diff --git a/helpers/DATA/firefox/disable-activity-streams.patch b/helpers/DATA/firefox/disable-activity-streams.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d425b4f29460fa28864c13245ea04438b771b14e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helpers/DATA/firefox/disable-activity-streams.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+diff -ru firefox-57.0+build4.orig/browser/extensions/activity-stream/lib/ActivityStream.jsm firefox-57.0+build4/browser/extensions/activity-stream/lib/ActivityStream.jsm
+--- firefox-57.0+build4.orig/browser/extensions/activity-stream/lib/ActivityStream.jsm 2017-11-13 05:15:36.000000000 -0500
++++ firefox-57.0+build4/browser/extensions/activity-stream/lib/ActivityStream.jsm 2017-11-22 15:28:45.835676239 -0500
+@@ -26,14 +26,7 @@
+
+ const DEFAULT_SITES = new Map([
+ // This first item is the global list fallback for any unexpected geos
+- ["", "https://www.youtube.com/,https://www.facebook.com/,https://www.wikipedia.org/,https://www.reddit.com/,https://www.amazon.com/,https://twitter.com/"],
+- ["US", "https://www.youtube.com/,https://www.facebook.com/,https://www.amazon.com/,https://www.reddit.com/,https://www.wikipedia.org/,https://twitter.com/"],
+- ["CA", "https://www.youtube.com/,https://www.facebook.com/,https://www.reddit.com/,https://www.wikipedia.org/,https://www.amazon.ca/,https://twitter.com/"],
+- ["DE", "https://www.youtube.com/,https://www.facebook.com/,https://www.amazon.de/,https://www.ebay.de/,https://www.wikipedia.org/,https://www.reddit.com/"],
+- ["PL", "https://www.youtube.com/,https://www.facebook.com/,https://allegro.pl/,https://www.wikipedia.org/,https://www.olx.pl/,https://www.wykop.pl/"],
+- ["RU", "https://vk.com/,https://www.youtube.com/,https://ok.ru/,https://www.avito.ru/,https://www.aliexpress.com/,https://www.wikipedia.org/"],
+- ["GB", "https://www.youtube.com/,https://www.facebook.com/,https://www.reddit.com/,https://www.amazon.co.uk/,https://www.bbc.co.uk/,https://www.ebay.co.uk/"],
+- ["FR", "https://www.youtube.com/,https://www.facebook.com/,https://www.wikipedia.org/,https://www.amazon.fr/,https://www.leboncoin.fr/,https://twitter.com/"]
++ ["", "https://www.trisquel.info/,https://www.gnu.org/,https://www.fsf.org/,https://libreplanet.org/,https://www.wikipedia.org/,https://www.wikinews.org/"]
+ ]);
+ const GEO_PREF = "browser.search.region";
+ const REASON_ADDON_UNINSTALL = 6;
+@@ -60,11 +53,11 @@
+ provider_description: "pocket_description",
+ provider_icon: "pocket",
+ provider_name: "Pocket",
+- read_more_endpoint: "https://getpocket.cdn.mozilla.net/explore/trending?src=fx_new_tab",
+- stories_endpoint: `https://getpocket.cdn.mozilla.net/v3/firefox/global-recs?version=2&consumer_key=$apiKey&locale_lang=${args.locale}`,
+- stories_referrer: "https://getpocket.com/recommendations",
+- info_link: "https://www.mozilla.org/privacy/firefox/#pocketstories",
+- topics_endpoint: `https://getpocket.cdn.mozilla.net/v3/firefox/trending-topics?version=2&consumer_key=$apiKey&locale_lang=${args.locale}`,
++ read_more_endpoint: "http://127.0.0.1/",
++ stories_endpoint: `http://127.0.0.1/`,
++ stories_referrer: "http://127.0.0.1/",
++ info_link: "http://127.0.0.1/",
++ topics_endpoint: `http://127.0.0.1}`,
+ show_spocs: false,
+ personalized: false
+ })
+@@ -95,7 +88,7 @@
+ }],
+ ["disableSnippets", {
+ title: "Disable snippets on activity stream",
+- value: false
++ value: true
+ }],
+ ["showTopSites", {
+ title: "Show the Top Sites section on the New Tab page",
+@@ -183,14 +176,14 @@
+ "CA": ["en-US", "en-GB", "en-ZA"],
+ "DE": ["de", "de-DE", "de-AT", "de-CH"]
+ })[geo];
+- return !!locales && locales.includes(locale);
++ return false;
+ }
+ },
+ {
+ name: "snippets",
+ factory: () => new SnippetsFeed(),
+ title: "Gets snippets data",
+- value: true
++ value: false
+ },
+ {
+ name: "systemtick",
+@@ -202,7 +195,7 @@
+ name: "telemetry",
+ factory: () => new TelemetryFeed(),
+ title: "Relays telemetry-related actions to PingCentre",
+- value: true
++ value: false
+ },
+ {
+ name: "topsites",
diff --git a/helpers/DATA/firefox/settings.js b/helpers/DATA/firefox/settings.js
index de73aedf716e7e5bc145b67980d276da683a596a..6c3d7ee1539c54bf95a0df757425a3ad58aeca0f 100644
--- a/helpers/DATA/firefox/settings.js
+++ b/helpers/DATA/firefox/settings.js
@@ -203,9 +203,12 @@ pref("browser.onboarding.enabled", false);
// New tab settings
pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.default.sites", "https://www.trisquel.info/,https://www.gnu.org/,https://www.fsf.org/,https://libreplanet.org/,https://www.wikipedia.org/,https://www.wikinews.org/"):
-pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showTopSites",false);
+pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showTopSites",true);
pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.section.topstories",false);
pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.snippets",false);
+pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.disableSnippets", true);
+
+
// Enable xrender
pref("gfx.xrender.enabled",true);
diff --git a/helpers/make-firefox b/helpers/make-firefox
index 739b36d851fae8c51f0878d25ec1927c9d676b8b..d7fc28705d8aaa508b518276dc607cd0b1d51c30 100644
--- a/helpers/make-firefox
+++ b/helpers/make-firefox
@@ -18,12 +18,14 @@
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
#
-VERSION=51
+VERSION=52
. ./config
rm debian/control
+patch -p1 < $DATA/disable-activity-streams.patch
+
# Disabled until the patches work on v57 with moz1382323.patch
## KDE integration patches from https://www.rosenauer.org/hg/mozilla
## Use firefox$MAJORVERSION branch if available, otherwise use default