diff --git a/app/javascript/styles/contrast/variables.scss b/app/javascript/styles/contrast/variables.scss
index 6fe456e52e4..558cb8e7392 100644
--- a/app/javascript/styles/contrast/variables.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/styles/contrast/variables.scss
@@ -2,6 +2,4 @@
 
 $ui-base-color: hsl(240deg, 16%, 19%) !default;
 
-@use '../mastodon/variables' with (
-  $action-button-color: lighten($ui-base-color, 50%)
-);
+@use '../mastodon/variables';
diff --git a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon-light/variables.scss b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon-light/variables.scss
index f6e3775cd48..5dad233a5d3 100644
--- a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon-light/variables.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon-light/variables.scss
@@ -19,6 +19,5 @@ $grey-600: hsl(240deg, 8%, 33%); // Trout
   $ui-button-tertiary-color: $blurple-500,
   $ui-button-tertiary-border-color: $blurple-500,
 
-  $action-button-color: hsl(240deg, 16%, 45%),
   $emojis-requiring-inversion: 'chains'
 );
diff --git a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/_variables.scss b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/_variables.scss
index 52f2a1ad401..6cd7848b619 100644
--- a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/_variables.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/_variables.scss
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@ $ui-button-tertiary-border-color: $blurple-300 !default;
 $ui-button-tertiary-focus-background-color: $blurple-600 !default;
 $ui-button-tertiary-focus-color: $white !default;
 
-// Variables for texts
-$action-button-color: $ui-base-lighter-color !default;
-$action-button-focus-color: lighten($ui-base-lighter-color, 4%) !default;
-
 // Keep this filter a SCSS variable rather than
 // a CSS Custom Property due to this Safari bug:
 // https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data/issues/25914#issuecomment-2676190245