diff --git a/browser/components/urlbar/QuickActionsLoaderDefault.sys.mjs b/browser/components/urlbar/QuickActionsLoaderDefault.sys.mjs
index 96862ef07b59..d2e7dcd79795 100644
--- a/browser/components/urlbar/QuickActionsLoaderDefault.sys.mjs
+++ b/browser/components/urlbar/QuickActionsLoaderDefault.sys.mjs
@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@ let openAddonsUrl = url => {
   };
 };
 
+// There are various actions that will either fail or do not
+// make sense to use unless the user is viewing web content,
+// Screenshots for example cannot be taken on about: pages.
+// We may want to show these as disabled buttons, that may
+// aid discovery but may also confuse users.
+let currentPageIsWebContentFilter = () =>
+  !currentBrowser()?.currentURI.spec.startsWith("about:");
 let currentBrowser = () =>
   lazy.BrowserWindowTracker.getTopWindow()?.gBrowser.selectedBrowser;
 let currentTab = () =>
@@ -176,9 +183,7 @@ const DEFAULT_ACTIONS = {
     l10nCommands: ["quickactions-cmd-screenshot", "quickactions-screenshot3"],
     label: "quickactions-screenshot3",
     icon: "chrome://browser/skin/screenshot.svg",
-    isActive: () => {
-      return !lazy.BrowserWindowTracker.getTopWindow().gScreenshots.shouldScreenshotsButtonBeDisabled();
-    },
+    isActive: currentPageIsWebContentFilter,
     onPick: () => {
       lazy.BrowserWindowTracker.getTopWindow()
         .document.getElementById("Browser:Screenshot")
diff --git a/browser/components/urlbar/tests/browser/browser_quickactions.js b/browser/components/urlbar/tests/browser/browser_quickactions.js
index 826ce3ec12de..6f8244e5c710 100644
--- a/browser/components/urlbar/tests/browser/browser_quickactions.js
+++ b/browser/components/urlbar/tests/browser/browser_quickactions.js
@@ -214,13 +214,7 @@ add_task(async function test_disabled() {
   UrlbarProviderQuickActions.removeAction("disabledaction");
 });
 
-/**
- * The first part of this test confirms that when the screenshots component is enabled
- * the screenshot quick action button will be enabled on about: pages.
- * The second part confirms that when the screenshots extension is enabled the
- * screenshot quick action button will be disbaled on about: pages.
- */
-add_task(async function test_screenshot_enabled_or_disabled() {
+add_task(async function test_screenshot_disabled() {
   let onLoaded = BrowserTestUtils.browserLoaded(
     gBrowser.selectedBrowser,
     false,
@@ -241,30 +235,6 @@ add_task(async function test_screenshot_enabled_or_disabled() {
   let screenshotButton = window.document.querySelector(
     ".urlbarView-row[dynamicType=quickactions] .urlbarView-quickaction-row"
   );
-  Assert.ok(
-    !screenshotButton.hasAttribute("disabled"),
-    "Screenshot button is disabled on about pages"
-  );
-
-  await UrlbarTestUtils.promisePopupClose(window);
-  EventUtils.synthesizeKey("KEY_Escape");
-
-  await SpecialPowers.pushPrefEnv({
-    set: [["screenshots.browser.component.enabled", false]],
-  });
-
-  await UrlbarTestUtils.promiseAutocompleteResultPopup({
-    window,
-    value: "screenshot",
-  });
-  Assert.equal(
-    UrlbarTestUtils.getResultCount(window),
-    2,
-    "The action is displayed"
-  );
-  screenshotButton = window.document.querySelector(
-    ".urlbarView-row[dynamicType=quickactions] .urlbarView-quickaction-row"
-  );
   Assert.equal(
     screenshotButton.getAttribute("disabled"),
     "disabled",
@@ -273,8 +243,6 @@ add_task(async function test_screenshot_enabled_or_disabled() {
 
   await UrlbarTestUtils.promisePopupClose(window);
   EventUtils.synthesizeKey("KEY_Escape");
-
-  await SpecialPowers.popPrefEnv();
 });
 
 add_task(async function match_in_phrase() {