diff --git a/ext/mac-bundle/Angry IP Scanner.app/Contents/Info.plist b/ext/mac-bundle/Angry IP Scanner.app/Contents/Info.plist
index c111b24f..2f460f9c 100644
--- a/ext/mac-bundle/Angry IP Scanner.app/Contents/Info.plist	
+++ b/ext/mac-bundle/Angry IP Scanner.app/Contents/Info.plist	
@@ -24,5 +24,7 @@
         <string>NSApplication</string>
         <key>NSHighResolutionCapable</key>
         <true/>
+        <key>NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance</key>
+		<false/>
     </dict>
 </plist>
diff --git a/src/net/azib/ipscan/gui/GUI.java b/src/net/azib/ipscan/gui/GUI.java
index bbe7c338..f15c8f82 100644
--- a/src/net/azib/ipscan/gui/GUI.java
+++ b/src/net/azib/ipscan/gui/GUI.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package net.azib.ipscan.gui;
 
 import net.azib.ipscan.config.LoggerFactory;
-import net.azib.ipscan.config.Platform;
 import net.azib.ipscan.config.Version;
 import net.azib.ipscan.core.UserErrorException;
 import net.azib.ipscan.di.Injector;
@@ -13,7 +12,6 @@ import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
 import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.MessageBox;
 import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;
 
-import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
@@ -43,7 +41,6 @@ public class GUI implements AutoCloseable {
 
 	public void showMainWindow(Injector injector) {
 		mainWindow = injector.require(MainWindow.class);
-		if (Platform.MAC_OS) setMacDarkAppearanceIfNeeded();
 
 		LOG.fine("Main window created: " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime));
 
@@ -63,36 +60,6 @@ public class GUI implements AutoCloseable {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private void setMacDarkAppearanceIfNeeded() {
-		try {
-			// changing the appearance works only after the shell has been created
-			Class os = Class.forName("org.eclipse.swt.internal.cocoa.OS");
-			Boolean isDarkMode = (Boolean) os.getMethod("isSystemDarkAppearance").invoke(null);
-			Boolean isAppDarkAppearance = (Boolean) os.getMethod("isAppDarkAppearance").invoke(null);
-			LOG.info("Dark appearance flags before: " + isDarkMode + ", " + isAppDarkAppearance);
-			if (isDarkMode && !isAppDarkAppearance) {
-				os.getMethod("setTheme", boolean.class).invoke(null, true);
-				isDarkMode = (Boolean) os.getMethod("isSystemDarkAppearance").invoke(null);
-				isAppDarkAppearance = (Boolean) os.getMethod("isAppDarkAppearance").invoke(null);
-				LOG.info("Dark appearance flags after: " + isDarkMode + ", " + isAppDarkAppearance);
-				if (isAppDarkAppearance) {
-					// workaround for a bug in SWT: colors need to be reinited after changing the appearance
-					Method initColors = display.getClass().getDeclaredMethod("initColors");
-					initColors.setAccessible(true);
-					initColors.invoke(display);
-					LOG.info("initColors called");
-				}
-				else {
-					os.getMethod("setTheme", boolean.class).invoke(null, false);
-					LOG.info("Dark appearance reset back because it didn't work");
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		catch (Exception e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
-		}
-	}
-
 	public void showMessage(int flags, String title, String localizedMessage) {
 		Shell parent = Display.getDefault().getActiveShell();
 		if (parent == null && mainWindow != null) parent = mainWindow.getShell();