diff --git a/parental-control/Makefile b/parental-control/Makefile
index e61ba0d94..1bca3447e 100644
--- a/parental-control/Makefile
+++ b/parental-control/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=parental-control
-PKG_VERSION:=1.4.5
+PKG_VERSION:=1.4.6
 
 LOCAL_DEV:=0
 ifneq ($(LOCAL_DEV),1)
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_PARENTAL_CONTROL_URLFILTERING),y)
 else
 	$(BBFDM_INSTALL_MS_PLUGIN) -v ${VENDOR_PREFIX} ./files/urlbundle_override.json $(1) parentalcontrol
 endif
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) ./files/etc/uci-defaults/50-parental_control_disable_urlfilter $(1)/etc/uci-defaults/
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,parental-control))
diff --git a/parental-control/files/etc/config/parentalcontrol b/parental-control/files/etc/config/parentalcontrol
index 4998803bc..24d47bac9 100644
--- a/parental-control/files/etc/config/parentalcontrol
+++ b/parental-control/files/etc/config/parentalcontrol
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 config globals 'globals'
     option enable '1'
     option loglevel '3'
+    option urlfilter '0'
diff --git a/parental-control/files/etc/uci-defaults/40-parental_control_update_bundle_path b/parental-control/files/etc/uci-defaults/40-parental_control_update_bundle_path
index b75bd99a1..b0bdfa166 100644
--- a/parental-control/files/etc/uci-defaults/40-parental_control_update_bundle_path
+++ b/parental-control/files/etc/uci-defaults/40-parental_control_update_bundle_path
@@ -25,14 +25,6 @@ check_mounted_app_partition() {
 
 if check_mounted_app_partition; then
 	uci -q set parentalcontrol.globals.bundle_path="${APPS_DIR}/parentalcontrol"
-
-	# configure the urlfilter if not configured
-	urlfilter="$(uci -q get parentalcontrol.globals.urlfilter)"
-	if [ -z "${urlfilter}" ]; then
-		uci -q set parentalcontrol.globals.urlfilter='1'
-	fi
-else
-	uci -q set parentalcontrol.globals.urlfilter='0'
 fi
 
 exit 0
diff --git a/parental-control/files/etc/uci-defaults/50-parental_control_disable_urlfilter b/parental-control/files/etc/uci-defaults/50-parental_control_disable_urlfilter
deleted file mode 100644
index 4be5d5182..000000000
--- a/parental-control/files/etc/uci-defaults/50-parental_control_disable_urlfilter
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-. /lib/functions.sh
-
-[ ! -f "/etc/config/parentalcontrol" ] && exit 0
-
-uci -q set parentalcontrol.globals.urlfilter='0'