diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_pbvh_api.hh b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_pbvh_api.hh
index f1473b8c1c4..e394975a494 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_pbvh_api.hh
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_pbvh_api.hh
@@ -470,8 +470,6 @@ void BKE_pbvh_face_sets_set(PBVH *pbvh, int *face_sets);
  */
 void BKE_pbvh_update_hide_attributes_from_mesh(PBVH *pbvh);
 
-void BKE_pbvh_face_sets_color_set(PBVH *pbvh, int seed, int color_default);
-
 /* Vertex Deformer. */
 
 void BKE_pbvh_vert_coords_apply(PBVH *pbvh, const float (*vertCos)[3], int totvert);
diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/paint.cc b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/paint.cc
index 7868288b442..8b4405fc6de 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/paint.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/paint.cc
@@ -1756,8 +1756,6 @@ static void sculpt_update_object(
   BKE_pbvh_face_sets_set(ss->pbvh, ss->face_sets);
   BKE_pbvh_update_hide_attributes_from_mesh(ss->pbvh);
 
-  BKE_pbvh_face_sets_color_set(ss->pbvh, me->face_sets_color_seed, me->face_sets_color_default);
-
   sculpt_attribute_update_refs(ob);
   sculpt_update_persistent_base(ob);
 
diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/pbvh.cc b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/pbvh.cc
index e7d5e772078..53cb0dda42a 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/pbvh.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/pbvh.cc
@@ -665,8 +665,8 @@ static void pbvh_draw_args_init(const Mesh &mesh, PBVH *pbvh, PBVH_GPU_Args *arg
   args->node = node;
 
   args->grid_hidden = pbvh->grid_hidden;
-  args->face_sets_color_default = pbvh->face_sets_color_default;
-  args->face_sets_color_seed = pbvh->face_sets_color_seed;
+  args->face_sets_color_default = mesh.face_sets_color_default;
+  args->face_sets_color_seed = mesh.face_sets_color_seed;
   args->vert_positions = pbvh->vert_positions;
   if (pbvh->mesh) {
     args->corner_verts = pbvh->corner_verts;
@@ -851,9 +851,6 @@ void BKE_pbvh_build_mesh(PBVH *pbvh, Mesh *mesh)
 
   pbvh->faces_num = mesh->faces_num;
 
-  pbvh->face_sets_color_seed = mesh->face_sets_color_seed;
-  pbvh->face_sets_color_default = mesh->face_sets_color_default;
-
   /* For each face, store the AABB and the AABB centroid */
   blender::Array<BBC> prim_bbc(looptri_num);
   BB cb;
@@ -2852,12 +2849,6 @@ void BKE_pbvh_update_normals(PBVH *pbvh, SubdivCCG *subdiv_ccg)
   }
 }
 
-void BKE_pbvh_face_sets_color_set(PBVH *pbvh, int seed, int color_default)
-{
-  pbvh->face_sets_color_seed = seed;
-  pbvh->face_sets_color_default = color_default;
-}
-
 /**
  * PBVH drawing, updating draw buffers as needed and culling any nodes outside
  * the specified frustum.
diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/pbvh_intern.hh b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/pbvh_intern.hh
index 3c213b8c202..67c3062faa0 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/pbvh_intern.hh
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/pbvh_intern.hh
@@ -177,8 +177,6 @@ struct PBVH {
   CustomData *loop_data;
   CustomData *face_data;
 
-  int face_sets_color_seed;
-  int face_sets_color_default;
   int *face_sets;
 
   /* Grid Data */
diff --git a/source/blender/editors/sculpt_paint/sculpt_face_set.cc b/source/blender/editors/sculpt_paint/sculpt_face_set.cc
index 030a26a4462..9466cb690a1 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/sculpt_paint/sculpt_face_set.cc
+++ b/source/blender/editors/sculpt_paint/sculpt_face_set.cc
@@ -400,12 +400,6 @@ void SCULPT_do_draw_face_sets_brush(Sculpt *sd, Object *ob, Span<PBVHNode *> nod
   SculptSession *ss = ob->sculpt;
   Brush *brush = BKE_paint_brush(&sd->paint);
 
-  if (ss->pbvh) {
-    Mesh *mesh = BKE_mesh_from_object(ob);
-    BKE_pbvh_face_sets_color_set(
-        ss->pbvh, mesh->face_sets_color_seed, mesh->face_sets_color_default);
-  }
-
   BKE_curvemapping_init(brush->curve);
 
   TaskParallelSettings settings;
@@ -534,8 +528,6 @@ static int sculpt_face_set_create_exec(bContext *C, wmOperator *op)
 
     if (all_visible) {
       mesh->face_sets_color_default = next_face_set;
-      BKE_pbvh_face_sets_color_set(
-          ss->pbvh, mesh->face_sets_color_seed, mesh->face_sets_color_default);
     }
 
     for (int i = 0; i < tot_vert; i++) {
@@ -1110,7 +1102,6 @@ static int sculpt_face_sets_randomize_colors_exec(bContext *C, wmOperator * /*op
                                      max_ii(0, ss->totfaces - 1));
     mesh->face_sets_color_default = ss->face_sets[random_index];
   }
-  BKE_pbvh_face_sets_color_set(pbvh, mesh->face_sets_color_seed, mesh->face_sets_color_default);
 
   Vector<PBVHNode *> nodes = blender::bke::pbvh::search_gather(pbvh, {});
   for (PBVHNode *node : nodes) {