diff --git a/browser/base/content/utilityOverlay.js b/browser/base/content/utilityOverlay.js
index 4a5268b1db11..69ea5096c710 100644
--- a/browser/base/content/utilityOverlay.js
+++ b/browser/base/content/utilityOverlay.js
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ Components.utils.import("resource://gre/modules/XPCOMUtils.jsm");
 Components.utils.import("resource://gre/modules/PrivateBrowsingUtils.jsm");
 Components.utils.import("resource:///modules/RecentWindow.jsm");
 
+XPCOMUtils.defineLazyModuleGetter(this, "ShellService",
+                                  "resource:///modules/ShellService.jsm");
+
 XPCOMUtils.defineLazyServiceGetter(this, "aboutNewTabService",
                                    "@mozilla.org/browser/aboutnewtab-service;1",
                                    "nsIAboutNewTabService");
@@ -454,15 +457,10 @@ function gatherTextUnder ( root )
   return text;
 }
 
+// This function exists for legacy reasons.
 function getShellService()
 {
-  var shell = null;
-  try {
-    shell = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/browser/shell-service;1"]
-      .getService(Components.interfaces.nsIShellService);
-  } catch (e) {
-  }
-  return shell;
+  return ShellService;
 }
 
 function isBidiEnabled() {
diff --git a/browser/components/nsBrowserContentHandler.js b/browser/components/nsBrowserContentHandler.js
index 93aa8c9cf1e4..d9bbb9f72589 100644
--- a/browser/components/nsBrowserContentHandler.js
+++ b/browser/components/nsBrowserContentHandler.js
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ XPCOMUtils.defineLazyModuleGetter(this, "PrivateBrowsingUtils",
                                   "resource://gre/modules/PrivateBrowsingUtils.jsm");
 XPCOMUtils.defineLazyModuleGetter(this, "RecentWindow",
                                   "resource:///modules/RecentWindow.jsm");
+XPCOMUtils.defineLazyModuleGetter(this, "ShellService",
+                                  "resource:///modules/ShellService.jsm");
 XPCOMUtils.defineLazyServiceGetter(this, "WindowsUIUtils",
                                    "@mozilla.org/windows-ui-utils;1", "nsIWindowsUIUtils");
 
@@ -660,9 +662,7 @@ nsBrowserContentHandler.prototype = {
         var url = Services.urlFormatter.formatURLPref("app.support.baseURL") +
                   "win10-default-browser";
         if (urlParam == url) {
-          var shellSvc = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/browser/shell-service;1"]
-                                   .getService(Components.interfaces.nsIShellService);
-          isDefault = shellSvc.isDefaultBrowser(false, false);
+          isDefault = ShellService.isDefaultBrowser(false, false);
         }
       } catch (ex) {}
       if (isDefault) {
diff --git a/browser/components/nsBrowserGlue.js b/browser/components/nsBrowserGlue.js
index ca5915f858d7..ec02a669c43a 100644
--- a/browser/components/nsBrowserGlue.js
+++ b/browser/components/nsBrowserGlue.js
@@ -140,16 +140,6 @@ XPCOMUtils.defineLazyModuleGetter(this, "PluginCrashReporter",
                                   "resource:///modules/ContentCrashHandlers.jsm");
 #endif
 
-XPCOMUtils.defineLazyGetter(this, "ShellService", function() {
-  try {
-    return Cc["@mozilla.org/browser/shell-service;1"].
-           getService(Ci.nsIShellService);
-  }
-  catch(ex) {
-    return null;
-  }
-});
-
 XPCOMUtils.defineLazyGetter(this, "gBrandBundle", function() {
   return Services.strings.createBundle('chrome://branding/locale/brand.properties');
 });
@@ -180,6 +170,9 @@ XPCOMUtils.defineLazyModuleGetter(this, "ExtensionManagement",
 XPCOMUtils.defineLazyModuleGetter(this, "AppConstants",
                                   "resource://gre/modules/AppConstants.jsm");
 
+XPCOMUtils.defineLazyModuleGetter(this, "ShellService",
+                                  "resource:///modules/ShellService.jsm");
+
 XPCOMUtils.defineLazyServiceGetter(this, "WindowsUIUtils",
                                    "@mozilla.org/windows-ui-utils;1", "nsIWindowsUIUtils");
 
diff --git a/browser/components/preferences/in-content/main.js b/browser/components/preferences/in-content/main.js
index 067782cc17da..bb8e906f3e3f 100644
--- a/browser/components/preferences/in-content/main.js
+++ b/browser/components/preferences/in-content/main.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 Components.utils.import("resource://gre/modules/Downloads.jsm");
 Components.utils.import("resource://gre/modules/FileUtils.jsm");
 Components.utils.import("resource://gre/modules/Task.jsm");
+Components.utils.import("resource:///modules/ShellService.jsm");
 Components.utils.import("resource:///modules/TransientPrefs.jsm");
 #ifdef E10S_TESTING_ONLY
 XPCOMUtils.defineLazyModuleGetter(this, "UpdateUtils",
diff --git a/browser/components/shell/ShellService.jsm b/browser/components/shell/ShellService.jsm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f935eac94a79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/browser/components/shell/ShellService.jsm
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+* License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
+* You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+"use strict";
+
+this.EXPORTED_SYMBOLS = ["ShellService"];
+
+const { classes: Cc, interfaces: Ci, utils: Cu, results: Cr } = Components;
+
+Cu.import("resource://gre/modules/AppConstants.jsm");
+Cu.import("resource://gre/modules/Services.jsm");
+Cu.import("resource://gre/modules/XPCOMUtils.jsm");
+
+/**
+ * Internal functionality to save and restore the docShell.allow* properties.
+ */
+let ShellServiceInternal = {
+  /**
+   * Used to determine whether or not to offer "Set as desktop background"
+   * functionality. Even if shell service is available it is not
+   * guaranteed that it is able to set the background for every desktop
+   * which is especially true for Linux with its many different desktop
+   * environments.
+   */
+  get canSetDesktopBackground() {
+    if (AppConstants.platform == "win" ||
+        AppConstants.platform == "macosx") {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    if (AppConstants.platform == "linux") {
+      if (this.shellService) {
+        let linuxShellService = this.shellService
+                                    .QueryInterface(Ci.nsIGNOMEShellService);
+        return linuxShellService.canSetDesktopBackground;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return false;
+  },
+
+  /**
+   * Used to determine whether or not to show a "Set Default Browser"
+   * query dialog. This attribute is true if the application is starting
+   * up and "browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser" is true, otherwise it
+   * is false.
+   */
+  _checkedThisSession: false,
+  get shouldCheckDefaultBrowser() {
+    // If we've already checked, the browser has been started and this is a
+    // new window open, and we don't want to check again.
+    if (this._checkedThisSession) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    return Services.prefs.getBoolPref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser");
+  },
+  set shouldCheckDefaultBrowser(shouldCheck) {
+    Services.prefs.setBoolPref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", !!shouldCheck);
+  },
+  isDefaultBrowser(startupCheck, forAllTypes) {
+    // If this is the first browser window, maintain internal state that we've
+    // checked this session (so that subsequent window opens don't show the
+    // default browser dialog).
+    if (startupCheck) {
+      this._checkedThisSession = true;
+    }
+    if (this.shellService) {
+      return this.shellService.isDefaultBrowser(startupCheck, forAllTypes);
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+XPCOMUtils.defineLazyServiceGetter(ShellServiceInternal, "shellService",
+  "@mozilla.org/browser/shell-service;1", Ci.nsIShellService);
+
+/**
+ * The external API exported by this module.
+ */
+this.ShellService = new Proxy(ShellServiceInternal, {
+  get(target, name) {
+    return name in target ? target[name] :
+                            target.shellService[name];
+  }
+});
diff --git a/browser/components/shell/moz.build b/browser/components/shell/moz.build
index 3a04e8d2aa70..b9d1bee866dd 100644
--- a/browser/components/shell/moz.build
+++ b/browser/components/shell/moz.build
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ elif CONFIG['MOZ_WIDGET_TOOLKIT'] == 'cocoa':
     XPIDL_SOURCES += [
         'nsIMacShellService.idl',
     ]
+elif CONFIG['MOZ_WIDGET_GTK']:
+    XPIDL_SOURCES += [
+        'nsIGNOMEShellService.idl',
+    ]
 
 XPIDL_MODULE = 'shellservice'
 
@@ -45,6 +49,10 @@ EXTRA_COMPONENTS += [
     'nsSetDefaultBrowser.manifest',
 ]
 
+EXTRA_JS_MODULES += [
+    'ShellService.jsm',
+]
+
 for var in ('MOZ_APP_NAME', 'MOZ_APP_VERSION'):
     DEFINES[var] = '"%s"' % CONFIG[var]
 
diff --git a/browser/components/shell/nsGNOMEShellService.cpp b/browser/components/shell/nsGNOMEShellService.cpp
index 523825bf85cf..aef17925b6be 100644
--- a/browser/components/shell/nsGNOMEShellService.cpp
+++ b/browser/components/shell/nsGNOMEShellService.cpp
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ nsGNOMEShellService::Init()
   return appPath->GetNativePath(mAppPath);
 }
 
-NS_IMPL_ISUPPORTS(nsGNOMEShellService, nsIShellService)
+NS_IMPL_ISUPPORTS(nsGNOMEShellService, nsIGNOMEShellService, nsIShellService)
 
 bool
 nsGNOMEShellService::GetAppPathFromLauncher()
@@ -201,8 +201,6 @@ nsGNOMEShellService::IsDefaultBrowser(bool aStartupCheck,
                                       bool* aIsDefaultBrowser)
 {
   *aIsDefaultBrowser = false;
-  if (aStartupCheck)
-    mCheckedThisSession = true;
 
   nsCOMPtr<nsIGConfService> gconf = do_GetService(NS_GCONFSERVICE_CONTRACTID);
   nsCOMPtr<nsIGIOService> giovfs = do_GetService(NS_GIOSERVICE_CONTRACTID);
@@ -325,37 +323,6 @@ nsGNOMEShellService::SetDefaultBrowser(bool aClaimAllTypes,
   return NS_OK;
 }
 
-NS_IMETHODIMP
-nsGNOMEShellService::GetShouldCheckDefaultBrowser(bool* aResult)
-{
-  // If we've already checked, the browser has been started and this is a 
-  // new window open, and we don't want to check again.
-  if (mCheckedThisSession) {
-    *aResult = false;
-    return NS_OK;
-  }
-
-  nsresult rv;
-  nsCOMPtr<nsIPrefBranch> prefs(do_GetService(NS_PREFSERVICE_CONTRACTID, &rv));
-  if (NS_FAILED(rv)) {
-    return rv;
-  }
-
-  return prefs->GetBoolPref(PREF_CHECKDEFAULTBROWSER, aResult);
-}
-
-NS_IMETHODIMP
-nsGNOMEShellService::SetShouldCheckDefaultBrowser(bool aShouldCheck)
-{
-  nsresult rv;
-  nsCOMPtr<nsIPrefBranch> prefs(do_GetService(NS_PREFSERVICE_CONTRACTID, &rv));
-  if (NS_FAILED(rv)) {
-    return rv;
-  }
-
-  return prefs->SetBoolPref(PREF_CHECKDEFAULTBROWSER, aShouldCheck);
-}
-
 NS_IMETHODIMP
 nsGNOMEShellService::GetCanSetDesktopBackground(bool* aResult)
 {
diff --git a/browser/components/shell/nsGNOMEShellService.h b/browser/components/shell/nsGNOMEShellService.h
index ec435a53a428..a7b00380212d 100644
--- a/browser/components/shell/nsGNOMEShellService.h
+++ b/browser/components/shell/nsGNOMEShellService.h
@@ -6,17 +6,18 @@
 #ifndef nsgnomeshellservice_h____
 #define nsgnomeshellservice_h____
 
-#include "nsIShellService.h"
+#include "nsIGNOMEShellService.h"
 #include "nsStringAPI.h"
 #include "mozilla/Attributes.h"
 
-class nsGNOMEShellService final : public nsIShellService
+class nsGNOMEShellService final : public nsIGNOMEShellService
 {
 public:
-  nsGNOMEShellService() : mCheckedThisSession(false), mAppIsInPath(false) { }
+  nsGNOMEShellService() : mAppIsInPath(false) { }
 
   NS_DECL_ISUPPORTS
   NS_DECL_NSISHELLSERVICE
+  NS_DECL_NSIGNOMESHELLSERVICE
 
   nsresult Init();
 
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@ private:
   bool CheckHandlerMatchesAppName(const nsACString& handler) const;
 
   bool GetAppPathFromLauncher();
-  bool mCheckedThisSession;
   bool mUseLocaleFilenames;
   nsCString    mAppPath;
   bool mAppIsInPath;
diff --git a/browser/components/shell/nsIGNOMEShellService.idl b/browser/components/shell/nsIGNOMEShellService.idl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..842ce5e8a7a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/browser/components/shell/nsIGNOMEShellService.idl
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+#include "nsIShellService.idl"
+
+[scriptable, uuid(2ce5c803-edcd-443d-98eb-ceba86d02d13)]
+interface nsIGNOMEShellService : nsIShellService
+{
+  /**
+   * Used to determine whether or not to offer "Set as desktop background"
+   * functionality. Even if shell service is available it is not
+   * guaranteed that it is able to set the background for every desktop
+   * which is especially true for Linux with its many different desktop
+   * environments.
+   */
+  readonly attribute boolean canSetDesktopBackground;
+};
+
diff --git a/browser/components/shell/nsIMacShellService.idl b/browser/components/shell/nsIMacShellService.idl
index ce11a8d972cc..6a532bbd0b2a 100644
--- a/browser/components/shell/nsIMacShellService.idl
+++ b/browser/components/shell/nsIMacShellService.idl
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 #include "nsIShellService.idl"
 
-[scriptable, uuid(291a27cd-ef4c-46c6-a2f8-83182498167e)]
+[scriptable, uuid(387fdc80-0077-4b60-a0d9-d9e80a83ba64)]
 interface nsIMacShellService : nsIShellService
 {
   const long APPLICATION_KEYCHAIN_ACCESS  = 2;
diff --git a/browser/components/shell/nsIShellService.idl b/browser/components/shell/nsIShellService.idl
index 9d9069cbc245..3e7e94b00a8e 100644
--- a/browser/components/shell/nsIShellService.idl
+++ b/browser/components/shell/nsIShellService.idl
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 interface nsIDOMElement;
 interface nsIFile;
 
-[scriptable, uuid(53f4bc4a-5b86-4643-8e67-4907ecbab34c)]
+[scriptable, uuid(2d1a95e4-5bd8-4eeb-b0a8-c1455fd2a357)]
 interface nsIShellService : nsISupports
 {
   /**
@@ -38,23 +38,6 @@ interface nsIShellService : nsISupports
    */
   void setDefaultBrowser(in boolean aClaimAllTypes, in boolean aForAllUsers);
 
-  /**
-   * Used to determine whether or not to show a "Set Default Browser"
-   * query dialog. This attribute is true if the application is starting
-   * up and "browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser" is true, otherwise it
-   * is false.
-   */
-  attribute boolean shouldCheckDefaultBrowser;
-
-  /**
-   * Used to determine whether or not to offer "Set as desktop background"
-   * functionality. Even if shell service is available it is not
-   * guaranteed that it is able to set the background for every desktop
-   * which is especially true for Linux with its many different desktop
-   * environments.
-   */
-  readonly attribute boolean canSetDesktopBackground;
-
   /** 
    * Flags for positioning/sizing of the Desktop Background image.
    */
diff --git a/browser/components/shell/nsIWindowsShellService.idl b/browser/components/shell/nsIWindowsShellService.idl
index 31affd3062dc..57ed370555c3 100644
--- a/browser/components/shell/nsIWindowsShellService.idl
+++ b/browser/components/shell/nsIWindowsShellService.idl
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 #include "nsIShellService.idl"
 
-[scriptable, uuid(13f20725-4fd5-431f-90a1-525ab31755b1)]
+[scriptable, uuid(f8a26b94-49e5-4441-8fbc-315e0b4f22ef)]
 interface nsIWindowsShellService : nsIShellService
 {
     /**
diff --git a/browser/components/shell/nsMacShellService.cpp b/browser/components/shell/nsMacShellService.cpp
index 37ab5bce52ab..d8d64039d359 100644
--- a/browser/components/shell/nsMacShellService.cpp
+++ b/browser/components/shell/nsMacShellService.cpp
@@ -57,12 +57,6 @@ nsMacShellService::IsDefaultBrowser(bool aStartupCheck,
     ::CFRelease(defaultBrowserID);
   }
 
-  // If this is the first browser window, maintain internal state that we've
-  // checked this session (so that subsequent window opens don't show the 
-  // default browser dialog).
-  if (aStartupCheck)
-    mCheckedThisSession = true;
-
   return NS_OK;
 }
 
@@ -103,44 +97,6 @@ nsMacShellService::SetDefaultBrowser(bool aClaimAllTypes, bool aForAllUsers)
   return NS_OK;
 }
 
-NS_IMETHODIMP
-nsMacShellService::GetShouldCheckDefaultBrowser(bool* aResult)
-{
-  // If we've already checked, the browser has been started and this is a 
-  // new window open, and we don't want to check again.
-  if (mCheckedThisSession) {
-    *aResult = false;
-    return NS_OK;
-  }
-
-  nsresult rv;
-  nsCOMPtr<nsIPrefBranch> prefs(do_GetService(NS_PREFSERVICE_CONTRACTID, &rv));
-  if (NS_FAILED(rv)) {
-    return rv;
-  }
-
-  return prefs->GetBoolPref(PREF_CHECKDEFAULTBROWSER, aResult);
-}
-
-NS_IMETHODIMP
-nsMacShellService::SetShouldCheckDefaultBrowser(bool aShouldCheck)
-{
-  nsresult rv;
-  nsCOMPtr<nsIPrefBranch> prefs(do_GetService(NS_PREFSERVICE_CONTRACTID, &rv));
-  if (NS_FAILED(rv)) {
-    return rv;
-  }
-
-  return prefs->SetBoolPref(PREF_CHECKDEFAULTBROWSER, aShouldCheck);
-}
-
-NS_IMETHODIMP
-nsMacShellService::GetCanSetDesktopBackground(bool* aResult)
-{
-  *aResult = true;
-  return NS_OK;
-}
-
 NS_IMETHODIMP
 nsMacShellService::SetDesktopBackground(nsIDOMElement* aElement, 
                                         int32_t aPosition)
diff --git a/browser/components/shell/nsMacShellService.h b/browser/components/shell/nsMacShellService.h
index 7ca1c71ac325..db9527809273 100644
--- a/browser/components/shell/nsMacShellService.h
+++ b/browser/components/shell/nsMacShellService.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class nsMacShellService : public nsIMacShellService,
                           public nsIWebProgressListener
 {
 public:
-  nsMacShellService() : mCheckedThisSession(false) {};
+  nsMacShellService() {};
 
   NS_DECL_ISUPPORTS
   NS_DECL_NSISHELLSERVICE
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ protected:
 
 private:
   nsCOMPtr<nsIFile> mBackgroundFile;
-
-  bool      mCheckedThisSession;
 };
 
 #endif // nsmacshellservice_h____
diff --git a/browser/components/shell/nsSetDefaultBrowser.js b/browser/components/shell/nsSetDefaultBrowser.js
index d63a9d1635c0..bb09ab21315e 100644
--- a/browser/components/shell/nsSetDefaultBrowser.js
+++ b/browser/components/shell/nsSetDefaultBrowser.js
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
  * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
 
-/* 
+/*
  * --setDefaultBrowser commandline handler
  * Makes the current executable the "default browser".
  */
 
 const Cc = Components.classes;
 const Ci = Components.interfaces;
+Components.utils.import("resource:///modules/ShellService.jsm");
 Components.utils.import("resource://gre/modules/XPCOMUtils.jsm");
 
 function nsSetDefaultBrowser() {}
@@ -16,9 +17,7 @@ function nsSetDefaultBrowser() {}
 nsSetDefaultBrowser.prototype = {
   handle: function nsSetDefault_handle(aCmdline) {
     if (aCmdline.handleFlag("setDefaultBrowser", false)) {
-      var shell = Cc["@mozilla.org/browser/shell-service;1"].
-                  getService(Ci.nsIShellService);
-      shell.setDefaultBrowser(true, true);
+      ShellService.setDefaultBrowser(true, true);
     }
   },
 
diff --git a/browser/components/shell/nsWindowsShellService.cpp b/browser/components/shell/nsWindowsShellService.cpp
index 27fddd81678a..73a9cddd3c3c 100644
--- a/browser/components/shell/nsWindowsShellService.cpp
+++ b/browser/components/shell/nsWindowsShellService.cpp
@@ -608,12 +608,6 @@ nsWindowsShellService::IsDefaultBrowser(bool aStartupCheck,
                                         bool aForAllTypes,
                                         bool* aIsDefaultBrowser)
 {
-  // If this is the first browser window, maintain internal state that we've
-  // checked this session (so that subsequent window opens don't show the
-  // default browser dialog).
-  if (aStartupCheck)
-    mCheckedThisSession = true;
-
   // Assume we're the default unless one of the several checks below tell us
   // otherwise.
   *aIsDefaultBrowser = true;
@@ -807,13 +801,6 @@ nsWindowsShellService::IsDefaultBrowser(bool aStartupCheck,
   return NS_OK;
 }
 
-NS_IMETHODIMP
-nsWindowsShellService::GetCanSetDesktopBackground(bool* aResult)
-{
-  *aResult = true;
-  return NS_OK;
-}
-
 static nsresult
 DynSHOpenWithDialog(HWND hwndParent, const OPENASINFO *poainfo)
 {
@@ -984,39 +971,6 @@ nsWindowsShellService::SetDefaultBrowser(bool aClaimAllTypes, bool aForAllUsers)
   return rv;
 }
 
-NS_IMETHODIMP
-nsWindowsShellService::GetShouldCheckDefaultBrowser(bool* aResult)
-{
-  NS_ENSURE_ARG_POINTER(aResult);
-
-  // If we've already checked, the browser has been started and this is a
-  // new window open, and we don't want to check again.
-  if (mCheckedThisSession) {
-    *aResult = false;
-    return NS_OK;
-  }
-
-  nsresult rv;
-  nsCOMPtr<nsIPrefBranch> prefs(do_GetService(NS_PREFSERVICE_CONTRACTID, &rv));
-  if (NS_FAILED(rv)) {
-    return rv;
-  }
-
-  return prefs->GetBoolPref(PREF_CHECKDEFAULTBROWSER, aResult);
-}
-
-NS_IMETHODIMP
-nsWindowsShellService::SetShouldCheckDefaultBrowser(bool aShouldCheck)
-{
-  nsresult rv;
-  nsCOMPtr<nsIPrefBranch> prefs(do_GetService(NS_PREFSERVICE_CONTRACTID, &rv));
-  if (NS_FAILED(rv)) {
-    return rv;
-  }
-
-  return prefs->SetBoolPref(PREF_CHECKDEFAULTBROWSER, aShouldCheck);
-}
-
 static nsresult
 WriteBitmap(nsIFile* aFile, imgIContainer* aImage)
 {
@@ -1358,8 +1312,7 @@ nsWindowsShellService::SetDesktopBackgroundColor(uint32_t aColor)
   return regKey->Close();
 }
 
-nsWindowsShellService::nsWindowsShellService() : 
-  mCheckedThisSession(false) 
+nsWindowsShellService::nsWindowsShellService()
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/browser/components/shell/nsWindowsShellService.h b/browser/components/shell/nsWindowsShellService.h
index 7f9c9191f00d..45b967078986 100644
--- a/browser/components/shell/nsWindowsShellService.h
+++ b/browser/components/shell/nsWindowsShellService.h
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ protected:
   nsresult LaunchModernSettingsDialogDefaultApps();
   nsresult InvokeHTTPOpenAsVerb();
   nsresult LaunchHTTPHandlerPane();
-
-private:
-  bool      mCheckedThisSession;
 };
 
 #endif // nswindowsshellservice_h____
diff --git a/browser/components/shell/test/browser_633221.js b/browser/components/shell/test/browser_633221.js
index 840394dea914..7929e809847d 100644
--- a/browser/components/shell/test/browser_633221.js
+++ b/browser/components/shell/test/browser_633221.js
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
+Components.utils.import("resource:///modules/ShellService.jsm");
+
 function test() {
-  let osString = Cc["@mozilla.org/xre/app-info;1"].
-                 getService(Ci.nsIXULRuntime).OS;
-
-  // this test is Linux-specific
-  if (osString != "Linux")
-    return;
-
-  let shell = Cc["@mozilla.org/browser/shell-service;1"].
-              getService(Ci.nsIShellService);
-
-  shell.setDefaultBrowser(true, false);
-  ok(shell.isDefaultBrowser(true, false), "we got here and are the default browser");
-  ok(shell.isDefaultBrowser(true, true), "we got here and are the default browser");
+  ShellService.setDefaultBrowser(true, false);
+  ok(ShellService.isDefaultBrowser(true, false), "we got here and are the default browser");
+  ok(ShellService.isDefaultBrowser(true, true), "we got here and are the default browser");
 }
diff --git a/toolkit/components/telemetry/TelemetryEnvironment.jsm b/toolkit/components/telemetry/TelemetryEnvironment.jsm
index 9ea75d783b78..109baa36e911 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/telemetry/TelemetryEnvironment.jsm
+++ b/toolkit/components/telemetry/TelemetryEnvironment.jsm
@@ -1039,6 +1039,7 @@ EnvironmentCache.prototype = {
     if (AppConstants.platform === "gonk") {
       return true;
     }
+
     if (!("@mozilla.org/browser/shell-service;1" in Cc)) {
       this._log.info("_isDefaultBrowser - Could not obtain browser shell service");
       return null;
@@ -1046,11 +1047,21 @@ EnvironmentCache.prototype = {
 
     let shellService;
     try {
-      shellService = Cc["@mozilla.org/browser/shell-service;1"]
-                       .getService(Ci.nsIShellService);
+      let scope = {};
+      Cu.import("resource:///modules/ShellService.jsm", scope);
+      shellService = scope.ShellService;
     } catch (ex) {
-      this._log.error("_isDefaultBrowser - Could not obtain shell service", ex);
-      return null;
+      this._log.error("_isDefaultBrowser - Could not obtain shell service JSM");
+    }
+
+    if (!shellService) {
+      try {
+        shellService = Cc["@mozilla.org/browser/shell-service;1"]
+                         .getService(Ci.nsIShellService);
+      } catch (ex) {
+        this._log.error("_isDefaultBrowser - Could not obtain shell service", ex);
+        return null;
+      }
     }
 
     try {