--- a/mail/locales/en-US/chrome/messenger-region/region.properties
+++ b/mail/locales/en-US/chrome/messenger-region/region.properties
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 # Default search engine
-browser.search.defaultenginename=Google
+browser.search.defaultenginename=Bing
 
 # Search engine order (order displayed in the search bar dropdown)s
-browser.search.order.1=Google
+browser.search.order.1=Bing
 browser.search.order.2=Yahoo
-browser.search.order.3=Bing
+browser.search.order.3=
 
 # To make mapit buttons to disappear in the addressbook, specify empty string.  For example:
 # mail.addr_book.mapit_url.format=
 # The format for "mail.addr_book.mapit_url.format" is:
 # @A1 == address, part 1
 # @A2 == address, part 2
 # @CI == city
 # @ST == state

--- a/mail/locales/en-US/searchplugins/list.txt
+++ b/mail/locales/en-US/searchplugins/list.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 amazondotcom
 aol-web-search
 bing
 eBay
-google
 twitter
 wikipedia
 yahoo