diff --git a/browser/brave_content_browser_client.cc b/browser/brave_content_browser_client.cc
index d00bace6728e..0da3dabb1fa7 100644
--- a/browser/brave_content_browser_client.cc
+++ b/browser/brave_content_browser_client.cc
@@ -54,29 +54,18 @@ bool HandleURLRewrite(GURL* url,
     return true;
   }
 
-  if (url->SchemeIs(content::kChromeUIScheme) &&
-      url->host() == chrome::kChromeUINewTabHost) {
-    // Disable new tab overrides, but keep it the same
-    return true;
-  }
-
   return false;
 }
 
 bool HandleURLReverseRewrite(GURL* url,
                              content::BrowserContext* browser_context) {
-  // Handle mapping new tab URL to ourselves
-  if (url->SchemeIs(content::kChromeUIScheme) &&
-      url->host() == chrome::kChromeUINewTabHost) {
-    return true;
-  }
   if (url->spec() == kBraveUIWelcomeURL) {
     return true;
   }
   return false;
 }
 
-}
+}  // namespace
 
 BraveContentBrowserClient::BraveContentBrowserClient(std::unique_ptr<ui::DataPack> data_pack,
     ChromeFeatureListCreator* chrome_feature_list_creator) :
@@ -95,8 +84,6 @@ content::BrowserMainParts* BraveContentBrowserClient::CreateBrowserMainParts(
 
 void BraveContentBrowserClient::BrowserURLHandlerCreated(
     content::BrowserURLHandler* handler) {
-  // Insert handler for chrome://newtab so that we handle it
-  // before anything else can.
   handler->AddHandlerPair(&webtorrent::HandleMagnetURLRewrite,
                           content::BrowserURLHandler::null_handler());
   handler->AddHandlerPair(&webtorrent::HandleTorrentURLRewrite,
diff --git a/chromium_src/chrome/browser/chrome_content_browser_client.cc b/chromium_src/chrome/browser/chrome_content_browser_client.cc
index 5f0806579749..d22666002fc8 100644
--- a/chromium_src/chrome/browser/chrome_content_browser_client.cc
+++ b/chromium_src/chrome/browser/chrome_content_browser_client.cc
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
  * You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
 
 #include "build/build_config.h"  // For OS_MACOSX
+#include "chrome/browser/search/search.h"
+#include "content/public/browser/browser_url_handler.h"
 
 #if defined(OS_MACOSX)
 #include "brave/browser/brave_browser_main_parts_mac.h"
@@ -15,8 +17,23 @@
 #define ChromeBrowserMainExtraPartsViewsLinux BraveBrowserMainExtraPartsViewsLinux
 #endif
 
+#define HandleNewTabURLRewrite HandleNewTabURLRewrite_ChromiumImpl
+#define HandleNewTabURLReverseRewrite HandleNewTabURLReverseRewrite_ChromiumImpl
+
+namespace search {
+  bool HandleNewTabURLRewrite(GURL* url, content::BrowserContext* bc) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  bool HandleNewTabURLReverseRewrite(GURL* url, content::BrowserContext* bc) {
+    return false;
+  }
+}  // namespace search
+
 #include "../../../../chrome/browser/chrome_content_browser_client.cc"
 
+#undef HandleNewTabURLRewrite
+#undef HandleNewTabURLReverseRewrite_ChromiumImpl
+
 #if defined(OS_LINUX)
 #undef ChromeBrowserMainExtraPartsViewsLinux
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif