diff --git a/lib/Widgets/Settings.vala b/lib/Widgets/Settings.vala
index 67bfb061b..a2049659d 100644
--- a/lib/Widgets/Settings.vala
+++ b/lib/Widgets/Settings.vala
@@ -1,19 +1,9 @@
 /*-
- * Copyright 2021 elementary, Inc. (https://elementary.io)
+ * Copyright 2021-2025 elementary, Inc. (https://elementary.io)
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
  */
 
 namespace Granite {
-    [DBus (name = "io.elementary.pantheon.AccountsService")]
-    private interface Pantheon.AccountsService : Object {
-        public abstract int prefers_color_scheme { get; set; }
-    }
-
-    [DBus (name = "org.freedesktop.Accounts")]
-    interface FDO.Accounts : Object {
-        public abstract string find_user_by_name (string username) throws GLib.Error;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Granite.Settings provides a way to share Pantheon desktop settings with applications.
      */
@@ -59,9 +49,6 @@ namespace Granite {
 
         /**
          * Whether the user would prefer if apps use a dark or light color scheme or if the user has expressed no preference.
-         *
-         * To access this from a Flatpak application, add an entry with the value `'--system-talk-name=org.freedesktop.Accounts'`
-         * in the `finish-args` array of your Flatpak manifest.
          */
         public ColorScheme prefers_color_scheme {
             get {
@@ -75,19 +62,6 @@ namespace Granite {
             }
         }
 
-        private string? _user_path = null;
-        private string user_path {
-            get {
-                if (_user_path == null) {
-                    setup_user_path ();
-                }
-                return _user_path;
-            }
-            private set {
-                _user_path = value;
-            }
-        }
-
         private static GLib.Once<Granite.Settings> instance;
         public static unowned Granite.Settings get_default () {
             return instance.once (() => {
@@ -95,26 +69,10 @@ namespace Granite {
             });
         }
 
-        private FDO.Accounts? accounts_service = null;
-        private Pantheon.AccountsService? pantheon_act = null;
         private Portal.Settings? portal = null;
 
         private Settings () {}
 
-        private void setup_user_path () {
-            try {
-                accounts_service = GLib.Bus.get_proxy_sync (
-                    GLib.BusType.SYSTEM,
-                   "org.freedesktop.Accounts",
-                   "/org/freedesktop/Accounts"
-                );
-
-                _user_path = accounts_service.find_user_by_name (GLib.Environment.get_user_name ());
-            } catch (Error e) {
-                critical (e.message);
-            }
-        }
-
         private void setup_accent_color () {
             try {
                 if (portal == null) {
@@ -167,30 +125,8 @@ namespace Granite {
                         prefers_color_scheme = (ColorScheme) value.get_uint32 ();
                     }
                 });
-                return;
-            } catch (Error e) {
-                debug ("cannot use the portal, using the AccountsService: %s", e.message);
-            }
-
-            try {
-                pantheon_act = GLib.Bus.get_proxy_sync (
-                    GLib.BusType.SYSTEM,
-                    "org.freedesktop.Accounts",
-                    user_path,
-                    GLib.DBusProxyFlags.GET_INVALIDATED_PROPERTIES
-                );
-
-                prefers_color_scheme = (ColorScheme) pantheon_act.prefers_color_scheme;
-
-                ((GLib.DBusProxy) pantheon_act).g_properties_changed.connect ((changed, invalid) => {
-                    var color_scheme = changed.lookup_value ("PrefersColorScheme", new VariantType ("i"));
-                    if (color_scheme != null) {
-                        prefers_color_scheme = (ColorScheme) color_scheme.get_int32 ();
-                    }
-                });
-                return;
             } catch (Error e) {
-                critical (e.message);
+                debug ("cannot use the portal: %s", e.message);
             }
 
             // Set a default in case we can't get from system