diff --git a/src/background/Wallet/WalletRecord.ts b/src/background/Wallet/WalletRecord.ts
index 9f8ad531e..26b335f11 100644
--- a/src/background/Wallet/WalletRecord.ts
+++ b/src/background/Wallet/WalletRecord.ts
@@ -786,13 +786,14 @@ export class WalletRecordModel {
     record: WalletRecord,
     { preferences }: { preferences: Partial<WalletRecord['publicPreferences']> }
   ) {
-    return produce(record, (draft) => {
-      Object.assign(draft.publicPreferences, preferences);
+    if (preferences.enableHoldToSignButton != null) {
       emitter.emit(
-        'preferencesChange',
-        draft.publicPreferences,
-        record.publicPreferences
+        'holdToSignPreferenceChange',
+        preferences.enableHoldToSignButton
       );
+    }
+    return produce(record, (draft) => {
+      Object.assign(draft.publicPreferences, preferences);
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/src/background/events.ts b/src/background/events.ts
index efb25948e..b14c4d3a9 100644
--- a/src/background/events.ts
+++ b/src/background/events.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import type {
 import type { AddEthereumChainParameter } from 'src/modules/ethereum/types/AddEthereumChainParameter';
 import type { State as GlobalPreferencesState } from './Wallet/GlobalPreferences';
 import type { WalletOrigin } from './Wallet/model/WalletOrigin';
-import type { WalletContainer, WalletRecord } from './Wallet/model/types';
+import type { WalletContainer } from './Wallet/model/types';
 
 type TransactionResponse = ethers.providers.TransactionResponse;
 
@@ -59,9 +59,6 @@ export const emitter = createNanoEvents<{
     state: GlobalPreferencesState,
     prevState: GlobalPreferencesState
   ) => void;
-  preferencesChange: (
-    state: WalletRecord['publicPreferences'],
-    prevState: WalletRecord['publicPreferences']
-  ) => void;
+  holdToSignPreferenceChange: (active: boolean) => void;
   eip6963SupportDetected: (data: { origin: string }) => void;
 }>();
diff --git a/src/shared/analytics/analytics.background.ts b/src/shared/analytics/analytics.background.ts
index 0ceef49a4..b723bf68f 100644
--- a/src/shared/analytics/analytics.background.ts
+++ b/src/shared/analytics/analytics.background.ts
@@ -250,15 +250,13 @@ function trackAppEvents({ account }: { account: Account }) {
     });
   });
 
-  emitter.on('preferencesChange', (state, prevState) => {
-    if (state.enableHoldToSignButton !== prevState.enableHoldToSignButton) {
-      const params = createBaseParams({
-        request_name: 'hold_to_sign_prerefence',
-        active: Boolean(state.enableHoldToSignButton),
-      });
-      const mixpanelParams = omit(params, ['request_name']);
-      mixpanelTrack(account, 'Experiments: Hold Sign Button', mixpanelParams);
-    }
+  emitter.on('holdToSignPreferenceChange', (active) => {
+    const params = createBaseParams({
+      request_name: 'hold_to_sign_prerefence',
+      active,
+    });
+    const mixpanelParams = omit(params, ['request_name']);
+    mixpanelTrack(account, 'Experiments: Hold Sign Button', mixpanelParams);
   });
 
   emitter.on('walletCreated', ({ walletContainer, origin }) => {