diff --git a/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/smartspace/CardPagerAdapter.kt b/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/smartspace/CardPagerAdapter.kt
index 8a9f482e9d..4129f31d4d 100644
--- a/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/smartspace/CardPagerAdapter.kt
+++ b/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/smartspace/CardPagerAdapter.kt
@@ -1,24 +1,17 @@
 package app.lawnchair.smartspace
 
 import android.content.Context
-import android.graphics.Color
 import android.util.SparseArray
 import android.view.LayoutInflater
 import android.view.View
 import android.view.ViewGroup
 import androidx.viewpager.widget.PagerAdapter
-import app.lawnchair.preferences2.PreferenceManager2.Companion.getInstance
 import app.lawnchair.smartspace.model.SmartspaceTarget
-import app.lawnchair.theme.color.ColorMode
-import app.lawnchair.util.isWallpaperDark
 import com.android.launcher3.R
 import com.android.launcher3.util.Themes
-import com.patrykmichalik.opto.core.firstBlocking
 
 class CardPagerAdapter(context: Context) : PagerAdapter() {
-    private val preferenceManager2 = getInstance(context)
 
-    val colorMode: ColorMode = preferenceManager2.workspaceTextColor.firstBlocking()
     private val currentTextColor = Themes.getAttrColor(context, R.attr.workspaceTextColor)
     private val targets = mutableListOf<SmartspaceTarget>()
     private var smartspaceTargets = targets
@@ -78,9 +71,7 @@ class CardPagerAdapter(context: Context) : PagerAdapter() {
         val target = smartspaceTargets[viewHolder.position]
         val card = viewHolder.card
         card.setSmartspaceTarget(target, smartspaceTargets.size > 1)
-        val isDark = isWallpaperDark(card.context)
-        val dynamicColors = if (isDark) Color.WHITE else Color.BLACK
-        card.setPrimaryTextColor(if (colorMode == ColorMode.AUTO) dynamicColors else currentTextColor)
+        card.setPrimaryTextColor(currentTextColor)
     }
 
     override fun getCount() = smartspaceTargets.size
diff --git a/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/util/WallpaperUtils.kt b/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/util/WallpaperUtils.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index faf44d14b3..0000000000
--- a/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/util/WallpaperUtils.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-package app.lawnchair.util
-
-import android.content.Context
-import android.graphics.Color
-import app.lawnchair.wallpaper.WallpaperColorsCompat
-import app.lawnchair.wallpaper.WallpaperManagerCompat
-
-fun isWallpaperDark(context: Context): Boolean {
-    val wallpaperManager = WallpaperManagerCompat.INSTANCE.get(context)
-    val colors: WallpaperColorsCompat? = wallpaperManager.wallpaperColors
-    return colors?.primaryColor?.let { argb ->
-        val darkness =
-            1 - (0.299 * Color.red(argb) + 0.587 * Color.green(argb) + 0.114 * Color.blue(argb)) / 255
-        darkness >= 0.5
-    } ?: false
-}