diff --git a/toolkit/components/featuregates/Features.toml b/toolkit/components/featuregates/Features.toml
index e7d97d49c2c3..9ef2b0224df6 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/featuregates/Features.toml
+++ b/toolkit/components/featuregates/Features.toml
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ restart-required = false
 type = "boolean"
 bug-numbers = [1519276]
 is-public = true
-default-value = false
\ No newline at end of file
+default-value = true
diff --git a/toolkit/components/normandy/docs/index.rst b/toolkit/components/normandy/docs/index.rst
index 0173042175b6..8007a818d728 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/normandy/docs/index.rst
+++ b/toolkit/components/normandy/docs/index.rst
@@ -6,11 +6,22 @@ Shield Recipe Client
 
 Normandy (aka the Shield Recipe Client) is a targeted change control
 system, allowing small changes to be made within a release of Firefox,
-such as studies. It downloads recipes and actions from the `recipe
-server`_, verifies their cryptographic signatures, and then executes
-them.
+such as studies.
+
+It downloads recipes and actions from :ref:`Remote Settings <services/remotesettings>`
+and then executes them.
+
+.. note::
+
+   Originally, the recipes were fetched from the `recipe server`_, but in `Bug 1513854`_
+   the source was changed to *Remote Settings*. The cryptographic signatures are verified
+   at the *Remote Settings* level (integrity) and at the *Normandy* level
+   (authenticity of publisher).
+
+   The source can still be controlled by :ref:`Feature Gates <components/featuregates>`.
 
 .. _recipe server: https://github.com/mozilla/normandy/
+.. _Bug 1513854: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1513854
 
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
diff --git a/toolkit/components/normandy/test/browser/browser_RecipeRunner.js b/toolkit/components/normandy/test/browser/browser_RecipeRunner.js
index 7d0757060ffb..14e3942830b8 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/normandy/test/browser/browser_RecipeRunner.js
+++ b/toolkit/components/normandy/test/browser/browser_RecipeRunner.js
@@ -128,6 +128,11 @@ decorate_task(
 );
 
 decorate_task(
+  withPrefEnv({
+    set: [
+      ["features.normandy-remote-settings.enabled", false],
+    ],
+  }),
   withStub(Uptake, "reportRunner"),
   withStub(NormandyApi, "fetchRecipes"),
   withStub(ActionsManager.prototype, "runRecipe"),
@@ -258,6 +263,11 @@ decorate_task(
 );
 
 decorate_task(
+  withPrefEnv({
+    set: [
+      ["features.normandy-remote-settings.enabled", false],
+    ],
+  }),
   withMockNormandyApi,
   async function testRunFetchFail(mockApi) {
     const reportRunner = sinon.stub(Uptake, "reportRunner");