diff --git a/chrome/browser/profile_resetter/profile_resetter.cc b/chrome/browser/profile_resetter/profile_resetter.cc
index d9ef5a1e58e2bc..b23f2d40c82b3a 100644
--- a/chrome/browser/profile_resetter/profile_resetter.cc
+++ b/chrome/browser/profile_resetter/profile_resetter.cc
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #include "chrome/browser/browsing_data/chrome_browsing_data_remover_delegate.h"
 #include "chrome/browser/content_settings/host_content_settings_map_factory.h"
 #include "chrome/browser/extensions/extension_service.h"
-#include "chrome/browser/google/google_url_tracker_factory.h"
 #include "chrome/browser/profile_resetter/brandcoded_default_settings.h"
 #include "chrome/browser/profiles/profile.h"
 #include "chrome/browser/search_engines/template_url_service_factory.h"
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@
 #include "components/content_settings/core/browser/host_content_settings_map.h"
 #include "components/content_settings/core/browser/website_settings_info.h"
 #include "components/content_settings/core/browser/website_settings_registry.h"
-#include "components/google/core/browser/google_url_tracker.h"
 #include "components/prefs/pref_service.h"
 #include "components/prefs/scoped_user_pref_update.h"
 #include "components/search_engines/search_engines_pref_names.h"
@@ -183,18 +181,6 @@ void ProfileResetter::ResetDefaultSearchEngine() {
 
     template_url_service_->RepairPrepopulatedSearchEngines();
 
-    // Reset Google search URL.
-    const TemplateURL* default_search_provider =
-        template_url_service_->GetDefaultSearchProvider();
-    if (default_search_provider &&
-        default_search_provider->HasGoogleBaseURLs(
-            template_url_service_->search_terms_data())) {
-      GoogleURLTracker* tracker =
-          GoogleURLTrackerFactory::GetForProfile(profile_);
-      if (tracker)
-        tracker->RequestServerCheck(true);
-    }
-
     MarkAsDone(DEFAULT_SEARCH_ENGINE);
   } else {
     template_url_service_sub_ =
diff --git a/chrome/browser/ui/navigation_correction_tab_observer.cc b/chrome/browser/ui/navigation_correction_tab_observer.cc
index ad27f82cb8e28f..96adf845352cda 100644
--- a/chrome/browser/ui/navigation_correction_tab_observer.cc
+++ b/chrome/browser/ui/navigation_correction_tab_observer.cc
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ NavigationCorrectionTabObserver::NavigationCorrectionTabObserver(
     if (google_util::IsGoogleDomainUrl(GetNavigationCorrectionURL(),
                                        google_util::ALLOW_SUBDOMAIN,
                                        google_util::ALLOW_NON_STANDARD_PORTS))
-      google_url_tracker->RequestServerCheck(false);
+      google_url_tracker->RequestServerCheck();
     google_url_updated_subscription_ = google_url_tracker->RegisterCallback(
         base::Bind(&NavigationCorrectionTabObserver::OnGoogleURLUpdated,
                    base::Unretained(this)));
diff --git a/components/google/core/browser/google_url_tracker.cc b/components/google/core/browser/google_url_tracker.cc
index 4f4a9a4411e63a..e16f3277604992 100644
--- a/components/google/core/browser/google_url_tracker.cc
+++ b/components/google/core/browser/google_url_tracker.cc
@@ -74,14 +74,9 @@ void GoogleURLTracker::RegisterProfilePrefs(
   registry->RegisterStringPref(prefs::kLastPromptedGoogleURL, std::string());
 }
 
-void GoogleURLTracker::RequestServerCheck(bool force) {
-  // If this instance already has a fetcher, SetNeedToFetch() is unnecessary,
-  // and changing |already_fetched_| is wrong.
-  if (!fetcher_) {
-    if (force)
-      already_fetched_ = false;
+void GoogleURLTracker::RequestServerCheck() {
+  if (!fetcher_)
     SetNeedToFetch();
-  }
 }
 
 std::unique_ptr<GoogleURLTracker::Subscription>
diff --git a/components/google/core/browser/google_url_tracker.h b/components/google/core/browser/google_url_tracker.h
index 27496a6af7901d..5d0ba62a4e3744 100644
--- a/components/google/core/browser/google_url_tracker.h
+++ b/components/google/core/browser/google_url_tracker.h
@@ -65,13 +65,11 @@ class GoogleURLTracker
   const GURL& google_url() const { return google_url_; }
 
   // Requests that the tracker perform a server check to update the Google URL
-  // as necessary.  If |force| is false, this will happen at most once per
-  // network change, not sooner than five seconds after startup (checks
-  // requested before that time will occur then; checks requested afterwards
-  // will occur immediately, if no other checks have been made during this run).
-  // If |force| is true, and the tracker has already performed any requested
-  // check, it will check again.
-  void RequestServerCheck(bool force);
+  // as necessary.  This will happen at most once per network change, not sooner
+  // than five seconds after startup (checks requested before that time will
+  // occur then; checks requested afterwards will occur immediately, if no other
+  // checks have been made during this run).
+  void RequestServerCheck();
 
   std::unique_ptr<Subscription> RegisterCallback(
       const OnGoogleURLUpdatedCallback& cb);
diff --git a/components/search_engines/template_url_service.cc b/components/search_engines/template_url_service.cc
index 0a8eceda680385..02bfb5ef463b22 100644
--- a/components/search_engines/template_url_service.cc
+++ b/components/search_engines/template_url_service.cc
@@ -671,18 +671,7 @@ void TemplateURLService::RepairPrepopulatedSearchEngines() {
 
   default_search_manager_.ClearUserSelectedDefaultSearchEngine();
 
-  if (!default_search_provider_) {
-    // If the default search provider came from a user pref we would have been
-    // notified of the new (fallback-provided) value in
-    // ClearUserSelectedDefaultSearchEngine() above. Since we are here, the
-    // value was presumably originally a fallback value (which may have been
-    // repaired).
-    DefaultSearchManager::Source source;
-    const TemplateURLData* new_dse =
-        default_search_manager_.GetDefaultSearchEngine(&source);
-    // ApplyDefaultSearchChange will notify observers once it is done.
-    ApplyDefaultSearchChange(new_dse, source);
-  } else {
+  if (default_search_provider_) {
     // Set fallback engine as user selected, because repair is considered a user
     // action and we are expected to sync new fallback engine to other devices.
     const TemplateURLData* fallback_engine_data =
@@ -701,6 +690,18 @@ void TemplateURLService::RepairPrepopulatedSearchEngines() {
                         fallback_engine->sync_guid());
     }
     NotifyObservers();
+    RequestGoogleURLTrackerServerCheckIfNecessary();
+  } else {
+    // If the default search provider came from a user pref we would have been
+    // notified of the new (fallback-provided) value in
+    // ClearUserSelectedDefaultSearchEngine() above. Since we are here, the
+    // value was presumably originally a fallback value (which may have been
+    // repaired).
+    DefaultSearchManager::Source source;
+    const TemplateURLData* new_dse =
+        default_search_manager_.GetDefaultSearchEngine(&source);
+    // ApplyDefaultSearchChange will notify observers once it is done.
+    ApplyDefaultSearchChange(new_dse, source);
   }
 }
 
@@ -1829,7 +1830,7 @@ void TemplateURLService::RequestGoogleURLTrackerServerCheckIfNecessary() {
   if (default_search_provider_ &&
       default_search_provider_->HasGoogleBaseURLs(search_terms_data()) &&
       google_url_tracker_)
-    google_url_tracker_->RequestServerCheck(false);
+    google_url_tracker_->RequestServerCheck();
 }
 
 void TemplateURLService::GoogleBaseURLChanged() {