diff --git a/mobile/android/base/preferences/GeckoPreferenceFragment.java b/mobile/android/base/preferences/GeckoPreferenceFragment.java
index 89c51a6f74c..27b9f08759e 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/preferences/GeckoPreferenceFragment.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/preferences/GeckoPreferenceFragment.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 package org.mozilla.gecko.preferences;
 
-import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.util.Locale;
 
 import org.mozilla.gecko.BrowserLocaleManager;
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ import android.preference.PreferenceScreen;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.Menu;
 import android.view.MenuInflater;
-import android.view.ViewConfiguration;
 
 /* A simple implementation of PreferenceFragment for large screen devices
  * This will strip category headers (so that they aren't shown to the user twice)
@@ -198,29 +196,4 @@ public class GeckoPreferenceFragment extends PreferenceFragment {
             PrefsHelper.removeObserver(mPrefsRequestId);
         }
     }
-
-    @Override
-    public void onAttach(Activity activity) {
-        super.onAttach(activity);
-        showOverflowMenu(activity);
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * Force the overflow 3-dot menu to be displayed if it isn't already displayed.
-     *
-     * This is an ugly hack for 4.0+ Android devices that don't have a dedicated menu button
-     * because Android does not provide a public API to display the ActionBar overflow menu.
-     */
-    private void showOverflowMenu(Activity activity) {
-        try {
-            ViewConfiguration config = ViewConfiguration.get(activity);
-            Field menuOverflow = ViewConfiguration.class.getDeclaredField("sHasPermanentMenuKey");
-            if (menuOverflow != null) {
-                menuOverflow.setAccessible(true);
-                menuOverflow.setBoolean(config, false);
-            }
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            Log.d(LOGTAG, "Failed to force overflow menu, ignoring.");
-        }
-    }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/mobile/android/base/resources/menu-v11/preferences_search_menu.xml b/mobile/android/base/resources/menu-v11/preferences_search_menu.xml
index 9a3cdc72a88..11fe2cadd3d 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/resources/menu-v11/preferences_search_menu.xml
+++ b/mobile/android/base/resources/menu-v11/preferences_search_menu.xml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
    - file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. -->
 
 <menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
-
-    <item android:id="@+id/restore_defaults"
-          android:title="@string/pref_search_restore_defaults" />
-
+	<item android:id="@+id/restore_defaults"
+	      android:drawable="@drawable/menu"
+	      android:showAsAction="never"
+	      android:title="@string/pref_search_restore_defaults" />
 </menu>