Remove Firefox for Android ad in about:home

How do I disable the irritating firefox for android ad from the about:home page?

You can use these steps to disable the snippets and remove the snippets that are currently stored in the chromeappsstore.sqlite file.
# set the browser.aboutHomeSnippets.updateUrl pref to an empty string
# reset the browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone pref to the default
# close Firefox
# delete the chromeappsstore.sqlite file in the Firefox profile folder
# restart Firefox
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/about:config
You can use this button to go to the Firefox profile folder:
*Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Show Folder

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