diff --git a/src/actions/notifications.ts b/src/actions/notifications.ts
index f5af37eb0..20d4dde3e 100644
--- a/src/actions/notifications.ts
+++ b/src/actions/notifications.ts
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ const updateNotificationsQueue = (notification: APIEntity, intlMessages: Record<
     if (!notification.type) return; // drop invalid notifications
     if (notification.type === 'pleroma:chat_mention') return; // Drop chat notifications, handle them per-chat
 
-    const showAlert = getSettings(getState()).getIn(['notifications', 'alerts', notification.type]);
     const filters = getFilters(getState(), { contextType: 'notifications' });
     const playSound = getSettings(getState()).getIn(['notifications', 'sounds', notification.type]);
 
@@ -122,7 +121,7 @@ const updateNotificationsQueue = (notification: APIEntity, intlMessages: Record<
       // eslint-disable-next-line compat/compat
       const isNotificationsEnabled = window.Notification?.permission === 'granted';
 
-      if (showAlert && !filtered && isNotificationsEnabled) {
+      if (!filtered && isNotificationsEnabled) {
         const title = new IntlMessageFormat(intlMessages[`notification.${notification.type}`], intlLocale).format({ name: notification.account.display_name.length > 0 ? notification.account.display_name : notification.account.username });
         const body = (notification.status && notification.status.spoiler_text.length > 0) ? notification.status.spoiler_text : unescapeHTML(notification.status ? notification.status.content : '');
 
diff --git a/src/actions/settings.ts b/src/actions/settings.ts
index 436e008fc..d732c999b 100644
--- a/src/actions/settings.ts
+++ b/src/actions/settings.ts
@@ -64,17 +64,6 @@ const defaultSettings = ImmutableMap({
   }),
 
   notifications: ImmutableMap({
-    alerts: ImmutableMap({
-      follow: true,
-      follow_request: false,
-      favourite: true,
-      reblog: true,
-      mention: true,
-      poll: true,
-      move: true,
-      'pleroma:emoji_reaction': true,
-    }),
-
     quickFilter: ImmutableMap({
       active: 'all',
       show: true,