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diff --git a/src/components/views/settings/shared/SettingsSubsection.tsx b/src/components/views/settings/shared/SettingsSubsection.tsx
index 3248a5eb90..ba8d9aba6d 100644
--- a/src/components/views/settings/shared/SettingsSubsection.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/settings/shared/SettingsSubsection.tsx
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export const SettingsSubsection: React.FC<SettingsSubsectionProps> = ({
             mx_SettingsSubsection_newUi: !legacy,
         })}
     >
-        {typeof heading === "string" ? <SettingsSubsectionHeading heading={heading} legacy={legacy} /> : <>{heading}</>}
+        {typeof heading === "string" ? <SettingsSubsectionHeading heading={heading} /> : <>{heading}</>}
         {!!description && (
             <div className="mx_SettingsSubsection_description">
                 <SettingsSubsectionText>{description}</SettingsSubsectionText>
diff --git a/src/components/views/settings/shared/SettingsSubsectionHeading.tsx b/src/components/views/settings/shared/SettingsSubsectionHeading.tsx
index 25439d6a62..8c51eac0c2 100644
--- a/src/components/views/settings/shared/SettingsSubsectionHeading.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/settings/shared/SettingsSubsectionHeading.tsx
@@ -12,21 +12,13 @@ import Heading from "../../typography/Heading";
 
 export interface SettingsSubsectionHeadingProps extends HTMLAttributes<HTMLDivElement> {
     heading: string;
-    legacy?: boolean;
     children?: React.ReactNode;
 }
 
-export const SettingsSubsectionHeading: React.FC<SettingsSubsectionHeadingProps> = ({
-    heading,
-    legacy = true,
-    children,
-    ...rest
-}) => {
-    const size = legacy ? "4" : "3";
-
+export const SettingsSubsectionHeading: React.FC<SettingsSubsectionHeadingProps> = ({ heading, children, ...rest }) => {
     return (
         <div {...rest} className="mx_SettingsSubsectionHeading">
-            <Heading className="mx_SettingsSubsectionHeading_heading" size={size} as="h3">
+            <Heading className="mx_SettingsSubsectionHeading_heading" size="4" as="h3">
                 {heading}
             </Heading>
             {children}