diff -r 000000000000 -r 6474c204b198 browser/components/downloads/content/contentAreaDownloadsView.js
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/browser/components/downloads/content/contentAreaDownloadsView.js	Wed Dec 31 06:09:35 2014 +0100
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+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
+ * You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+Components.utils.import("resource://gre/modules/PrivateBrowsingUtils.jsm");
+
+let ContentAreaDownloadsView = {
+  init: function CADV_init() {
+    let view = new DownloadsPlacesView(document.getElementById("downloadsRichListBox"));
+    // Do not display the Places downloads in private windows
+    if (!PrivateBrowsingUtils.isWindowPrivate(window)) {
+      view.place = "place:transition=7&sort=4";
+    }
+  }
+};