diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/components/settings/FeatureFlagPreference.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/components/settings/FeatureFlagPreference.kt
index 26a2925e3..c0ffb6ac3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/components/settings/FeatureFlagPreference.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/components/settings/FeatureFlagPreference.kt
@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@
 
 package org.mozilla.fenix.components.settings
 
-import mozilla.components.support.base.log.logger.Logger
 import mozilla.components.support.ktx.android.content.PreferencesHolder
 import mozilla.components.support.ktx.android.content.booleanPreference
-import org.mozilla.experiments.nimbus.internal.NimbusFeatureException
 import kotlin.properties.ReadWriteProperty
 import kotlin.reflect.KProperty
 
@@ -29,16 +27,8 @@ fun featureFlagPreference(key: String, default: Boolean, featureFlag: Boolean) =
 private class LazyPreference(val key: String, val default: () -> Boolean) :
     ReadWriteProperty<PreferencesHolder, Boolean> {
 
-    override fun getValue(thisRef: PreferencesHolder, property: KProperty<*>): Boolean {
-        val defValue = try {
-            default()
-        } catch (e: NimbusFeatureException) {
-            Logger.error("Failed fetch default value for $key", e)
-            false
-        }
-
-        return thisRef.preferences.getBoolean(key, defValue)
-    }
+    override fun getValue(thisRef: PreferencesHolder, property: KProperty<*>): Boolean =
+        thisRef.preferences.getBoolean(key, default())
 
     override fun setValue(thisRef: PreferencesHolder, property: KProperty<*>, value: Boolean) =
         thisRef.preferences.edit().putBoolean(key, value).apply()
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/utils/Settings.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/utils/Settings.kt
index 187a75f84..fe46a5b9f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/utils/Settings.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/utils/Settings.kt
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import mozilla.components.support.ktx.android.content.longPreference
 import mozilla.components.support.ktx.android.content.stringPreference
 import mozilla.components.support.ktx.android.content.stringSetPreference
 import mozilla.components.support.locale.LocaleManager
-import org.mozilla.experiments.nimbus.internal.NimbusFeatureException
 import org.mozilla.fenix.BuildConfig
 import org.mozilla.fenix.Config
 import org.mozilla.fenix.FeatureFlags
@@ -1204,11 +1203,8 @@ class Settings(private val appContext: Context) : PreferencesHolder {
     private val onboardScreenSection: Map<OnboardingSection, Boolean> get() =
         FxNimbus.features.onboarding.value().sectionsEnabled
 
-    private val homescreenSections: Map<HomeScreenSection, Boolean> get() = try {
+    private val homescreenSections: Map<HomeScreenSection, Boolean> get() =
         FxNimbus.features.homescreen.value().sectionsEnabled
-    } catch (e: NimbusFeatureException) {
-        emptyMap()
-    }
 
     var historyMetadataUIFeature by lazyFeatureFlagPreference(
         appContext.getPreferenceKey(R.string.pref_key_history_metadata_feature),