diff --git a/xpinstall/stub/nsStubNotifier.cpp b/xpinstall/stub/nsStubNotifier.cpp
index 032e9a0e93a..6cd0b396fa5 100644
--- a/xpinstall/stub/nsStubNotifier.cpp
+++ b/xpinstall/stub/nsStubNotifier.cpp
@@ -25,11 +25,10 @@
 #include "nsString.h"
 #include "nsStubNotifier.h"
 
+extern PRInt32 gInstallStatus;
 
-nsStubNotifier::nsStubNotifier( pfnXPIStart aStart, 
-                                pfnXPIProgress aProgress, 
-                                pfnXPIFinal aFinal)
-    : m_start(aStart), m_progress(aProgress), m_final(aFinal)
+nsStubNotifier::nsStubNotifier( pfnXPIProgress aProgress )
+    : m_progress(aProgress)
 {
     NS_INIT_ISUPPORTS();
 }
@@ -57,8 +56,7 @@ nsStubNotifier::AfterJavascriptEvaluation(const PRUnichar *URL)
 NS_IMETHODIMP
 nsStubNotifier::InstallStarted(const PRUnichar *URL, const PRUnichar* UIPackageName)
 {
-    if (m_start)
-        m_start(nsCAutoString(URL), nsCAutoString(UIPackageName));
+    // we're not interested in this one
     return NS_OK;
 }
 
@@ -81,9 +79,9 @@ nsStubNotifier::FinalizeProgress(const PRUnichar* message, PRInt32 itemNum, PRIn
 NS_IMETHODIMP
 nsStubNotifier::FinalStatus(const PRUnichar *URL, PRInt32 status)
 {
-    if (m_final)
-        m_final( nsCAutoString(URL), status );
-
+//    if (m_final)
+//        m_final( nsCAutoString(URL), status );
+    gInstallStatus = status;
     return NS_OK;
 }
 
diff --git a/xpinstall/stub/nsStubNotifier.h b/xpinstall/stub/nsStubNotifier.h
index 83dfee6436d..c63cdc1505b 100644
--- a/xpinstall/stub/nsStubNotifier.h
+++ b/xpinstall/stub/nsStubNotifier.h
@@ -34,16 +34,14 @@ class nsStubNotifier : public nsIXPINotifier
 {
     public:
 
-        nsStubNotifier( pfnXPIStart, pfnXPIProgress, pfnXPIFinal );
+        nsStubNotifier( pfnXPIProgress );
         virtual ~nsStubNotifier();
 
         NS_DECL_ISUPPORTS
         NS_DECL_NSIXPINOTIFIER
 
     private:
-        pfnXPIStart     m_start;
         pfnXPIProgress  m_progress;
-        pfnXPIFinal     m_final;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/xpinstall/stub/xpistub.cpp b/xpinstall/stub/xpistub.cpp
index 1dc10f4ef53..d8e2df75be1 100644
--- a/xpinstall/stub/xpistub.cpp
+++ b/xpinstall/stub/xpistub.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ static nsIServiceManager   *gServiceMgr = 0;
 
 static NS_DEFINE_IID(kSoftwareUpdateCID, NS_SoftwareUpdate_CID);
 
+PRInt32 gInstallStatus;
+
 
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -74,9 +76,7 @@ PR_PUBLIC_API(nsresult) XPI_Init(
 #else
                                     const char*         aProgramDir,
 #endif
-                                    pfnXPIStart         startCB, 
-                                    pfnXPIProgress      progressCB,
-                                    pfnXPIFinal         finalCB     )
+                                    pfnXPIProgress      progressCB )
 {
     nsresult              rv;
     nsCOMPtr<nsIFileSpec> nsIfsDirectory;
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ PR_PUBLIC_API(nsresult) XPI_Init(
     //--------------------------------------------------------------------
     // Save the install wizard's callbacks as a nsIXPINotifer for later
     //--------------------------------------------------------------------
-    nsStubNotifier* stub = new nsStubNotifier( startCB, progressCB, finalCB );
+    nsStubNotifier* stub = new nsStubNotifier( progressCB );
     if (!stub)
     {
         gXPI->Release();
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ PR_PUBLIC_API(void) XPI_Exit()
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------
 //          XPI_Install()
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------
-PR_PUBLIC_API(nsresult) XPI_Install(
+PR_PUBLIC_API(PRInt32) XPI_Install(
 #ifdef XP_MAC
                                     const FSSpec& aFile,
 #else
@@ -206,11 +206,13 @@ PR_PUBLIC_API(nsresult) XPI_Install(
     nsFileURL               URL(file);
     nsString                URLstr(URL.GetURLString());
 
+    gInstallStatus = -201; // nsInstall::UNEXPECTED_ERROR
+
     NS_NewFileSpecWithSpec( file, getter_AddRefs(iFile) );
 
     if (iFile && gXPI)
         rv = gXPI->InstallJar( iFile, URLstr.GetUnicode(), args.GetUnicode(), 
                                (aFlags | XPI_NO_NEW_THREAD), gNotifier );
 
-    return rv;
+    return gInstallStatus;
 }
diff --git a/xpinstall/stub/xpistub.h b/xpinstall/stub/xpistub.h
index 0c755a24ec5..25c0f2cb5a4 100644
--- a/xpinstall/stub/xpistub.h
+++ b/xpinstall/stub/xpistub.h
@@ -84,9 +84,7 @@ PR_EXTERN(nsresult) XPI_Init(
 #else
                               const char*       aProgramDir,
 #endif
-                              pfnXPIStart       startCB, 
-                              pfnXPIProgress    progressCB,
-                              pfnXPIFinal       finalCB     );
+                              pfnXPIProgress    progressCB );
 
 /** XPI_Install
  *
@@ -95,8 +93,10 @@ PR_EXTERN(nsresult) XPI_Init(
  *  @param file     Native filename of XPI archive
  *  @param args     Install.arguments, if any
  *  @param flags    the old SmartUpdate trigger flags. This may go away
+ *
+ *  @returns status  Status from the installed archive
  */
-PR_EXTERN(nsresult) XPI_Install( 
+PR_EXTERN(PRInt32) XPI_Install( 
 #ifdef XP_MAC
                                  const FSSpec& file,
 #else