diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/dccgui.c b/src/fe-gtk/dccgui.c
index 98ad2e1f..b37a777d 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/dccgui.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/dccgui.c
@@ -730,11 +730,7 @@ dcc_add_column (GtkWidget *tree, int textcol, int colorcol, char *title, gboolea
 	if (right_justified)
 		g_object_set (G_OBJECT (renderer), "xalign", (float) 1.0, NULL);
 	gtk_tree_view_insert_column_with_attributes (GTK_TREE_VIEW (tree), -1, title, renderer,
-#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(3,0,0)
-																"text", textcol, "foreground-rgba", colorcol,
-#else
-																"text", textcol, "foreground-gdk", colorcol,
-#endif
+																"text", textcol, PALETTE_FOREGROUND_PROPERTY, colorcol,
 																NULL);
 	gtk_cell_renderer_text_set_fixed_height_from_font (GTK_CELL_RENDERER_TEXT (renderer), 1);
 }
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/notifygui.c b/src/fe-gtk/notifygui.c
index 8c021217..92b88c84 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/notifygui.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/notifygui.c
@@ -79,11 +79,7 @@ notify_treecell_property_mapper (GtkTreeViewColumn *col, GtkCellRenderer *cell,
 	                    COLOUR_COLUMN, &colour,
 	                    model_column, &text, -1);
 	g_object_set (G_OBJECT (cell), "text", text, NULL);
-#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(3,0,0)
-	g_object_set (G_OBJECT (cell), "foreground-rgba", colour, NULL);
-#else
-	g_object_set (G_OBJECT (cell), "foreground-gdk", colour, NULL);
-#endif
+	g_object_set (G_OBJECT (cell), PALETTE_FOREGROUND_PROPERTY, colour, NULL);
 	g_free (text);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/palette.c b/src/fe-gtk/palette.c
index e1b188ec..2eecb7c6 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/palette.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/palette.c
@@ -248,21 +248,7 @@ palette_dark_set_color (int idx, const PaletteColor *col)
 void
 palette_alloc (GtkWidget * widget)
 {
-#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(3,0,0)
 	(void) widget;
-#else
-	int i;
-	static int done_alloc = FALSE;
-	GdkColormap *cmap;
-
-	if (!done_alloc)		  /* don't do it again */
-	{
-		done_alloc = TRUE;
-		cmap = gtk_widget_get_colormap (widget);
-		for (i = MAX_COL; i >= 0; i--)
-			gdk_colormap_alloc_color (cmap, &colors[i], FALSE, TRUE);
-	}
-#endif
 }
 
 void
@@ -473,15 +459,7 @@ palette_apply_dark_mode (gboolean enable)
 		memcpy (colors, user_colors, sizeof (colors));
 
 	/* Allocate the new colors for GTK's colormap. */
-#if !GTK_CHECK_VERSION(3,0,0)
-	{
-		GdkColormap *cmap;
-
-		cmap = gdk_colormap_get_system ();
-		for (i = 0; i <= MAX_COL; i++)
-			gdk_colormap_alloc_color (cmap, &colors[i], FALSE, TRUE);
-	}
-#endif
+	(void) i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i <= MAX_COL; i++)
 	{
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/palette.h b/src/fe-gtk/palette.h
index 1dbb66cf..80b7860d 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/palette.h
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/palette.h
@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@
 #if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(3,0,0)
 typedef GdkRGBA PaletteColor;
 #define PALETTE_GDK_TYPE GDK_TYPE_RGBA
+#define PALETTE_FOREGROUND_PROPERTY "foreground-rgba"
 #else
 typedef GdkColor PaletteColor;
 #define PALETTE_GDK_TYPE GDK_TYPE_COLOR
+#define PALETTE_FOREGROUND_PROPERTY "foreground-gdk"
 #endif
 
 extern PaletteColor colors[];
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/setup.c b/src/fe-gtk/setup.c
index 439615c0..0a2f37f6 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/setup.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/setup.c
@@ -1559,9 +1559,7 @@ setup_color_ok_cb (GtkWidget *button, GtkWidget *dialog)
 {
         GtkColorSelectionDialog *cdialog = GTK_COLOR_SELECTION_DIALOG (dialog);
         GdkColor *col;
-        GdkColor old_color;
         col = g_object_get_data (G_OBJECT (button), "c");
-        old_color = *col;
 
         button = g_object_get_data (G_OBJECT (button), "b");
 
@@ -1575,17 +1573,8 @@ setup_color_ok_cb (GtkWidget *button, GtkWidget *dialog)
 
         gtk_color_selection_get_current_color (GTK_COLOR_SELECTION (gtk_color_selection_dialog_get_color_selection (cdialog)), col);
 
-#if !GTK_CHECK_VERSION(3,0,0)
-        gdk_colormap_alloc_color (gtk_widget_get_colormap (button), col, TRUE, TRUE);
-#endif
-
         setup_color_button_apply (button, col);
 
-        /* is this line correct?? */
-#if !GTK_CHECK_VERSION(3,0,0)
-        gdk_colormap_free_colors (gtk_widget_get_colormap (button), &old_color, 1);
-#endif
-
 	/* Persist custom colors for the palette the user is editing. */
 	if (fe_dark_mode_is_enabled_for (setup_prefs.hex_gui_dark_mode))
 		palette_dark_set_color ((int)(col - colors), col);
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/userlistgui.c b/src/fe-gtk/userlistgui.c
index b34fc3bb..3515cd35 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/userlistgui.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/userlistgui.c
@@ -528,11 +528,7 @@ userlist_add_columns (GtkTreeView * treeview)
 	gtk_cell_renderer_text_set_fixed_height_from_font (GTK_CELL_RENDERER_TEXT (renderer), 1);
 	gtk_tree_view_insert_column_with_attributes (GTK_TREE_VIEW (treeview),
 																-1, NULL, renderer,
-#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(3,0,0)
-													"text", 1, "foreground-rgba", 4, NULL);
-#else
-													"text", 1, "foreground-gdk", 4, NULL);
-#endif
+													"text", 1, PALETTE_FOREGROUND_PROPERTY, 4, NULL);
 
 	if (prefs.hex_gui_ulist_show_hosts)
 	{