diff --git a/docs/reference/gtk/gtk4-sections.txt b/docs/reference/gtk/gtk4-sections.txt
index d798189773..3b178a5d13 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gtk/gtk4-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/reference/gtk/gtk4-sections.txt
@@ -4711,16 +4711,6 @@ gtk_style_provider_get_type
 <FILE>gtkstylecontext</FILE>
 <TITLE>GtkStyleContext</TITLE>
 <SUBSECTION>
-GTK_STYLE_PROPERTY_BACKGROUND_COLOR
-GTK_STYLE_PROPERTY_COLOR
-GTK_STYLE_PROPERTY_FONT
-GTK_STYLE_PROPERTY_MARGIN
-GTK_STYLE_PROPERTY_PADDING
-GTK_STYLE_PROPERTY_BORDER_WIDTH
-GTK_STYLE_PROPERTY_BORDER_RADIUS
-GTK_STYLE_PROPERTY_BORDER_STYLE
-GTK_STYLE_PROPERTY_BORDER_COLOR
-GTK_STYLE_PROPERTY_BACKGROUND_IMAGE
 GtkBorderStyle
 <SUBSECTION>
 GTK_STYLE_CLASS_ACCELERATOR
diff --git a/gtk/gtkstylecontext.h b/gtk/gtkstylecontext.h
index 66544ccab6..45f73fc007 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkstylecontext.h
+++ b/gtk/gtkstylecontext.h
@@ -57,92 +57,6 @@ struct _GtkStyleContextClass
   void (*_gtk_reserved4) (void);
 };
 
-/* Default set of properties that GtkStyleContext may contain */
-
-/**
- * GTK_STYLE_PROPERTY_BACKGROUND_COLOR:
- *
- * A property holding the background color of rendered elements as a #GdkRGBA.
- */
-#define GTK_STYLE_PROPERTY_BACKGROUND_COLOR "background-color"
-
-/**
- * GTK_STYLE_PROPERTY_COLOR:
- *
- * A property holding the foreground color of rendered elements as a #GdkRGBA.
- */
-#define GTK_STYLE_PROPERTY_COLOR "color"
-
-/**
- * GTK_STYLE_PROPERTY_FONT:
- *
- * A property holding the font properties used when rendering text
- * as a #PangoFontDescription.
- */
-#define GTK_STYLE_PROPERTY_FONT "font"
-
-/**
- * GTK_STYLE_PROPERTY_PADDING:
- *
- * A property holding the rendered element’s padding as a #GtkBorder. The
- * padding is defined as the spacing between the inner part of the element border
- * and its child. It’s the innermost spacing property of the padding/border/margin
- * series.
- */
-#define GTK_STYLE_PROPERTY_PADDING "padding"
-
-/**
- * GTK_STYLE_PROPERTY_BORDER_WIDTH:
- *
- * A property holding the rendered element’s border width in pixels as
- * a #GtkBorder. The border is the intermediary spacing property of the
- * padding/border/margin series.
- *
- * gtk_render_frame() uses this property to find out the frame line width,
- * so #GtkWidgets rendering frames may need to add up this padding when
- * requesting size
- */
-#define GTK_STYLE_PROPERTY_BORDER_WIDTH "border-width"
-
-/**
- * GTK_STYLE_PROPERTY_MARGIN:
- *
- * A property holding the rendered element’s margin as a #GtkBorder. The
- * margin is defined as the spacing between the border of the element
- * and its surrounding elements. It is external to #GtkWidget's
- * size allocations, and the most external spacing property of the
- * padding/border/margin series.
- */
-#define GTK_STYLE_PROPERTY_MARGIN "margin"
-
-/**
- * GTK_STYLE_PROPERTY_BORDER_RADIUS:
- *
- * A property holding the rendered element’s border radius in pixels as a #gint.
- */
-#define GTK_STYLE_PROPERTY_BORDER_RADIUS "border-radius"
-
-/**
- * GTK_STYLE_PROPERTY_BORDER_STYLE:
- *
- * A property holding the element’s border style as a #GtkBorderStyle.
- */
-#define GTK_STYLE_PROPERTY_BORDER_STYLE "border-style"
-
-/**
- * GTK_STYLE_PROPERTY_BORDER_COLOR:
- *
- * A property holding the element’s border color as a #GdkRGBA.
- */
-#define GTK_STYLE_PROPERTY_BORDER_COLOR "border-color"
-
-/**
- * GTK_STYLE_PROPERTY_BACKGROUND_IMAGE:
- *
- * A property holding the element’s background as a #cairo_pattern_t.
- */
-#define GTK_STYLE_PROPERTY_BACKGROUND_IMAGE "background-image"
-
 /* Predefined set of CSS classes */
 
 /**
diff --git a/tests/testcalendar.c b/tests/testcalendar.c
index 545e89aac0..f810063d85 100644
--- a/tests/testcalendar.c
+++ b/tests/testcalendar.c
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ create_calendar(void)
   size = gtk_size_group_new (GTK_SIZE_GROUP_HORIZONTAL);
 
   context = gtk_widget_get_style_context (calendar);
-  gtk_style_context_get (context, GTK_STYLE_PROPERTY_FONT, &font_desc, NULL);
+  gtk_style_context_get (context, "font", &font_desc, NULL);
   font = pango_font_description_to_string (font_desc);
   button = gtk_font_button_new_with_font (font);
   g_free (font);