diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/error_boundary.jsx b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/error_boundary.jsx
index 234a53417..6ae274c12 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/error_boundary.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/error_boundary.jsx
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ export default class ErrorBoundary extends React.PureComponent {
                 <FormattedMessage
                   id='web_app_crash.change_your_settings'
                   defaultMessage='Change your {settings}'
-                  values={{ settings: <a href={preferencesLink}><FormattedMessage id='web_app_crash.settings' defaultMessage='settings' /></a> }}
+                  values={{ settings: <span><FormattedMessage id='web_app_crash.settings' defaultMessage='settings' /></span> }}
                 />
               </li>
             )}
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/compose/components/action_bar.jsx b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/compose/components/action_bar.jsx
index af1f02efc..0a3972a58 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/compose/components/action_bar.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/compose/components/action_bar.jsx
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ class ActionBar extends React.PureComponent {
     let menu = [];
 
     menu.push({ text: intl.formatMessage(messages.edit_profile), href: profileLink });
-    menu.push({ text: intl.formatMessage(messages.preferences), href: preferencesLink });
     menu.push({ text: intl.formatMessage(messages.pins), to: '/pinned' });
     menu.push(null);
     menu.push({ text: intl.formatMessage(messages.follow_requests), to: '/follow_requests' });
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/local_settings/navigation/index.jsx b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/local_settings/navigation/index.jsx
index fe08e5d7b..a26978de5 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/local_settings/navigation/index.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/local_settings/navigation/index.jsx
@@ -71,15 +71,8 @@ class LocalSettingsNavigation extends React.PureComponent {
         />
         <LocalSettingsNavigationItem
           active={index === 5}
-          href={preferencesLink}
-          index={5}
-          icon='cog'
-          title={intl.formatMessage(messages.preferences)}
-        />
-        <LocalSettingsNavigationItem
-          active={index === 6}
           className='close'
-          index={6}
+          index={5}
           onNavigate={onClose}
           icon='times'
           title={intl.formatMessage(messages.close)}
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/local_settings/page/index.jsx b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/local_settings/page/index.jsx
index 83b0c7960..9fbfcc71e 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/local_settings/page/index.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/local_settings/page/index.jsx
@@ -299,12 +299,12 @@ class LocalSettingsPage extends React.PureComponent {
                 defaultMessage="This setting is now controlled from Mastodon's {settings_page_link}"
                 values={{
                   settings_page_link: (
-                    <a href={preferenceLink('user_setting_expand_spoilers')}>
+                    <span>
                       <FormattedMessage
                         id='settings.shared_settings_link'
                         defaultMessage='user preferences'
                       />
-                    </a>
+                    </span>
                   ),
                 }}
               />
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/deprecated_settings_modal.jsx b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/deprecated_settings_modal.jsx
index 5a1c1ee1b..530a7c379 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/deprecated_settings_modal.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/deprecated_settings_modal.jsx
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class DeprecatedSettingsModal extends React.PureComponent {
             <ul>
               { settings.map((setting_name) => (
                 <li>
-                  <a href={preferenceLink(setting_name)}><FormattedMessage {...messages[setting_name]} /></a>
+                  <span><FormattedMessage {...messages[setting_name]} /></span>
                 </li>
               )) }
             </ul>
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/navigation_panel.jsx b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/navigation_panel.jsx
index cc3b9da41..d136f8d4d 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/navigation_panel.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/navigation_panel.jsx
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ class NavigationPanel extends React.Component {
 
             <hr />
 
-            {!!preferencesLink && <ColumnLink transparent href={preferencesLink} icon='cog' text={intl.formatMessage(messages.preferences)} />}
             <ColumnLink transparent onClick={onOpenSettings} icon='cogs' text={intl.formatMessage(messages.app_settings)} />
           </React.Fragment>
         )}
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/utils/backend_links.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/utils/backend_links.js
index f7970c1b5..4732dbdfa 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/utils/backend_links.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/utils/backend_links.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export const preferencesLink = '/settings/preferences';
+export const preferencesLink = undefined;
 export const profileLink = '/settings/profile';
 export const signOutLink = '/logout.html';
 export const privacyPolicyLink = '/privacy-policy';