diff --git a/toolkit/components/social/SocialService.jsm b/toolkit/components/social/SocialService.jsm
index 837d7f6f723c..29a1b88f7b35 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/social/SocialService.jsm
+++ b/toolkit/components/social/SocialService.jsm
@@ -139,10 +139,10 @@ function migrateSettings() {
       if (!Services.prefs.prefHasUserValue(prefname)) {
         // if we've got an active *builtin* provider, ensure that the pref
         // is set at a user-level as that will signify *installed* status.
-        let manifest = JSON.parse(MANIFEST_PREFS.getComplexValue(prefname, Ci.nsISupportsString).data);
-        // ensure we override a builtin manifest by having a different value in it
-        if (manifest.builtin)
-          delete manifest.builtin;
+        let manifest = JSON.parse(Services.prefs.getComplexValue(prefname, Ci.nsISupportsString).data);
+        // our default manifests have been updated with the builtin flags as of
+        // fx22, delete it so we can set the user-pref
+        delete manifest.builtin;
 
         let string = Cc["@mozilla.org/supports-string;1"].
                      createInstance(Ci.nsISupportsString);
@@ -169,12 +169,14 @@ function migrateSettings() {
     try {
       let manifest = JSON.parse(manifestPrefs.getComplexValue(pref, Ci.nsISupportsString).data);
       if (manifest && typeof(manifest) == "object" && manifest.origin) {
-        // ensure we override a builtin manifest by having a different value in it
-        if (manifest.builtin)
-          delete manifest.builtin;
+        // our default manifests have been updated with the builtin flags as of
+        // fx22, delete it so we can set the user-pref
+        delete manifest.builtin;
+
         let string = Cc["@mozilla.org/supports-string;1"].createInstance(Ci.nsISupportsString);
         string.data = JSON.stringify(manifest);
-        Services.prefs.setComplexValue(pref, Ci.nsISupportsString, string);
+        // pref here is just the branch name, set the full pref name
+        Services.prefs.setComplexValue("social.manifest." + pref, Ci.nsISupportsString, string);
         ActiveProviders.add(manifest.origin);
         ActiveProviders.flush();
         // social.active was used at a time that there was only one
diff --git a/toolkit/components/social/test/xpcshell/test_SocialServiceMigration21.js b/toolkit/components/social/test/xpcshell/test_SocialServiceMigration21.js
index 7fb798e49d42..678715d91251 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/social/test/xpcshell/test_SocialServiceMigration21.js
+++ b/toolkit/components/social/test/xpcshell/test_SocialServiceMigration21.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ function run_test() {
   let manifest = { // normal provider
     name: "provider 1",
     origin: "https://example1.com",
+    builtin: true // as of fx22 this should be true for default prefs
   };
 
   DEFAULT_PREFS.setCharPref(manifest.origin, JSON.stringify(manifest));
@@ -36,16 +37,15 @@ function testMigration(manifest, next) {
   // we should be set as a user level pref after migration
   do_check_false(MANIFEST_PREFS.prefHasUserValue(manifest.origin));
   // we need to access the providers for everything to initialize
-  SocialService.getProviderList(function(providers) {
-    do_check_true(SocialService.enabled);
-    do_check_true(Services.prefs.prefHasUserValue("social.activeProviders"));
+  yield SocialService.getProviderList(next);
+  do_check_true(SocialService.enabled);
+  do_check_true(Services.prefs.prefHasUserValue("social.activeProviders"));
 
-    let activeProviders;
-    let pref = Services.prefs.getComplexValue("social.activeProviders",
-                                              Ci.nsISupportsString);
-    activeProviders = JSON.parse(pref);
-    do_check_true(activeProviders.has(manifest.origin));
-    do_check_true(MANIFEST_PREFS.prefHasUserValue(manifest.origin));
-  });
-  yield true;
+  let activeProviders;
+  let pref = Services.prefs.getComplexValue("social.activeProviders",
+                                            Ci.nsISupportsString);
+  activeProviders = JSON.parse(pref);
+  do_check_true(activeProviders[manifest.origin]);
+  do_check_true(MANIFEST_PREFS.prefHasUserValue(manifest.origin));
+  do_check_true(JSON.parse(DEFAULT_PREFS.getCharPref(manifest.origin)).builtin);
 }
diff --git a/toolkit/components/social/test/xpcshell/test_SocialServiceMigration22.js b/toolkit/components/social/test/xpcshell/test_SocialServiceMigration22.js
index 37047cc8ebdb..b36489c729ba 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/social/test/xpcshell/test_SocialServiceMigration22.js
+++ b/toolkit/components/social/test/xpcshell/test_SocialServiceMigration22.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ function run_test() {
   let manifest = { // normal provider
     name: "provider 1",
     origin: "https://example1.com",
+    builtin: true // as of fx22 this should be true for default prefs
   };
 
   DEFAULT_PREFS.setCharPref(manifest.origin, JSON.stringify(manifest));
@@ -45,16 +46,15 @@ function testMigration(manifest, next) {
   // we should be set as a user level pref after migration
   do_check_false(MANIFEST_PREFS.prefHasUserValue(manifest.origin));
   // we need to access the providers for everything to initialize
-  SocialService.getProviderList(function(providers) {
-    do_check_true(SocialService.enabled);
-    do_check_true(Services.prefs.prefHasUserValue("social.activeProviders"));
+  yield SocialService.getProviderList(next);
+  do_check_true(SocialService.enabled);
+  do_check_true(Services.prefs.prefHasUserValue("social.activeProviders"));
 
-    let activeProviders;
-    let pref = Services.prefs.getComplexValue("social.activeProviders",
-                                              Ci.nsISupportsString);
-    activeProviders = JSON.parse(pref);
-    do_check_true(activeProviders.has(manifest.origin));
-    do_check_true(MANIFEST_PREFS.prefHasUserValue(manifest.origin));
-  });
-  yield true;
+  let activeProviders;
+  let pref = Services.prefs.getComplexValue("social.activeProviders",
+                                            Ci.nsISupportsString);
+  activeProviders = JSON.parse(pref);
+  do_check_true(activeProviders[manifest.origin]);
+  do_check_true(MANIFEST_PREFS.prefHasUserValue(manifest.origin));
+  do_check_true(JSON.parse(DEFAULT_PREFS.getCharPref(manifest.origin)).builtin);
 }