diff --git a/api/revanced-patches.api b/api/revanced-patches.api
index 844d097b4..3f2b6c970 100644
--- a/api/revanced-patches.api
+++ b/api/revanced-patches.api
@@ -622,13 +622,6 @@ public abstract class app/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/BaseResour
 	public fun serialize (Lorg/w3c/dom/Document;)Lorg/w3c/dom/Element;
 }
 
-public abstract class app/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/DefaultBasePreference : app/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/BasePreference {
-	public fun <init> (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/Object;)V
-	public synthetic fun <init> (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/Object;ILkotlin/jvm/internal/DefaultConstructorMarker;)V
-	public final fun getDefault ()Ljava/lang/Object;
-	public fun serialize (Lorg/w3c/dom/Document;)Lorg/w3c/dom/Element;
-}
-
 public final class app/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/SummaryType : java/lang/Enum {
 	public static final field DEFAULT Lapp/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/SummaryType;
 	public static final field OFF Lapp/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/SummaryType;
@@ -659,9 +652,8 @@ public final class app/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/impl/InputTyp
 	public static fun values ()[Lapp/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/impl/InputType;
 }
 
-public final class app/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/impl/ListPreference : app/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/DefaultBasePreference {
-	public fun <init> (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Lapp/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/impl/ArrayResource;Lapp/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/impl/ArrayResource;Ljava/lang/String;)V
-	public synthetic fun <init> (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Lapp/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/impl/ArrayResource;Lapp/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/impl/ArrayResource;Ljava/lang/String;ILkotlin/jvm/internal/DefaultConstructorMarker;)V
+public final class app/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/impl/ListPreference : app/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/BasePreference {
+	public fun <init> (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Lapp/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/impl/ArrayResource;Lapp/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/impl/ArrayResource;)V
 	public final fun getEntries ()Lapp/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/impl/ArrayResource;
 	public final fun getEntryValues ()Lapp/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/impl/ArrayResource;
 	public fun serialize (Lorg/w3c/dom/Document;)Lorg/w3c/dom/Element;
@@ -703,17 +695,16 @@ public class app/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/impl/PreferenceScre
 }
 
 public final class app/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/impl/SwitchPreference : app/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/BasePreference {
+	public fun <init> (Ljava/lang/String;)V
 	public fun <init> (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V
-	public fun <init> (Ljava/lang/String;Z)V
-	public synthetic fun <init> (Ljava/lang/String;ZILkotlin/jvm/internal/DefaultConstructorMarker;)V
 	public fun serialize (Lorg/w3c/dom/Document;)Lorg/w3c/dom/Element;
 }
 
-public final class app/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/impl/TextPreference : app/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/DefaultBasePreference {
-	public fun <init> (Ljava/lang/String;Lapp/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/impl/InputType;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V
-	public synthetic fun <init> (Ljava/lang/String;Lapp/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/impl/InputType;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;ILkotlin/jvm/internal/DefaultConstructorMarker;)V
-	public fun <init> (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Lapp/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/impl/InputType;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V
-	public synthetic fun <init> (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Lapp/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/impl/InputType;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;ILkotlin/jvm/internal/DefaultConstructorMarker;)V
+public final class app/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/impl/TextPreference : app/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/BasePreference {
+	public fun <init> (Ljava/lang/String;Lapp/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/impl/InputType;Ljava/lang/String;)V
+	public synthetic fun <init> (Ljava/lang/String;Lapp/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/impl/InputType;Ljava/lang/String;ILkotlin/jvm/internal/DefaultConstructorMarker;)V
+	public fun <init> (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Lapp/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/impl/InputType;Ljava/lang/String;)V
+	public synthetic fun <init> (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Lapp/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/impl/InputType;Ljava/lang/String;ILkotlin/jvm/internal/DefaultConstructorMarker;)V
 	public final fun getInputType ()Lapp/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/impl/InputType;
 	public fun serialize (Lorg/w3c/dom/Document;)Lorg/w3c/dom/Element;
 }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/DefaultBasePreference.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/DefaultBasePreference.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 7290ecd68..000000000
--- a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/DefaultBasePreference.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-package app.revanced.patches.shared.settings.preference
-
-import org.w3c.dom.Document
-
-/**
- * Base preference class that also has a default value.
- *
- * @param key The key of the preference.
- * @param titleKey The title of the preference.
- * @param tag The tag of the preference.
- * @param summaryKey The summary of the preference.
- * @param default The default value of the preference.
- */
-abstract class DefaultBasePreference<T>(
-    key: String?,
-    titleKey: String,
-    summaryKey: String? = null,
-    tag: String,
-    val default: T? = null,
-) : BasePreference(key, titleKey, summaryKey, tag) {
-
-    /**
-     * Serialize preference element to XML.
-     * Overriding methods should invoke super and operate on its return value.
-     * @param ownerDocument Target document to create elements from.
-     * @return The serialized element.
-     */
-    override fun serialize(ownerDocument: Document) =
-        super.serialize(ownerDocument).apply { addDefault(default) }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/impl/ListPreference.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/impl/ListPreference.kt
index 41ab83471..d959356b6 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/impl/ListPreference.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/impl/ListPreference.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package app.revanced.patches.shared.settings.preference.impl
 
-import app.revanced.patches.shared.settings.preference.DefaultBasePreference
+import app.revanced.patches.shared.settings.preference.BasePreference
 import app.revanced.patches.shared.settings.preference.addSummary
 import org.w3c.dom.Document
 
@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@ class ListPreference(
     titleKey: String,
     summaryKey: String?,
     val entries: ArrayResource?,
-    val entryValues: ArrayResource?,
-    default: String? = null,
-) : DefaultBasePreference<String>(key, titleKey, summaryKey, "ListPreference", default) {
+    val entryValues: ArrayResource?
+) : BasePreference(key, titleKey, summaryKey, "ListPreference") {
 
     override fun serialize(ownerDocument: Document) =
         super.serialize(ownerDocument).apply {
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/impl/SwitchPreference.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/impl/SwitchPreference.kt
index a5f48da93..a44b246ef 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/impl/SwitchPreference.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/impl/SwitchPreference.kt
@@ -13,19 +13,18 @@ import org.w3c.dom.Element
  * @param titleKey The title of the switch.
  * @param summaryOnKey The summary to show when the preference is enabled.
  * @param summaryOffKey The summary to show when the preference is disabled.
- * @param default The default value of the switch.
  */
 class SwitchPreference(
     key: String,
     titleKey: String,
     private val summaryOnKey: String,
     private val summaryOffKey: String,
-) : BasePreference( key, titleKey, null, "SwitchPreference") {
+) : BasePreference(key, titleKey, null, "SwitchPreference") {
 
     /**
      * Initialize using title and summary keys with the suffix "_title", "_summary_on", "_summary_off"
      */
-    constructor(key: String, default: Boolean = false) : this(key, "${key}_title",
+    constructor(key: String) : this(key, "${key}_title",
         "${key}_summary_on", "${key}_summary_off")
 
     override fun serialize(ownerDocument: Document): Element {
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/impl/TextPreference.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/impl/TextPreference.kt
index b53b39fad..c66039ddc 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/impl/TextPreference.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/shared/settings/preference/impl/TextPreference.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package app.revanced.patches.shared.settings.preference.impl
 
-import app.revanced.patches.shared.settings.preference.DefaultBasePreference
+import app.revanced.patches.shared.settings.preference.BasePreference
 import org.w3c.dom.Document
 
 /**
@@ -16,17 +16,17 @@ class TextPreference(
     titleKey: String,
     summaryKey: String?,
     val inputType: InputType = InputType.TEXT,
-    default: String? = null,
     tag: String = "app.revanced.integrations.shared.settings.preference.ResettableEditTextPreference"
-) : DefaultBasePreference<String>(key, titleKey, summaryKey, tag, default) {
+) : BasePreference(key, titleKey, summaryKey, tag) {
 
     /**
      * Initialize using title and summary keys with the suffix "_title", "_summary_on", "_summary_off"
      */
     constructor(
-        key: String, inputType: InputType = InputType.TEXT, default: String? = null,
+        key: String,
+        inputType: InputType = InputType.TEXT,
         tag: String = "app.revanced.integrations.shared.settings.preference.ResettableEditTextPreference"
-    ) : this(key, "${key}_title", "${key}_summary", inputType, default, tag)
+    ) : this(key, "${key}_title", "${key}_summary", inputType, tag)
 
 
     override fun serialize(ownerDocument: Document) =
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/twitch/ad/audio/AudioAdsPatch.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/twitch/ad/audio/AudioAdsPatch.kt
index 6df0d4ef6..cc49222d0 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/twitch/ad/audio/AudioAdsPatch.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/twitch/ad/audio/AudioAdsPatch.kt
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ object AudioAdsPatch : BytecodePatch(
         SettingsPatch.PreferenceScreen.ADS.CLIENT_SIDE.addPreferences(
             SwitchPreference(
                 "revanced_block_audio_ads",
-                default = true,
             )
         )
     }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/twitch/ad/video/VideoAdsPatch.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/twitch/ad/video/VideoAdsPatch.kt
index 32e4ef4d1..da8a09ca1 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/twitch/ad/video/VideoAdsPatch.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/twitch/ad/video/VideoAdsPatch.kt
@@ -132,8 +132,7 @@ object VideoAdsPatch : AbstractAdPatch(
         StringsPatch.includePatchStrings("VideoAds")
         SettingsPatch.PreferenceScreen.ADS.CLIENT_SIDE.addPreferences(
             SwitchPreference(
-                "revanced_block_video_ads",
-                default = true
+                "revanced_block_video_ads"
             )
         )
     }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/twitch/chat/autoclaim/AutoClaimChannelPointsPatch.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/twitch/chat/autoclaim/AutoClaimChannelPointsPatch.kt
index 1cf6f7e3c..aabb090d9 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/twitch/chat/autoclaim/AutoClaimChannelPointsPatch.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/twitch/chat/autoclaim/AutoClaimChannelPointsPatch.kt
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ object AutoClaimChannelPointPatch : BytecodePatch(
         StringsPatch.includePatchStrings("AutoClaimChannelPoint")
         SettingsPatch.PreferenceScreen.CHAT.GENERAL.addPreferences(
             SwitchPreference(
-                "revanced_auto_claim_channel_points",
-                default = true
+                "revanced_auto_claim_channel_points"
             )
         )
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/twitch/debug/DebugModePatch.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/twitch/debug/DebugModePatch.kt
index a25105a23..df772243d 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/twitch/debug/DebugModePatch.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/twitch/debug/DebugModePatch.kt
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ object DebugModePatch : BytecodePatch(
         SettingsPatch.PreferenceScreen.MISC.OTHER.addPreferences(
             SwitchPreference(
                 "revanced_debug_mode",
-                default = false,
             )
         )
     }