diff --git a/dom/storage/Storage.cpp b/dom/storage/Storage.cpp
index 9f35daa35a0a..deda546fcaaa 100644
--- a/dom/storage/Storage.cpp
+++ b/dom/storage/Storage.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 namespace mozilla::dom {
 
+static const char kStorageEnabled[] = "dom.storage.enabled";
+
 NS_IMPL_CYCLE_COLLECTION_WRAPPERCACHE(Storage, mWindow, mPrincipal,
                                       mStoragePrincipal)
 
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ Storage::~Storage() = default;
 
 /* static */
 bool Storage::StoragePrefIsEnabled() {
-  return StaticPrefs::dom_storage_enabled();
+  return mozilla::Preferences::GetBool(kStorageEnabled);
 }
 
 int64_t Storage::GetSnapshotUsage(nsIPrincipal& aSubjectPrincipal,
diff --git a/modules/libpref/init/StaticPrefList.yaml b/modules/libpref/init/StaticPrefList.yaml
index 16629569e053..36e6b0609c5b 100644
--- a/modules/libpref/init/StaticPrefList.yaml
+++ b/modules/libpref/init/StaticPrefList.yaml
@@ -3990,11 +3990,6 @@
   value: false
   mirror: always
 
-- name: dom.storage.enabled
-  type: RelaxedAtomicBool
-  value: true
-  mirror: always
-
 - name: dom.workers.pFetch.enabled
   type: RelaxedAtomicBool
   value: true
diff --git a/modules/libpref/init/all.js b/modules/libpref/init/all.js
index b0a110935760..84ba6bca9793 100644
--- a/modules/libpref/init/all.js
+++ b/modules/libpref/init/all.js
@@ -867,6 +867,7 @@ pref("dom.popup_allowed_events", "change click dblclick auxclick mousedown mouse
 
 pref("dom.serviceWorkers.disable_open_click_delay", 1000);
 
+pref("dom.storage.enabled", true);
 pref("dom.storage.shadow_writes", false);
 pref("dom.storage.snapshot_prefill", 16384);
 pref("dom.storage.snapshot_gradual_prefill", 4096);