diff --git a/platformtheme/CMakeLists.txt b/platformtheme/CMakeLists.txt
index c3ab164..6a26bf6 100644
--- a/platformtheme/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/platformtheme/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ find_path(QT6XDGICONLOADER_PRIVATE_INCLUDE_DIR
     REQUIRED
 )
 
-# qdbusmenubar uses them
-remove_definitions(-DQT_NO_SIGNALS_SLOTS_KEYWORDS)
-
 # xcb-ewmh was never used by this plugin and is no longer pulled in by Qt.
 pkg_check_modules(XCB REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET xcb x11)
 
@@ -31,8 +28,6 @@ set (SRCS
     hintsettings.cpp
     systemtrayicon.h
     systemtrayicon.cpp
-    qdbusmenubar_p.h
-    qdbusmenubar.cpp
     x11integration.h
     x11integration.cpp
     statusnotifier/dbustypes.h
diff --git a/platformtheme/hintsettings.cpp b/platformtheme/hintsettings.cpp
index 8363a1c..cd45eca 100644
--- a/platformtheme/hintsettings.cpp
+++ b/platformtheme/hintsettings.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <QDBusArgument>
 #include <QDBusConnection>
 #include <QDBusInterface>
+#include <QFontDatabase>
 
 static const QByteArray s_systemFontName = QByteArrayLiteral("Font");
 static const QByteArray s_systemFixedFontName = QByteArrayLiteral("FixedFont");
@@ -27,6 +28,19 @@ static const QByteArray s_darkModeName = QByteArrayLiteral("DarkMode");
 static const QByteArray s_lightIconName = QByteArrayLiteral("Crule");
 static const QByteArray s_darkIconName = QByteArrayLiteral("Crule-dark");
 
+static QString availableFontFamily(const QString &requested, const QString &fallback)
+{
+    QFontDatabase database;
+    const QStringList families = database.families();
+
+    if (families.contains(requested))
+        return requested;
+    if (families.contains(fallback))
+        return fallback;
+
+    return QStringLiteral("Sans Serif");
+}
+
 HintsSettings::HintsSettings(QObject *parent)
     : QObject(parent),
       m_settings(new QSettings(QSettings::UserScope, "cutefishos", "theme"))
@@ -78,12 +92,14 @@ QStringList HintsSettings::xdgIconThemePaths() const
 
 QString HintsSettings::systemFont() const
 {
-    return m_settings->value(s_systemFontName, "Noto Sans").toString();
+    return availableFontFamily(m_settings->value(s_systemFontName, "Noto Sans").toString(),
+                               QStringLiteral("DejaVu Sans"));
 }
 
 QString HintsSettings::systemFixedFont() const
 {
-    return m_settings->value(s_systemFixedFontName, "Monospace").toString();
+    return availableFontFamily(m_settings->value(s_systemFixedFontName, "Monospace").toString(),
+                               QStringLiteral("DejaVu Sans Mono"));
 }
 
 qreal HintsSettings::systemFontPointSize() const
diff --git a/platformtheme/platformtheme.cpp b/platformtheme/platformtheme.cpp
index 8feee9e..364e770 100644
--- a/platformtheme/platformtheme.cpp
+++ b/platformtheme/platformtheme.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #include "platformtheme.h"
 #include "x11integration.h"
-#include "qdbusmenubar_p.h"
 
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QFont>
@@ -18,29 +17,8 @@
 #include <private/qwindow_p.h>
 #include <private/qguiapplication_p.h>
 
-// Qt DBus
-#include <QDBusConnection>
-#include <QDBusConnectionInterface>
-#include <QDBusInterface>
-
 #include <KWindowSystem>
 
-static const QByteArray s_x11AppMenuServiceNamePropertyName = QByteArrayLiteral("_KDE_NET_WM_APPMENU_SERVICE_NAME");
-static const QByteArray s_x11AppMenuObjectPathPropertyName = QByteArrayLiteral("_KDE_NET_WM_APPMENU_OBJECT_PATH");
-
-static bool checkDBusGlobalMenuAvailable()
-{
-    QDBusConnection connection = QDBusConnection::sessionBus();
-    QString registrarService = QStringLiteral("com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar");
-    return connection.interface()->isServiceRegistered(registrarService);
-}
-
-static bool isDBusGlobalMenuAvailable()
-{
-    static bool dbusGlobalMenuAvailable = checkDBusGlobalMenuAvailable();
-    return dbusGlobalMenuAvailable;
-}
-
 extern void updateXdgIconSystemTheme();
 
 void onDarkModeChanged()
@@ -135,39 +113,9 @@ const QFont* PlatformTheme::font(Font type) const
 
 QPlatformMenuBar *PlatformTheme::createPlatformMenuBar() const
 {
-    if (isDBusGlobalMenuAvailable()) {
-        auto *menu = new QDBusMenuBar();
-
-        QObject::connect(menu, &QDBusMenuBar::windowChanged, menu, [this, menu](QWindow *newWindow, QWindow *oldWindow) {
-            const QString &serviceName = QDBusConnection::sessionBus().baseService();
-            const QString &objectPath = menu->objectPath();
-
-            if (m_x11Integration) {
-                if (oldWindow) {
-                    m_x11Integration->setWindowProperty(oldWindow, s_x11AppMenuServiceNamePropertyName, {});
-                    m_x11Integration->setWindowProperty(oldWindow, s_x11AppMenuObjectPathPropertyName, {});
-                }
-
-                if (newWindow) {
-                    m_x11Integration->setWindowProperty(newWindow, s_x11AppMenuServiceNamePropertyName, serviceName.toUtf8());
-                    m_x11Integration->setWindowProperty(newWindow, s_x11AppMenuObjectPathPropertyName, objectPath.toUtf8());
-                }
-            }
-
-//             if (m_kwaylandIntegration) {
-//                 if (oldWindow) {
-//                     m_kwaylandIntegration->setAppMenu(oldWindow, QString(), QString());
-//                 }
-//
-//                 if (newWindow) {
-//                     m_kwaylandIntegration->setAppMenu(newWindow, serviceName, objectPath);
-//                 }
-//             }
-        });
-
-        return menu;
-    }
-
+    // Qt 6 no longer exports the private QDBusPlatformMenu implementation
+    // used by the old Qt 5 global-menu code. The old implementation would
+    // make this platform theme plugin fail to load at runtime.
     return nullptr;
 }