diff --git a/browser/ui/webui/basic_ui.cc b/browser/ui/webui/basic_ui.cc
index efb03e7f32ee..b4fd5ab9f9ec 100644
--- a/browser/ui/webui/basic_ui.cc
+++ b/browser/ui/webui/basic_ui.cc
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "brave/common/webui_url_constants.h"
 #include "chrome/browser/profiles/profile.h"
 #include "chrome/common/url_constants.h"
+#include "components/prefs/pref_change_registrar.h"
 #include "components/prefs/pref_service.h"
 #include "content/public/browser/render_frame_host.h"
 #include "content/public/browser/web_ui_data_source.h"
@@ -77,15 +78,18 @@ BasicUI::BasicUI(content::WebUI* web_ui,
     CreateBasicUIHTMLSource(profile, name,
       js_file, js_resource_id, html_resource_id));
   PrefService* prefs = profile->GetPrefs();
-  prefs->AddPrefObserverAllPrefs(this);
+  pref_change_registrar_ = std::make_unique<PrefChangeRegistrar>();
+  pref_change_registrar_->Init(prefs);
+  pref_change_registrar_->Add(kAdsBlocked,
+    base::Bind(&BasicUI::OnPreferenceChanged, base::Unretained(this)));
+  pref_change_registrar_->Add(kTrackersBlocked,
+    base::Bind(&BasicUI::OnPreferenceChanged, base::Unretained(this)));
+  pref_change_registrar_->Add(kHttpsUpgrades,
+    base::Bind(&BasicUI::OnPreferenceChanged, base::Unretained(this)));
 }
 
 BasicUI::~BasicUI() {
-  Profile* profile = Profile::FromWebUI(web_ui());
-  PrefService* prefs = profile->GetPrefs();
-  if (prefs) {
-    prefs->RemovePrefObserverAllPrefs(this);
-  }
+  pref_change_registrar_.reset();
 }
 
 void BasicUI::RenderFrameCreated(content::RenderFrameHost* render_frame_host) {
@@ -99,16 +103,11 @@ void BasicUI::RenderFrameCreated(content::RenderFrameHost* render_frame_host) {
   }
 }
 
-void BasicUI::OnPreferenceChanged(PrefService* service,
-    const std::string& pref_name) {
-  if (pref_name == kAdsBlocked ||
-      pref_name == kTrackersBlocked ||
-      pref_name == kHttpsUpgrades) {
-    if (0 != (web_ui()->GetBindings() & content::BINDINGS_POLICY_WEB_UI)) {
-      Profile* profile = Profile::FromWebUI(web_ui());
-      CustomizeNewTabWebUIProperties(web_ui(), profile, render_view_host_);
-      web_ui()->CallJavascriptFunctionUnsafe("brave_new_tab.statsUpdated");
-    }
+void BasicUI::OnPreferenceChanged() {
+  if (0 != (web_ui()->GetBindings() & content::BINDINGS_POLICY_WEB_UI)) {
+    Profile* profile = Profile::FromWebUI(web_ui());
+    CustomizeNewTabWebUIProperties(web_ui(), profile, render_view_host_);
+    web_ui()->CallJavascriptFunctionUnsafe("brave_new_tab.statsUpdated");
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/browser/ui/webui/basic_ui.h b/browser/ui/webui/basic_ui.h
index b7f0924830ec..60409e4070d3 100644
--- a/browser/ui/webui/basic_ui.h
+++ b/browser/ui/webui/basic_ui.h
@@ -9,17 +9,18 @@
 
 #include "base/compiler_specific.h"
 #include "base/macros.h"
+#include "components/prefs/pref_change_registrar.h"
 #include "content/public/browser/web_ui_controller.h"
-#include "components/prefs/pref_observer.h"
 
-class PrefService;
+
+class PrefChangeRegistrar;
 
 namespace content {
 class RenderViewHost;
 }  // content
 
 
-class BasicUI : public content::WebUIController, public PrefObserver {
+class BasicUI : public content::WebUIController {
  public:
   explicit BasicUI(content::WebUI* web_ui, const std::string& host,
       const std::string& js_file, int js_resource_id, int html_resource_id);
@@ -27,11 +28,10 @@ class BasicUI : public content::WebUIController, public PrefObserver {
 
  private:
   void RenderFrameCreated(content::RenderFrameHost* render_frame_host) override;
+  void OnPreferenceChanged();
 
-  // PrefObserver implementation.
-  void OnPreferenceChanged(PrefService* service,
-                           const std::string& pref_name) override;
   content::RenderViewHost* render_view_host_;
+  std::unique_ptr<PrefChangeRegistrar> pref_change_registrar_;
 
   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(BasicUI);
 };