diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/settings/RadioSearchEngineListPreference.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/settings/RadioSearchEngineListPreference.kt
index 410a3508b..2c59312e4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/settings/RadioSearchEngineListPreference.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/settings/RadioSearchEngineListPreference.kt
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ package org.mozilla.fenix.settings
 import android.content.Context
 import android.util.AttributeSet
 import android.widget.CompoundButton
-import androidx.preference.PreferenceViewHolder
 import mozilla.components.browser.search.SearchEngine
 import org.mozilla.fenix.R
 import org.mozilla.fenix.ext.components
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/settings/SearchEngineListPreference.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/settings/SearchEngineListPreference.kt
index 41bad8958..05336b42c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/settings/SearchEngineListPreference.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/settings/SearchEngineListPreference.kt
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ abstract class SearchEngineListPreference : Preference, CompoundButton.OnChecked
         // https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/android-components/issues/3344
         val defaultSearchEngine = context.components.search.searchEngineManager.getDefaultSearchEngine(
             context,
-            "."
+            THIS_IS_A_HACK_FIX_ME
         )
 
         val selectedSearchEngine =
@@ -153,4 +153,8 @@ abstract class SearchEngineListPreference : Preference, CompoundButton.OnChecked
             }
         }
     }
+
+    companion object {
+        private const val THIS_IS_A_HACK_FIX_ME = "."
+    }
 }