--- ./components/google/core/browser/google_url_tracker.cc
+++ ./components/google/core/browser/google_url_tracker.cc.new
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
 
 
 const char GoogleURLTracker::kDefaultGoogleHomepage[] =
-    "https://www.google.com/";
+    "";
 const char GoogleURLTracker::kSearchDomainCheckURL[] =
-    "https://www.google.com/searchdomaincheck?format=domain&type=chrome";
+    "";
 
 GoogleURLTracker::GoogleURLTracker(scoped_ptr<GoogleURLTrackerClient> client,
                                    Mode mode)
@@ -143,48 +143,4 @@
 }
 
 void GoogleURLTracker::StartFetchIfDesirable() {
-  // Bail if a fetch isn't appropriate right now.  This function will be called
-  // again each time one of the preconditions changes, so we'll fetch
-  // immediately once all of them are met.
-  //
-  // See comments in header on the class, on RequestServerCheck(), and on the
-  // various members here for more detail on exactly what the conditions are.
-  if (in_startup_sleep_ || already_fetched_ || !need_to_fetch_)
-    return;
-
-  // Some switches should disable the Google URL tracker entirely.  If we can't
-  // do background networking, we can't do the necessary fetch, and if the user
-  // specified a Google base URL manually, we shouldn't bother to look up any
-  // alternatives or offer to switch to them.
-  if (!client_->IsBackgroundNetworkingEnabled() ||
-      base::CommandLine::ForCurrentProcess()->HasSwitch(
-          switches::kGoogleBaseURL))
-    return;
-
-  already_fetched_ = true;
-  fetcher_ = net::URLFetcher::Create(fetcher_id_, GURL(kSearchDomainCheckURL),
-                                     net::URLFetcher::GET, this);
-  data_use_measurement::DataUseUserData::AttachToFetcher(
-      fetcher_.get(),
-      data_use_measurement::DataUseUserData::GOOGLE_URL_TRACKER);
-  ++fetcher_id_;
-  // We don't want this fetch to set new entries in the cache or cookies, lest
-  // we alarm the user.
-  fetcher_->SetLoadFlags(net::LOAD_DISABLE_CACHE |
-                         net::LOAD_DO_NOT_SAVE_COOKIES);
-  fetcher_->SetRequestContext(client_->GetRequestContext());
-
-  // Configure to retry at most kMaxRetries times for 5xx errors.
-  static const int kMaxRetries = 5;
-  fetcher_->SetMaxRetriesOn5xx(kMaxRetries);
-
-  // Also retry kMaxRetries times on network change errors. A network change can
-  // propagate through Chrome in various stages, so it's possible for this code
-  // to be reached via OnNetworkChanged(), and then have the fetch we kick off
-  // be canceled due to e.g. the DNS server changing at a later time. In general
-  // it's not possible to ensure that by the time we reach here any requests we
-  // start won't be canceled in this fashion, so retrying is the best we can do.
-  fetcher_->SetAutomaticallyRetryOnNetworkChanges(kMaxRetries);
-
-  fetcher_->Start();
 }