOCALIZATION NOTE: this preference is set to true for en-US specifically,
-# locales without this line have the setting set to false by default.
-pref("browser.search.geoSpecificDefaults", true);
-
 pref("general.useragent.locale", "@AB_CD@");
diff --git a/browser/locales/search/list.json b/browser/locales/search/list.json
index 9f7d82b4e..722f3186f 100644
--- a/browser/locales/search/list.json
+++ b/browser/locales/search/list.json
@@ -5,36 +5,6 @@
     ]
   },
   "regionOverrides": {
-    "US": {
-      "google": "google-nocodes"
-    },
-    "CA": {
-      "google": "google-nocodes"
-    },
-    "KZ": {
-      "google": "google-nocodes"
-    },
-    "BY": {
-      "google": "google-nocodes"
-    },
-    "RU": {
-      "google": "google-nocodes"
-    },
-    "TR": {
-      "google": "google-nocodes"
-    },
-    "UA": {
-      "google": "google-nocodes"
-    },
-    "CN": {
-      "google": "google-nocodes"
-    },
-    "TW": {
-      "google": "google-nocodes"
-    },
-    "HK": {
-      "google": "google-nocodes"
-    }
   },
   "locales": {
     "en-US": {