diff --git a/src/GWallet.Backend/Config.fs b/src/GWallet.Backend/Config.fs
index a9344b057..476f63c99 100644
--- a/src/GWallet.Backend/Config.fs
+++ b/src/GWallet.Backend/Config.fs
@@ -65,10 +65,13 @@ module Config =
 
     let internal GetConfigDirForThisProgram() =
         let configPath =
+(* NOTE: we used to support UWP via the Xamarin.Essentials code below, but MAUI is a higher priority than resurrecting UWP now:
             if (not isWindows) || Xamarin.Essentials.DeviceInfo.Platform <> Xamarin.Essentials.DevicePlatform.UWP then
                 Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData)
             else //UWP
                 Xamarin.Essentials.FileSystem.AppDataDirectory
+*)
+            Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData)
 
         // TODO: rename to "geewallet", following a similar approach as DAI->SAI rename
         let configDir = DirectoryInfo(Path.Combine(configPath, "gwallet"))
diff --git a/src/GWallet.Backend/Ether/EtherServer.fs b/src/GWallet.Backend/Ether/EtherServer.fs
index 7a564385f..6e103906a 100644
--- a/src/GWallet.Backend/Ether/EtherServer.fs
+++ b/src/GWallet.Backend/Ether/EtherServer.fs
@@ -291,10 +291,13 @@ module Server =
             match maybeHttpReqEx with
             | Some httpReqEx ->
 
+(*              NOTE: we disabled UWP tweaks for now, see other comment in Config.fs
+
                 // FIXME: report this UWP bug (see commit message for full stacktrace)
                 if Xamarin.Essentials.DeviceInfo.Platform.Equals Xamarin.Essentials.DevicePlatform.UWP &&
                    httpReqEx.InnerException <> null && httpReqEx.InnerException.GetType() = typeof<Exception> then
                     raise <| ServerCannotBeResolvedException(httpReqEx.InnerException.Message, ex)
+*)
 
                 // this could be a mono 6.0.x bug (see https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/geewallet/issues/121)
                 if httpReqEx.Message.Contains "SSL" then