--- a/mobile/android/base/GeckoAppShell.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/GeckoAppShell.java
@@ -1202,21 +1202,16 @@ public class GeckoAppShell
 
             // Only handle applications which can accept arbitrary data from a browser.
             intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_BROWSABLE);
 
             // Prevent site from explicitly opening our internal activities, which can leak data.
             intent.setComponent(null);
             nullIntentSelector(intent);
 
-            // We only handle explicit Intents at the moment (see bug 851693 comment 20).
-            if (intent.getPackage() == null) {
-                return null;
-            }
-
             return intent;
         }
 
         // Compute our most likely intent, then check to see if there are any
         // custom handlers that would apply.
         // Start with the original URI. If we end up modifying it, we'll
         // overwrite it.
         final String extension = MimeTypeMap.getFileExtensionFromUrl(targetURI);