diff --git a/browser/components/newtab/data/content/activity-stream.bundle.js b/browser/components/newtab/data/content/activity-stream.bundle.js
index cb7c26e..b1a56e9 100644
--- a/browser/components/newtab/data/content/activity-stream.bundle.js
+++ b/browser/components/newtab/data/content/activity-stream.bundle.js
@@ -1576,7 +1576,7 @@ class ASRouterAdminInner extends (external_React_default()).PureComponent {
         label = /*#__PURE__*/external_React_default().createElement("span", null, "remote settings (", /*#__PURE__*/external_React_default().createElement("a", {
           className: "providerUrl",
           target: "_blank",
-          href: "https://firefox.settings.services.mozilla.com/v1/buckets/main/collections/nimbus-desktop-experiments/records",
+          href: "https://see.ticket.about.this.invalid",
           rel: "noopener noreferrer"
         }, "nimbus-desktop-experiments"), ")");
       }
diff --git a/services/settings/Utils.jsm b/services/settings/Utils.jsm
index 23d6bf1..4affc89 100644
--- a/services/settings/Utils.jsm
+++ b/services/settings/Utils.jsm
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ XPCOMUtils.defineLazyGetter(lazy, "isRunningTests", () => {
 // Overriding the server URL is normally disabled on Beta and Release channels,
 // except under some conditions.
 XPCOMUtils.defineLazyGetter(lazy, "allowServerURLOverride", () => {
+
+    return true; // always allow this override for LW
+    
   if (!AppConstants.RELEASE_OR_BETA) {
     // Always allow to override the server URL on Nightly/DevEdition.
     return true;
diff --git a/toolkit/components/search/SearchUtils.sys.mjs b/toolkit/components/search/SearchUtils.sys.mjs
index a3100fa..c7bf03b 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/search/SearchUtils.sys.mjs
+++ b/toolkit/components/search/SearchUtils.sys.mjs
@@ -157,9 +157,9 @@ var SearchUtils = {
 
   ENGINES_URLS: {
     "prod-main":
-      "https://firefox.settings.services.mozilla.com/v1/buckets/main/collections/search-config/records",
+      "https://%.invalid",
     "prod-preview":
-      "https://firefox.settings.services.mozilla.com/v1/buckets/main-preview/collections/search-config/records",
+      "https://%.invalid",
     "stage-main":
       "https://settings.stage.mozaws.net/v1/buckets/main/collections/search-config/records",
     "stage-preview":
diff --git a/toolkit/modules/AppConstants.jsm b/toolkit/modules/AppConstants.jsm
index 9311d06..eb6cda1 100644
--- a/toolkit/modules/AppConstants.jsm
+++ b/toolkit/modules/AppConstants.jsm
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ var AppConstants = Object.freeze({
 #ifdef MOZ_THUNDERBIRD
     "https://thunderbird-settings.thunderbird.net/v1",
 #else
-    "https://firefox.settings.services.mozilla.com/v1",
+    "https://%.invalid",
 #endif
 
   REMOTE_SETTINGS_VERIFY_SIGNATURE: