diff --git a/hosts/by-name/moby/polyfill.nix b/hosts/by-name/moby/polyfill.nix
index 2baf3512e..7d83f2bf2 100644
--- a/hosts/by-name/moby/polyfill.nix
+++ b/hosts/by-name/moby/polyfill.nix
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@
     };
     package = pkgs.sxmo-utils.overrideAttrs (base: {
       postPatch = (base.postPatch or "") + ''
+        # don't enable gestures at launch
+        sed -i '/superctl start sxmo_hook_lisgd/d' ./configs/default_hooks/sxmo_hook_start.sh
+
         cat <<EOF >> ./configs/default_hooks/sxmo_hook_start.sh
         # rotate UI based on physical display angle by default
         sxmo_daemons.sh start autorotate sxmo_autorotate.sh
diff --git a/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/default.nix
index f5a30ed35..a89339b21 100644
--- a/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/default.nix
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     })
     ./0104-full-auto-rotate.patch
     ./0105-more-apps.patch
-    ./0106-no-restart-lisgd.patch
+    # ./0106-no-restart-lisgd.patch
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''