diff --git a/src/browser/base/content/ZenCustomizableUI.sys.mjs b/src/browser/base/content/ZenCustomizableUI.sys.mjs
index c9158d0d4..c15944289 100644
--- a/src/browser/base/content/ZenCustomizableUI.sys.mjs
+++ b/src/browser/base/content/ZenCustomizableUI.sys.mjs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export var ZenCustomizableUI = new (class {
       'zen-sidebar-top-buttons',
       {
         type: this.TYPE_TOOLBAR,
-        defaultPlacements: ['zen-sidepanel-button', 'preferences-button', 'zen-expand-sidebar-button'],
+        defaultPlacements: ['preferences-button', 'zen-expand-sidebar-button', 'zen-sidepanel-button'],
         defaultCollapsed: null,
       },
       true
diff --git a/src/browser/components/customizableui/CustomizableUI-sys-mjs.patch b/src/browser/components/customizableui/CustomizableUI-sys-mjs.patch
index 35fb42e56..4d5f20148 100644
--- a/src/browser/components/customizableui/CustomizableUI-sys-mjs.patch
+++ b/src/browser/components/customizableui/CustomizableUI-sys-mjs.patch
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 diff --git a/browser/components/customizableui/CustomizableUI.sys.mjs b/browser/components/customizableui/CustomizableUI.sys.mjs
-index 989e69245aeb1185125752db6b9c58e462d554e4..c297a47dc7685c2dd6ca9a9a832b204ca1da22e2 100644
+index 989e69245aeb1185125752db6b9c58e462d554e4..a4825653b48aa5012e58a277c862caaf0e37abab 100644
 --- a/browser/components/customizableui/CustomizableUI.sys.mjs
 +++ b/browser/components/customizableui/CustomizableUI.sys.mjs
 @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ ChromeUtils.defineESModuleGetters(lazy, {
@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ index 989e69245aeb1185125752db6b9c58e462d554e4..c297a47dc7685c2dd6ca9a9a832b204c
      this.registerArea(
        CustomizableUI.AREA_NAVBAR,
        {
+@@ -338,7 +340,7 @@ var CustomizableUIInternal = {
+         defaultPlacements: navbarPlacements,
+         verticalTabsDefaultPlacements: [
+           "firefox-view-button",
+-          "new-tab-button",
++//          "new-tab-button",
+           "alltabs-button",
+         ],
+         defaultCollapsed: false,
 @@ -363,10 +365,10 @@ var CustomizableUIInternal = {
        {
          type: CustomizableUI.TYPE_TOOLBAR,