diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/settings-general.tsx b/packages/app/src/components/settings-general.tsx
index cbbf33d2b1..c424a62a89 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/settings-general.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/settings-general.tsx
@@ -440,11 +440,6 @@ export const SettingsGeneral: Component = () => {
             value={(o) => o.value}
             label={(o) => o.label}
             onSelect={(option) => option && theme.setColorScheme(option.value)}
-            onHighlight={(option) => {
-              if (!option) return
-              theme.previewColorScheme(option.value)
-              return () => theme.cancelPreview()
-            }}
             variant="secondary"
             size="small"
             triggerVariant="settings"
@@ -471,11 +466,6 @@ export const SettingsGeneral: Component = () => {
               if (!option) return
               theme.setTheme(option.id)
             }}
-            onHighlight={(option) => {
-              if (!option) return
-              theme.previewTheme(option.id)
-              return () => theme.cancelPreview()
-            }}
             variant="secondary"
             size="small"
             triggerVariant="settings"
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/settings-v2/general.tsx b/packages/app/src/components/settings-v2/general.tsx
index 0dd48a5523..69dfb77fb0 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/settings-v2/general.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/settings-v2/general.tsx
@@ -422,11 +422,6 @@ export const SettingsGeneralV2: Component<{
             value={(o) => o.value}
             label={(o) => o.label}
             onSelect={(option) => option && theme.setColorScheme(option.value)}
-            onHighlight={(option) => {
-              if (!option) return
-              theme.previewColorScheme(option.value)
-              return () => theme.cancelPreview()
-            }}
           />
         </SettingsRowV2>
 
@@ -454,11 +449,6 @@ export const SettingsGeneralV2: Component<{
               if (!option) return
               theme.setTheme(option.id)
             }}
-            onHighlight={(option) => {
-              if (!option) return
-              theme.previewTheme(option.id)
-              return () => theme.cancelPreview()
-            }}
           />
         </SettingsRowV2>