diff --git a/src/kleo/keyfiltermanager.cpp b/src/kleo/keyfiltermanager.cpp
index 5ae9dbf22..810350766 100644
--- a/src/kleo/keyfiltermanager.cpp
+++ b/src/kleo/keyfiltermanager.cpp
@@ -1,430 +1,407 @@
 /*
     keyfiltermanager.cpp
 
     This file is part of libkleopatra, the KDE keymanagement library
     SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2004 Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB
 
     SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 */
 
 #include "keyfiltermanager.h"
 #include "kconfigbasedkeyfilter.h"
 #include "defaultkeyfilter.h"
 
 #include "stl_util.h"
 
 #include "libkleo_debug.h"
 #include "utils/formatting.h"
 
 #include <KConfig>
 #include <KConfigGroup>
 #include <KSharedConfig>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 #include <QIcon>
 
 #include <QCoreApplication>
 #include <QRegularExpression>
 #include <QStringList>
 #include <QAbstractListModel>
 #include <QModelIndex>
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <climits>
 #include <functional>
 
 using namespace Kleo;
 using namespace GpgME;
 
 namespace
 {
 
 class Model : public QAbstractListModel
 {
     KeyFilterManager::Private *m_keyFilterManagerPrivate;
 public:
     explicit Model(KeyFilterManager::Private *p)
         : QAbstractListModel(nullptr), m_keyFilterManagerPrivate(p) {}
 
     int rowCount(const QModelIndex &) const override;
     QVariant data(const QModelIndex &idx, int role) const override;
     /* upgrade to public */ using QAbstractListModel::beginResetModel;
     /* upgrade to public */ using QAbstractListModel::endResetModel;
 };
 
 class AllCertificatesKeyFilter : public DefaultKeyFilter
 {
 public:
     AllCertificatesKeyFilter()
         : DefaultKeyFilter()
     {
         setSpecificity(UINT_MAX); // overly high for ordering
         setName(i18n("All Certificates"));
         setId(QStringLiteral("all-certificates"));
         setMatchContexts(Filtering);
     }
 };
 
 class MyCertificatesKeyFilter : public DefaultKeyFilter
 {
 public:
     MyCertificatesKeyFilter()
         : DefaultKeyFilter()
     {
         setHasSecret(Set);
         setSpecificity(UINT_MAX - 1); // overly high for ordering
 
         setName(i18n("My Certificates"));
         setId(QStringLiteral("my-certificates"));
         setMatchContexts(AnyMatchContext);
         setBold(true);
     }
 };
 
 class TrustedCertificatesKeyFilter : public DefaultKeyFilter
 {
 public:
     TrustedCertificatesKeyFilter()
         : DefaultKeyFilter()
     {
         setRevoked(NotSet);
         setValidity(IsAtLeast);
         setValidityReferenceLevel(UserID::Marginal);
         setSpecificity(UINT_MAX - 2); // overly high for ordering
 
         setName(i18n("Trusted Certificates"));
         setId(QStringLiteral("trusted-certificates"));
         setMatchContexts(Filtering);
     }
 };
 
 class FullCertificatesKeyFilter : public DefaultKeyFilter
 {
 public:
     FullCertificatesKeyFilter()
         : DefaultKeyFilter()
     {
         setRevoked(NotSet);
         setValidity(IsAtLeast);
         setValidityReferenceLevel(UserID::Full);
         setSpecificity(UINT_MAX - 3);
 
         setName(i18n("Fully Trusted Certificates"));
         setId(QStringLiteral("full-certificates"));
         setMatchContexts(Filtering);
     }
 };
 
 class OtherCertificatesKeyFilter : public DefaultKeyFilter
 {
 public:
     OtherCertificatesKeyFilter()
         : DefaultKeyFilter()
     {
         setHasSecret(NotSet);
         setValidity(IsAtMost);
         setValidityReferenceLevel(UserID::Never);
         setSpecificity(UINT_MAX - 4); // overly high for ordering
 
         setName(i18n("Other Certificates"));
         setId(QStringLiteral("other-certificates"));
         setMatchContexts(Filtering);
     }
 };
 
 /* This filter selects only invalid keys (i.e. those where not all
  * UIDs are at least fully valid).  */
 class KeyNotValidFilter : public DefaultKeyFilter
 {
 public:
     KeyNotValidFilter()
         : DefaultKeyFilter()
     {
         setName(i18n("Not validated Certificates"));
         setId(QStringLiteral("not-validated-certificates"));
         setSpecificity(UINT_MAX - 6); // overly high for ordering
     }
     bool matches (const Key &key, MatchContexts contexts) const override
     {
         return (contexts & Filtering) && !Formatting::uidsHaveFullValidity(key);
     }
 };
 
 }
 
 static std::vector<std::shared_ptr<KeyFilter>> defaultFilters()
 {
     std::vector<std::shared_ptr<KeyFilter> > result;
     result.reserve(6);
     result.push_back(std::shared_ptr<KeyFilter>(new MyCertificatesKeyFilter));
     result.push_back(std::shared_ptr<KeyFilter>(new TrustedCertificatesKeyFilter));
     result.push_back(std::shared_ptr<KeyFilter>(new FullCertificatesKeyFilter));
     result.push_back(std::shared_ptr<KeyFilter>(new OtherCertificatesKeyFilter));
     result.push_back(std::shared_ptr<KeyFilter>(new AllCertificatesKeyFilter));
     result.push_back(std::shared_ptr<KeyFilter>(new KeyNotValidFilter));
     return result;
 }
 
 class KeyFilterManager::Private
 {
 public:
-    Private() : filters(), appearanceFilters(), model(this) {}
+    Private() : filters(), model(this) {}
     void clear()
     {
         model.beginResetModel();
         filters.clear();
-        appearanceFilters.clear();
         model.endResetModel();
     }
 
     std::vector<std::shared_ptr<KeyFilter>> filters;
-    std::vector<std::shared_ptr<KeyFilter>> appearanceFilters;
     Model model;
 };
 
 KeyFilterManager *KeyFilterManager::mSelf = nullptr;
 
 KeyFilterManager::KeyFilterManager(QObject *parent)
     : QObject(parent), d(new Private)
 {
     mSelf = this;
     // ### DF: doesn't a KStaticDeleter work more reliably?
     if (QCoreApplication *app = QCoreApplication::instance()) {
         connect(app, &QCoreApplication::aboutToQuit, this, &QObject::deleteLater);
     }
     reload();
 }
 
 KeyFilterManager::~KeyFilterManager()
 {
     mSelf = nullptr;
     if (d) {
         d->clear();
     }
     delete d; d = nullptr;
 }
 
 KeyFilterManager *KeyFilterManager::instance()
 {
     if (!mSelf) {
         mSelf = new KeyFilterManager();
     }
     return mSelf;
 }
 
 const std::shared_ptr<KeyFilter> &KeyFilterManager::filterMatching(const Key &key, KeyFilter::MatchContexts contexts) const
 {
     const auto it = std::find_if(d->filters.cbegin(), d->filters.cend(),
                                  [&key, contexts](const std::shared_ptr<KeyFilter> &filter) {
                                      return filter->matches(key, contexts);
                                  });
     if (it != d->filters.cend()) {
         return *it;
     }
     static const std::shared_ptr<KeyFilter> null;
     return null;
 }
 
 std::vector<std::shared_ptr<KeyFilter>> KeyFilterManager::filtersMatching(const Key &key, KeyFilter::MatchContexts contexts) const
 {
     std::vector<std::shared_ptr<KeyFilter>> result;
     result.reserve(d->filters.size());
     std::remove_copy_if(d->filters.begin(), d->filters.end(),
                         std::back_inserter(result),
                         [&key, contexts](const std::shared_ptr<KeyFilter> &filter) {
                             return !filter->matches(key, contexts);
                         });
     return result;
 }
 
 namespace
 {
 struct ByDecreasingSpecificity : std::binary_function<std::shared_ptr<KeyFilter>, std::shared_ptr<KeyFilter>, bool> {
     bool operator()(const std::shared_ptr<KeyFilter> &lhs, const std::shared_ptr<KeyFilter> &rhs) const
     {
         return lhs->specificity() > rhs->specificity();
     }
 };
 }
 
 void KeyFilterManager::reload()
 {
     d->clear();
 
     d->filters = defaultFilters();
     KSharedConfigPtr config = KSharedConfig::openConfig(QStringLiteral("libkleopatrarc"));
 
     const QStringList groups = config->groupList().filter(QRegularExpression(QStringLiteral("^Key Filter #\\d+$")));
     bool ignoreDeVs = Formatting::complianceMode() != QLatin1String("de-vs");
     for (QStringList::const_iterator it = groups.begin(); it != groups.end(); ++it) {
         const KConfigGroup cfg(config, *it);
         if (cfg.hasKey("is-de-vs") && ignoreDeVs) {
             /* Don't show de-vs filters in other compliance modes */
             continue;
         }
         d->filters.push_back(std::shared_ptr<KeyFilter>(new KConfigBasedKeyFilter(cfg)));
     }
     std::stable_sort(d->filters.begin(), d->filters.end(), ByDecreasingSpecificity());
     qCDebug(LIBKLEO_LOG) << "final filter count is" << d->filters.size();
 }
 
 QAbstractItemModel *KeyFilterManager::model() const
 {
     return &d->model;
 }
 
 const std::shared_ptr<KeyFilter> &KeyFilterManager::keyFilterByID(const QString &id) const
 {
     const auto it = std::find_if(d->filters.begin(), d->filters.end(),
                                  [id](const std::shared_ptr<KeyFilter> &filter) {
                                     return filter->id() == id;
                                  });
     if (it != d->filters.end()) {
         return *it;
     }
     static const std::shared_ptr<KeyFilter> null;
     return null;
 }
 
 const std::shared_ptr<KeyFilter> &KeyFilterManager::fromModelIndex(const QModelIndex &idx) const
 {
     if (!idx.isValid() || idx.model() != &d->model || idx.row() < 0 ||
             static_cast<unsigned>(idx.row()) >= d->filters.size()) {
         static const std::shared_ptr<KeyFilter> null;
         return null;
     }
     return d->filters[idx.row()];
 }
 
 QModelIndex KeyFilterManager::toModelIndex(const std::shared_ptr<KeyFilter> &kf) const
 {
     if (!kf) {
         return {};
     }
     const auto pair = std::equal_range(d->filters.cbegin(), d->filters.cend(), kf, ByDecreasingSpecificity());
     const auto it = std::find(pair.first, pair.second, kf);
     if (it != pair.second) {
         return d->model.index(it - d->filters.begin());
     } else {
         return QModelIndex();
     }
 }
 
 int Model::rowCount(const QModelIndex &) const
 {
     return m_keyFilterManagerPrivate->filters.size();
 }
 
 QVariant Model::data(const QModelIndex &idx, int role) const
 {
     if (!idx.isValid()
         || idx.model() != this
         || idx.row() < 0
         || static_cast<unsigned>(idx.row()) >  m_keyFilterManagerPrivate->filters.size()) {
         return QVariant();
     }
 
     const auto filter = m_keyFilterManagerPrivate->filters[idx.row()];
     switch (role) {
     case Qt::DecorationRole:
         return filter->icon();
 
     case Qt::DisplayRole:
     case Qt::EditRole:
     case Qt::ToolTipRole:  /* Most useless tooltip ever.  */
         return filter->name();
 
     case KeyFilterManager::FilterIdRole:
         return filter->id();
 
     case KeyFilterManager::FilterMatchContextsRole:
         return QVariant::fromValue(filter->availableMatchContexts());
 
     default:
         return QVariant();
     }
 }
 
 static KeyFilter::FontDescription get_fontdescription(const std::vector<std::shared_ptr<KeyFilter>> &filters, const Key &key, const KeyFilter::FontDescription &initial)
 {
     return kdtools::accumulate_if(filters.begin(), filters.end(),
                                   [&key](const std::shared_ptr<KeyFilter> &filter) {
                                       return filter->matches(key, KeyFilter::Appearance);
                                   },
                                   initial,
                                   [](const KeyFilter::FontDescription &lhs,
                                      const std::shared_ptr<KeyFilter> &rhs) {
                                       return lhs.resolve(rhs->fontDescription());
                                   });
 }
 
 QFont KeyFilterManager::font(const Key &key, const QFont &baseFont) const
 {
-    KeyFilter::FontDescription fd;
-
-    fd = get_fontdescription(d->appearanceFilters, key, KeyFilter::FontDescription());
-    fd = get_fontdescription(d->filters, key, fd);
+    const KeyFilter::FontDescription fd = get_fontdescription(d->filters, key, KeyFilter::FontDescription());
 
     return fd.font(baseFont);
 }
 
 static QColor get_color(const std::vector<std::shared_ptr<KeyFilter>> &filters, const Key &key, QColor(KeyFilter::*fun)() const)
 {
     const auto it = std::find_if(filters.cbegin(), filters.cend(),
                                  [&fun, &key](const std::shared_ptr<KeyFilter> &filter) {
                                     return filter->matches(key, KeyFilter::Appearance)
                                     && (filter.get()->*fun)().isValid();
                                  });
     if (it == filters.cend()) {
         return {};
     } else {
         return (it->get()->*fun)();
     }
 }
 
 static QString get_string(const std::vector<std::shared_ptr<KeyFilter>> &filters, const Key &key, QString(KeyFilter::*fun)() const)
 {
     const auto it = std::find_if(filters.cbegin(), filters.cend(),
                                  [&fun, &key](const std::shared_ptr<KeyFilter> &filter) {
                                      return filter->matches(key, KeyFilter::Appearance)
                                             && !(filter.get()->*fun)().isEmpty();
                                  });
     if (it == filters.cend()) {
         return QString();
     } else {
         return (*it)->icon();
     }
 }
 
 QColor KeyFilterManager::bgColor(const Key &key) const
 {
-    QColor color;
-
-    color = get_color(d->appearanceFilters, key, &KeyFilter::bgColor);
-    if (!color.isValid()) {
-        color = get_color(d->filters, key, &KeyFilter::bgColor);
-    }
-    return color;
+    return get_color(d->filters, key, &KeyFilter::bgColor);
 }
 
 QColor KeyFilterManager::fgColor(const Key &key) const
 {
-    QColor color;
-
-    color = get_color(d->appearanceFilters, key, &KeyFilter::fgColor);
-    if (!color.isValid()) {
-        color = get_color(d->filters, key, &KeyFilter::fgColor);
-    }
-    return color;
+    return get_color(d->filters, key, &KeyFilter::fgColor);
 }
 
 QIcon KeyFilterManager::icon(const Key &key) const
 {
-    QString icon;
-
-    icon = get_string(d->appearanceFilters, key, &KeyFilter::icon);
-    if (icon.isEmpty()) {
-        icon = get_string(d->filters, key, &KeyFilter::icon);
-    }
+    const QString icon = get_string(d->filters, key, &KeyFilter::icon);
     return icon.isEmpty() ? QIcon() : QIcon::fromTheme(icon);
 }
-