diff --git a/bos-settings/Cargo.toml b/bos-settings/Cargo.toml
index b7b74f3..10e3129 100644
--- a/bos-settings/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bos-settings/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,11 +4,8 @@ version = "0.2.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
-gtk4 = { version = "0.11", features = ["v4_12"] }
-glib = "0.22"
-# Shared ecosystem theming — bos-settings loads the same generated stylesheet as
-# breadbar/breadbox/breadpad so the whole desktop looks consistent.
-bread-theme = { git = "https://github.com/Breadway/bread-ecosystem", tag = "v0.2.6", features = ["gtk"] }
+gtk4 = { version = "0.9", features = ["v4_12"] }
+glib = "0.20"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
 toml = "0.8"
diff --git a/bos-settings/src/theme.rs b/bos-settings/src/theme.rs
index 4bd254e..6be4f51 100644
--- a/bos-settings/src/theme.rs
+++ b/bos-settings/src/theme.rs
@@ -1,30 +1,87 @@
-//! Theming for bos-settings.
-//!
-//! bos-settings deliberately owns almost no styling: it loads the ecosystem's
-//! shared stylesheet (the same one breadbar/breadbox/breadpad use, generated by
-//! `bread-theme` from the pywal palette) and adds only the few layout rules
-//! specific to this app's sidebar + content shell. This keeps it visually
-//! identical to the rest of the bread desktop and live-recolouring for free.
-
 use gtk4::CssProvider;
-use std::cell::RefCell;
 
-// App-specific layout only — everything visual (colours, buttons, entries,
-// switches, sidebar/row styling, cards, scrollbars) comes from the shared sheet.
-const APP_CSS: &str = "\
-.view-content { padding: 24px; }\n\
-.view-content > label.title { margin-bottom: 16px; }\n\
-";
-
-thread_local! {
-    static APP_PROVIDER: RefCell<Option<CssProvider>> = const { RefCell::new(None) };
+const CSS: &str = r#"
+window {
+    background-color: #2e3440;
+    color: #eceff4;
 }
 
-pub fn load(_display: &gtk4::gdk::Display) {
-    // Shared ecosystem stylesheet (loads the generated file or a rendered
-    // fallback, and live-reloads when the palette changes).
-    bread_theme::gtk::apply_shared();
-
-    // bos-settings layout, layered on top at APPLICATION priority.
-    APP_PROVIDER.with(|cell| bread_theme::gtk::apply_css(APP_CSS, cell));
+.sidebar {
+    background-color: #3b4252;
+    border-right: 1px solid #434c5e;
+}
+
+.sidebar row {
+    padding: 8px 12px;
+    color: #d8dee9;
+}
+
+.sidebar row:selected {
+    background-color: #5e81ac;
+    color: #eceff4;
+}
+
+.sidebar .section-header {
+    padding: 12px 12px 4px 12px;
+    font-size: 0.75em;
+    font-weight: bold;
+    color: #616e88;
+    text-transform: uppercase;
+    letter-spacing: 1px;
+}
+
+.view-content {
+    padding: 24px;
+}
+
+.view-content label.title {
+    font-size: 1.4em;
+    font-weight: bold;
+    color: #eceff4;
+    margin-bottom: 16px;
+}
+
+button {
+    background-color: #5e81ac;
+    color: #eceff4;
+    border: none;
+    border-radius: 4px;
+    padding: 6px 16px;
+}
+
+button:hover {
+    background-color: #81a1c1;
+}
+
+button.destructive-action {
+    background-color: #bf616a;
+}
+
+button.destructive-action:hover {
+    background-color: #d08770;
+}
+
+entry {
+    background-color: #434c5e;
+    color: #eceff4;
+    border: 1px solid #4c566a;
+    border-radius: 4px;
+}
+
+textview {
+    background-color: #272c36;
+    color: #a3be8c;
+    font-family: monospace;
+    padding: 8px;
+}
+"#;
+
+pub fn load(display: &gtk4::gdk::Display) {
+    let provider = CssProvider::new();
+    provider.load_from_string(CSS);
+    gtk4::style_context_add_provider_for_display(
+        display,
+        &provider,
+        gtk4::STYLE_PROVIDER_PRIORITY_APPLICATION,
+    );
 }
diff --git a/build-local.sh b/build-local.sh
index 23f2fea..3015be0 100755
--- a/build-local.sh
+++ b/build-local.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ grep airootfs_image_tool_options "$STAGE/profiledef.sh"
 # created from skel (the live user and the installed user) then gets the same
 # versions `bakery list` reports here, fully offline. Copied at build time so the
 # binaries never bloat the git repo and always track the current bakery state.
-BREAD_BINS=(bakery bread breadd breadman breadbar breadbox breadbox-sync breadcrumbs breadpad bread-theme)
+BREAD_BINS=(bakery bread breadd breadman breadbar breadbox breadbox-sync breadcrumbs breadpad)
 LAPTOP_HOME="${LAPTOP_HOME:-$(getent passwd "${SUDO_USER:-$USER}" | cut -d: -f6)}"
 BAKERY_BIN="$LAPTOP_HOME/.local/bin"
 BAKERY_STATE="$LAPTOP_HOME/.local/state/bakery"
diff --git a/iso/airootfs/etc/skel/.config/hypr/hyprland.lua b/iso/airootfs/etc/skel/.config/hypr/hyprland.lua
index c7ce981..8485e0c 100644
--- a/iso/airootfs/etc/skel/.config/hypr/hyprland.lua
+++ b/iso/airootfs/etc/skel/.config/hypr/hyprland.lua
@@ -188,9 +188,6 @@ hl.bind("XF86AudioPlay",         hl.dsp.exec_cmd("playerctl play-pause"),
 -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 hl.on("hyprland.start", function()
     local startup = {
-        -- Generate the shared bread GUI stylesheet first, so breadbar/breadbox/
-        -- bos-settings load it on start (they also live-reload if it changes).
-        "bread-theme generate",
         -- Global dark theme: GTK4/libadwaita + GTK3 theme + icon + cursor.
         "gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface color-scheme prefer-dark",
         "gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme Adwaita-dark",