--- a/docshell/base/nsAboutRedirector.cpp
+++ b/docshell/base/nsAboutRedirector.cpp
@@ -59,16 +59,18 @@ struct RedirEntry {
   URI_SAFE_FOR_UNTRUSTED_CONTENT in the third argument to each map item below
   unless your about: page really needs chrome privileges. Security review is
   required before adding new map entries without
   URI_SAFE_FOR_UNTRUSTED_CONTENT.  Also note, however, that adding
   URI_SAFE_FOR_UNTRUSTED_CONTENT will allow random web sites to link to that
   URI.  Perhaps we should separate the two concepts out...
  */
 static RedirEntry kRedirMap[] = {
+    { "", "chrome://global/content/about.xhtml",
+      nsIAboutModule::ALLOW_SCRIPT },
     { "about", "chrome://global/content/aboutAbout.xhtml", 0 },
     { "credits", "http://www.mozilla.org/credits/",
       nsIAboutModule::URI_SAFE_FOR_UNTRUSTED_CONTENT },
     { "mozilla", "chrome://global/content/mozilla.xhtml",
       nsIAboutModule::URI_SAFE_FOR_UNTRUSTED_CONTENT },
     { "plugins", "chrome://global/content/plugins.html", 0 },
     { "config", "chrome://global/content/config.xul", 0 },
 #ifdef MOZ_CRASHREPORTER

--- a/docshell/build/nsDocShellModule.cpp
+++ b/docshell/build/nsDocShellModule.cpp
@@ -178,16 +178,17 @@ const mozilla::Module::CIDEntry kDocShel
   { &kNS_DOWNLOADHISTORY_CID, false, NULL, nsDownloadHistoryConstructor },
   { NULL }
 };
 
 const mozilla::Module::ContractIDEntry kDocShellContracts[] = {
   { "@mozilla.org/docshell;1", &kNS_DOCSHELL_CID },
   { NS_URIFIXUP_CONTRACTID, &kNS_DEFAULTURIFIXUP_CID },
   { NS_WEBNAVIGATION_INFO_CONTRACTID, &kNS_WEBNAVIGATION_INFO_CID },
+  { NS_ABOUT_MODULE_CONTRACTID_PREFIX "", &kNS_ABOUT_REDIRECTOR_MODULE_CID },
   { NS_ABOUT_MODULE_CONTRACTID_PREFIX "about", &kNS_ABOUT_REDIRECTOR_MODULE_CID },
   { NS_ABOUT_MODULE_CONTRACTID_PREFIX "config", &kNS_ABOUT_REDIRECTOR_MODULE_CID },
 #ifdef MOZ_CRASHREPORTER
   { NS_ABOUT_MODULE_CONTRACTID_PREFIX "crashes", &kNS_ABOUT_REDIRECTOR_MODULE_CID },
 #endif
   { NS_ABOUT_MODULE_CONTRACTID_PREFIX "credits", &kNS_ABOUT_REDIRECTOR_MODULE_CID },
   { NS_ABOUT_MODULE_CONTRACTID_PREFIX "plugins", &kNS_ABOUT_REDIRECTOR_MODULE_CID },
   { NS_ABOUT_MODULE_CONTRACTID_PREFIX "mozilla", &kNS_ABOUT_REDIRECTOR_MODULE_CID },

--- a/toolkit/content/about.xhtml
+++ b/toolkit/content/about.xhtml
@@ -63,19 +63,17 @@
       <img src="about:logo" alt="&brandShortName;"/>
 #expand <p id="version">&about.version; __MOZ_APP_VERSION__</p>
     </a>
   </div>
 
   <ul id="aboutPageList">
     <li>&about.credits.beforeLink;<a href="about:credits">&about.credits.linkTitle;</a>&about.credits.afterLink;</li>
     <li>&about.license.beforeTheLink;<a href="about:license">&about.license.linkTitle;</a>&about.license.afterTheLink;</li>
-    <!-- Release notes link removed pending fix for bug 349985
     <li>&about.relnotes.beforeTheLink;<a id="releaseNotesURL" href="">&about.relnotes.linkTitle;</a>&about.relnotes.afterTheLink;</li>
-    -->
     <li>&about.buildconfig.beforeTheLink;<a href="about:buildconfig">&about.buildconfig.linkTitle;</a>&about.buildconfig.afterTheLink;</li>
     <script type="application/javascript">
       // get release notes URL from prefs
       try {
         var formatter = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/toolkit/URLFormatterService;1"]
                                   .getService(Components.interfaces.nsIURLFormatter);
         var releaseNotesURL = formatter.formatURLPref("app.releaseNotesURL");
         var relnotes = document.getElementById("releaseNotesURL");

--- a/xpfe/appshell/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/xpfe/appshell/src/Makefile.in
@@ -55,17 +55,16 @@ LIBXUL_LIBRARY	= 1
 CPPSRCS		= \
 		nsChromeTreeOwner.cpp \
 		nsContentTreeOwner.cpp \
 		nsXULWindow.cpp \
 		nsAppShellService.cpp \
 		nsAppShellWindowEnumerator.cpp \
 		nsWebShellWindow.cpp \
 		nsWindowMediator.cpp \
-		nsAbout.cpp \
 		nsAppShellFactory.cpp \
 		$(NULL)
 
 ifeq (,$(filter-out WINCE WINNT,$(OS_ARCH)))
 EXTRA_DSO_LIBS	= gkgfx
 endif
 
 EXTRA_DSO_LDOPTS = \

deleted file mode 100644
--- a/xpfe/appshell/src/nsAbout.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
-/* ***** BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK *****
- * Version: MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1
- *
- * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version
- * 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
- * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
- * http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
- *
- * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
- * for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the
- * License.
- *
- * The Original Code is mozilla.org code.
- *
- * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is
- * Netscape Communications Corporation.
- * Portions created by the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 1998
- * the Initial Developer. All Rights Reserved.
- *
- * Contributor(s):
- *
- * Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of
- * either of the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later (the "GPL"),
- * or the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1 or later (the "LGPL"),
- * in which case the provisions of the GPL or the LGPL are applicable instead
- * of those above. If you wish to allow use of your version of this file only
- * under the terms of either the GPL or the LGPL, and not to allow others to
- * use your version of this file under the terms of the MPL, indicate your
- * decision by deleting the provisions above and replace them with the notice
- * and other provisions required by the GPL or the LGPL. If you do not delete
- * the provisions above, a recipient may use your version of this file under
- * the terms of any one of the MPL, the GPL or the LGPL.
- *
- * ***** END LICENSE BLOCK ***** */
-
-#include "nsAbout.h"
-#include "nsIIOService.h"
-#include "nsIServiceManager.h"
-#include "nsIChannel.h"
-#include "nsCOMPtr.h"
-#include "nsIURI.h"
-#include "nsNetCID.h"
-#include "nsIScriptSecurityManager.h"
-#include "nsLiteralString.h"
-
-NS_IMPL_ISUPPORTS1(nsAbout, nsIAboutModule)
-
-static const char kURI[] = "chrome://global/content/about.xhtml";
-
-NS_IMETHODIMP
-nsAbout::NewChannel(nsIURI *aURI, nsIChannel **result)
-{
-    nsresult rv;
-    nsCOMPtr<nsIIOService> ioService(do_GetService(NS_IOSERVICE_CONTRACTID, &rv));
-    NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
-
-    nsCOMPtr<nsIChannel> tempChannel;
-    rv = ioService->NewChannel(NS_LITERAL_CSTRING(kURI), nsnull, nsnull, 
-                               getter_AddRefs(tempChannel));
-    NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
-
-    nsCOMPtr<nsIScriptSecurityManager> securityManager = 
-             do_GetService(NS_SCRIPTSECURITYMANAGER_CONTRACTID, &rv);
-    NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
-
-    nsCOMPtr<nsIPrincipal> principal;
-    rv = securityManager->GetCodebasePrincipal(aURI, getter_AddRefs(principal));
-    NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
-
-    nsCOMPtr<nsISupports> owner = do_QueryInterface(principal);
-    rv = tempChannel->SetOwner(owner);
-    *result = tempChannel.get();
-    NS_ADDREF(*result);
-    return rv;
-}
-
-NS_IMETHODIMP
-nsAbout::GetURIFlags(nsIURI *aURI, PRUint32 *result)
-{
-    *result = nsIAboutModule::ALLOW_SCRIPT;
-    return NS_OK;
-}

deleted file mode 100644
--- a/xpfe/appshell/src/nsAbout.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
-/* ***** BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK *****
- * Version: MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1
- *
- * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version
- * 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
- * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
- * http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
- *
- * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
- * for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the
- * License.
- *
- * The Original Code is mozilla.org code.
- *
- * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is
- * Netscape Communications Corporation.
- * Portions created by the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 1998
- * the Initial Developer. All Rights Reserved.
- *
- * Contributor(s):
- *
- * Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of
- * either of the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later (the "GPL"),
- * or the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1 or later (the "LGPL"),
- * in which case the provisions of the GPL or the LGPL are applicable instead
- * of those above. If you wish to allow use of your version of this file only
- * under the terms of either the GPL or the LGPL, and not to allow others to
- * use your version of this file under the terms of the MPL, indicate your
- * decision by deleting the provisions above and replace them with the notice
- * and other provisions required by the GPL or the LGPL. If you do not delete
- * the provisions above, a recipient may use your version of this file under
- * the terms of any one of the MPL, the GPL or the LGPL.
- *
- * ***** END LICENSE BLOCK ***** */
-
-#ifndef nsAbout_h_
-#define nsAbout_h_
-
-#include "nsIAboutModule.h"
-
-#define NS_ABOUT_CID                                                           \
-{ /* {1f1ce501-663a-11d3-b7a0-be426e4e69bc} */                                 \
-0x1f1ce501, 0x663a, 0x11d3, { 0xb7, 0xa0, 0xbe, 0x42, 0x6e, 0x4e, 0x69, 0xbc } \
-}
-
-class nsAbout : public nsIAboutModule
-{
-public:
-    NS_DECL_ISUPPORTS
-    NS_DECL_NSIABOUTMODULE
-
-    nsAbout() {}
-    virtual ~nsAbout() {}
-};
-
-#endif // nsAbout_h_

--- a/xpfe/appshell/src/nsAppShellFactory.cpp
+++ b/xpfe/appshell/src/nsAppShellFactory.cpp
@@ -33,43 +33,38 @@
  * the provisions above, a recipient may use your version of this file under
  * the terms of any one of the MPL, the GPL or the LGPL.
  *
  * ***** END LICENSE BLOCK ***** */
 
 #include "mozilla/ModuleUtils.h"
 #include "nscore.h"
 #include "nsIWindowMediator.h"
-#include "nsAbout.h"
 
 #include "nsIAppShellService.h"
 #include "nsAppShellService.h"
 #include "nsWindowMediator.h"
 #include "nsChromeTreeOwner.h"
 #include "nsAppShellCID.h"
 
 NS_GENERIC_FACTORY_CONSTRUCTOR(nsAppShellService)
-NS_GENERIC_FACTORY_CONSTRUCTOR(nsAbout)
 NS_GENERIC_FACTORY_CONSTRUCTOR_INIT(nsWindowMediator, Init)
 
 NS_DEFINE_NAMED_CID(NS_APPSHELLSERVICE_CID);
 NS_DEFINE_NAMED_CID(NS_WINDOWMEDIATOR_CID);
-NS_DEFINE_NAMED_CID(NS_ABOUT_CID);
 
 static const mozilla::Module::CIDEntry kAppShellCIDs[] = {
   { &kNS_APPSHELLSERVICE_CID, false, NULL, nsAppShellServiceConstructor },
   { &kNS_WINDOWMEDIATOR_CID, false, NULL, nsWindowMediatorConstructor },
-  { &kNS_ABOUT_CID, false, NULL, nsAboutConstructor },
   { NULL }
 };
 
 static const mozilla::Module::ContractIDEntry kAppShellContracts[] = {
   { NS_APPSHELLSERVICE_CONTRACTID, &kNS_APPSHELLSERVICE_CID },
   { NS_WINDOWMEDIATOR_CONTRACTID, &kNS_WINDOWMEDIATOR_CID },
-  { NS_ABOUT_MODULE_CONTRACTID_PREFIX, &kNS_ABOUT_CID },
   { NULL }
 };
 
 static nsresult
 nsAppShellModuleConstructor()
 {
   return nsChromeTreeOwner::InitGlobals();
 }