diff --git a/browser/app/profile/firefox.js b/browser/app/profile/firefox.js
index 4abe75e79382..f515765daf5e 100644
--- a/browser/app/profile/firefox.js
+++ b/browser/app/profile/firefox.js
@@ -539,9 +539,6 @@ pref("alerts.totalOpenTime", 4000);
 pref("browser.xul.error_pages.enabled", true);
 pref("browser.xul.error_pages.expert_bad_cert", false);
 
-// Work Offline is best manually managed by the user.
-pref("network.manage-offline-status", false);
-
 // We want to make sure mail URLs are handled externally...
 pref("network.protocol-handler.external.mailto", true); // for mail
 pref("network.protocol-handler.external.news", true);   // for news