diff --git a/src/video/x11/SDL_x11modes.c b/src/video/x11/SDL_x11modes.c
index f2170c4ba6..53d3076896 100644
--- a/src/video/x11/SDL_x11modes.c
+++ b/src/video/x11/SDL_x11modes.c
@@ -46,126 +46,6 @@
  */
 // #define XRANDR_DISABLED_BY_DEFAULT
 
-#ifdef SDL_USE_LIBDBUS
-
-#define SCALE_FACTOR_NODE "org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop"
-#define SCALE_FACTOR_PATH "/org/freedesktop/portal/desktop"
-#define SCALE_FACTOR_INTERFACE "org.freedesktop.portal.Settings"
-#define SCALE_FACTOR_NAMESPACE "org.gnome.desktop.interface"
-#define SCALE_FACTOR_SIGNAL_NAME "SettingChanged"
-#define SCALE_FACTOR_KEY "text-scaling-factor"
-
-static DBusMessage *ReadDBusSetting(SDL_DBusContext *dbus, const char *key)
-{
-    static const char *iface = SCALE_FACTOR_NAMESPACE;
-
-    DBusMessage *reply = NULL;
-    DBusMessage *msg = dbus->message_new_method_call(SCALE_FACTOR_NODE,
-                                                     SCALE_FACTOR_PATH,
-                                                     SCALE_FACTOR_INTERFACE,
-                                                     "Read"); // Method
-
-    if (msg) {
-        if (dbus->message_append_args(msg, DBUS_TYPE_STRING, &iface, DBUS_TYPE_STRING, &key, DBUS_TYPE_INVALID)) {
-            reply = dbus->connection_send_with_reply_and_block(dbus->session_conn, msg, DBUS_TIMEOUT_USE_DEFAULT, NULL);
-        }
-        dbus->message_unref(msg);
-    }
-
-    return reply;
-}
-
-static bool ParseDBusReply(SDL_DBusContext *dbus, DBusMessage *reply, int type, void *value)
-{
-    DBusMessageIter iter[3];
-
-    dbus->message_iter_init(reply, &iter[0]);
-    if (dbus->message_iter_get_arg_type(&iter[0]) != DBUS_TYPE_VARIANT) {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    dbus->message_iter_recurse(&iter[0], &iter[1]);
-    if (dbus->message_iter_get_arg_type(&iter[1]) != DBUS_TYPE_VARIANT) {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    dbus->message_iter_recurse(&iter[1], &iter[2]);
-    if (dbus->message_iter_get_arg_type(&iter[2]) != type) {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    dbus->message_iter_get_basic(&iter[2], value);
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-static void UpdateDisplayContentScale(float scale)
-{
-    SDL_VideoDevice *viddevice = SDL_GetVideoDevice();
-    int i;
-
-    if (viddevice) {
-        for (i = 0; i < viddevice->num_displays; ++i) {
-            SDL_SetDisplayContentScale(viddevice->displays[i], scale);
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-static DBusHandlerResult DBus_MessageFilter(DBusConnection *conn, DBusMessage *msg, void *data)
-{
-    SDL_DBusContext *dbus = SDL_DBus_GetContext();
-    double *scale_factor = (double *)data;
-    double new_scale = 0.0;
-
-    if (dbus->message_is_signal(msg, SCALE_FACTOR_INTERFACE, SCALE_FACTOR_SIGNAL_NAME)) {
-        DBusMessageIter signal_iter, variant_iter;
-        const char *namespace, *key;
-
-        dbus->message_iter_init(msg, &signal_iter);
-        // Check if the parameters are what we expect
-        if (dbus->message_iter_get_arg_type(&signal_iter) != DBUS_TYPE_STRING) {
-            goto not_our_signal;
-        }
-        dbus->message_iter_get_basic(&signal_iter, &namespace);
-        if (SDL_strcmp(SCALE_FACTOR_NAMESPACE, namespace) != 0) {
-            goto not_our_signal;
-        }
-        if (!dbus->message_iter_next(&signal_iter)) {
-            goto not_our_signal;
-        }
-        if (dbus->message_iter_get_arg_type(&signal_iter) != DBUS_TYPE_STRING) {
-            goto not_our_signal;
-        }
-        dbus->message_iter_get_basic(&signal_iter, &key);
-        if (SDL_strcmp(SCALE_FACTOR_KEY, key) != 0) {
-            goto not_our_signal;
-        }
-        if (!dbus->message_iter_next(&signal_iter)) {
-            goto not_our_signal;
-        }
-        if (dbus->message_iter_get_arg_type(&signal_iter) != DBUS_TYPE_VARIANT) {
-            goto not_our_signal;
-        }
-        dbus->message_iter_recurse(&signal_iter, &variant_iter);
-        if (dbus->message_iter_get_arg_type(&variant_iter) != DBUS_TYPE_DOUBLE) {
-            goto not_our_signal;
-        }
-        dbus->message_iter_get_basic(&variant_iter, &new_scale);
-
-        if (new_scale > 0.0) {
-            *scale_factor = new_scale;
-            UpdateDisplayContentScale((float)new_scale);
-        }
-
-        return DBUS_HANDLER_RESULT_HANDLED;
-    }
-
-not_our_signal:
-    return DBUS_HANDLER_RESULT_NOT_YET_HANDLED;
-}
-
-#endif
-
 static float GetGlobalContentScale(SDL_VideoDevice *_this)
 {
     static double scale_factor = 0.0;
@@ -181,30 +61,6 @@ static float GetGlobalContentScale(SDL_VideoDevice *_this)
             }
         }
 
-        // Next try the settings portal via D-Bus for the text scaling factor (aka 'Global Scale' on KDE)
-#ifdef SDL_USE_LIBDBUS
-        if (scale_factor <= 0.0)
-        {
-            DBusMessage *reply;
-            SDL_DBusContext *dbus = SDL_DBus_GetContext();
-
-            if (dbus) {
-                if ((reply = ReadDBusSetting(dbus, SCALE_FACTOR_KEY))) {
-                    if (ParseDBusReply(dbus, reply, DBUS_TYPE_DOUBLE, &scale_factor)) {
-                        // If the setting exists, register a listener for scale changes.
-                        dbus->bus_add_match(dbus->session_conn,
-                                            "type='signal', interface='"SCALE_FACTOR_INTERFACE"',"
-                                            "member='"SCALE_FACTOR_SIGNAL_NAME"', arg0='"SCALE_FACTOR_NAMESPACE"',"
-                                            "arg1='"SCALE_FACTOR_KEY"'", NULL);
-                        dbus->connection_add_filter(dbus->session_conn, &DBus_MessageFilter, &scale_factor, NULL);
-                        dbus->connection_flush(dbus->session_conn);
-                    }
-                    dbus->message_unref(reply);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-#endif
-
         // If that failed, try "Xft.dpi" from the XResourcesDatabase...
         if (scale_factor <= 0.0)
         {