diff --git a/app/dawn-hub/Views/OnboardingView/OnboardingViewContainer.jsx b/app/dawn-hub/Views/OnboardingView/OnboardingViewContainer.jsx
index 045de387e..7ba050bf3 100644
--- a/app/dawn-hub/Views/OnboardingView/OnboardingViewContainer.jsx
+++ b/app/dawn-hub/Views/OnboardingView/OnboardingViewContainer.jsx
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ class OnboardingViewContainer extends Component {
 				origin: ONBOARDING
 			});
 			actions.setBlockingPolicy({ blockingPolicy: BLOCKING_POLICY_RECOMMENDED });
-			actions.setAntiTracking({ enable_anti_tracking: true }); // covered
-			actions.setAdBlock({ enable_ad_block: true }); // covered
-			actions.setSmartBlocking({ enable_smart_block: true }); // covered
+			actions.setAntiTracking({ enable_anti_tracking: true });
+			actions.setAdBlock({ enable_ad_block: false }); // GH-2283
+			actions.setSmartBlocking({ enable_smart_block: true });
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ OnboardingViewContainer.defaultProps = {
 	setup: {
 		blockingPolicy: BLOCKING_POLICY_RECOMMENDED,
 		enable_anti_tracking: true,
-		enable_ad_block: true,
+		enable_ad_block: false,
 		enable_smart_block: true,
 	},
 };
diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index edef02a03..4700eb994 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -94,4 +94,4 @@
 	"web_accessible_resources": [
 		"app/images/*"
 	]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/background.js b/src/background.js
index 4df14fa92..a801af5a8 100644
--- a/src/background.js
+++ b/src/background.js
@@ -1538,6 +1538,8 @@ function initializeGhosteryModules() {
 				conf.enable_anti_tracking = !antitracking.isDisabled;
 				conf.enable_human_web = !humanweb.isDisabled;
 
+				cliqz.prefs.set('modules.adblocker.enabled', conf.enable_ad_block); // GH-2283
+
 				if (!antitracking.isDisabled) {
 					antitracking.action('setConfigOption', 'networkFetchEnabled', !!conf.enable_autoupdate);
 				}
diff --git a/src/classes/Cliqz.js b/src/classes/Cliqz.js
index 3a6f95d47..084a14694 100644
--- a/src/classes/Cliqz.js
+++ b/src/classes/Cliqz.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export const HPN_MODULE = IS_ANDROID ? 'hpn-lite' : 'hpnv2';
 // Override the default prefs based on the platform
 CLIQZ.config.default_prefs = {
 	...CLIQZ.config.default_prefs,
+	'modules.adblocker.enabled': false, // GH-2283
 	// the following are enabled by default on non-android platforms
 	'modules.human-web.enabled': !IS_ANDROID,
 	'modules.hpnv2.enabled': !IS_ANDROID,
diff --git a/src/classes/ConfData.js b/src/classes/ConfData.js
index c12bc6bd7..ab99d7c6b 100644
--- a/src/classes/ConfData.js
+++ b/src/classes/ConfData.js
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ class ConfData {
 			(async() => {
 				await globals.BROWSER_INFO_READY;
 				_initProperty('enable_metrics', BROWSER_INFO.name === 'ghostery_desktop');
+				_initProperty('enable_ad_block', !IS_CLIQZ && BROWSER_INFO.name !== 'ghostery_desktop'); // GH-2283
 			})();
 
 			// simple props
@@ -111,7 +112,6 @@ class ConfData {
 			_initProperty('cliqz_import_state', 0);
 			_initProperty('cmp_version', 0);
 			_initProperty('current_theme', 'default');
-			_initProperty('enable_ad_block', !IS_CLIQZ);
 			_initProperty('enable_anti_tracking', !IS_CLIQZ);
 			_initProperty('enable_autoupdate', true);
 			_initProperty('enable_click2play', true);
diff --git a/src/classes/EventHandlers.js b/src/classes/EventHandlers.js
index e873bc561..720e24cf1 100644
--- a/src/classes/EventHandlers.js
+++ b/src/classes/EventHandlers.js
@@ -346,6 +346,11 @@ class EventHandlers {
 		}
 
 		const app_id = bugDb.db.bugs[bug_id].aid;
+
+		if (app_id === 67) { // GH-2283
+			return { cancel: false };
+		}
+
 		const cat_id = bugDb.db.apps[app_id].cat;
 		const incognito = tabInfo.getTabInfo(tab_id, 'incognito');
 		const tab_host = tabInfo.getTabInfo(tab_id, 'host');