diff --git a/addon/bootstrap.js b/addon/bootstrap.js
index b2519e6819..8da03116d8 100644
--- a/addon/bootstrap.js
+++ b/addon/bootstrap.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 /* globals ADDON_DISABLE Services CustomizableUI LegacyExtensionsUtils AppConstants PageActions */
 const ADDON_ID = "screenshots@mozilla.org";
-const TELEMETRY_ENABLED_PREF = "datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled";
 const PREF_BRANCH = "extensions.screenshots.";
 const USER_DISABLE_PREF = "extensions.screenshots.disabled";
 const UPLOAD_DISABLED_PREF = "extensions.screenshots.upload-disabled";
@@ -178,10 +177,7 @@ function handleMessage(msg, sender, sendReply) {
     return;
   }
 
-  if (msg.funcName === "isTelemetryEnabled") {
-    const telemetryEnabled = getBoolPref(TELEMETRY_ENABLED_PREF);
-    sendReply({type: "success", value: telemetryEnabled});
-  } else if (msg.funcName === "isUploadDisabled") {
+  if (msg.funcName === "isUploadDisabled") {
     const isESR = AppConstants.MOZ_UPDATE_CHANNEL === "esr";
     const uploadDisabled = getBoolPref(UPLOAD_DISABLED_PREF);
     sendReply({type: "success", value: uploadDisabled || isESR});
diff --git a/addon/webextension/background/analytics.js b/addon/webextension/background/analytics.js
index a9157d728a..3dcf14392d 100644
--- a/addon/webextension/background/analytics.js
+++ b/addon/webextension/background/analytics.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* globals main, auth, catcher, deviceInfo, communication, log */
+/* globals main, auth, browser, catcher, deviceInfo, communication, log */
 
 "use strict";
 
@@ -129,13 +129,9 @@ this.analytics = (function() {
   };
 
   exports.refreshTelemetryPref = function() {
-    return communication.sendToBootstrap("isTelemetryEnabled").then((result) => {
+    return browser.telemetry.canUpload().then((result) => {
       telemetryPrefKnown = true;
-      if (result === communication.NO_BOOTSTRAP) {
-        telemetryEnabled = true;
-      } else {
-        telemetryEnabled = result;
-      }
+      telemetryEnabled = result;
     }, (error) => {
       // If there's an error reading the pref, we should assume that we shouldn't send data
       telemetryPrefKnown = true;
diff --git a/addon/webextension/manifest.json.template b/addon/webextension/manifest.json.template
index 9d91405931..bacdb751e1 100644
--- a/addon/webextension/manifest.json.template
+++ b/addon/webextension/manifest.json.template
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
     "clipboardWrite",
     "contextMenus",
     "mozillaAddons",
+    "telemetry",
     "<all_urls>",
     "http://localhost:10080/",
     "resource://pdf.js/",