diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Skins/TestSceneSkinConfigurationLookup.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Skins/TestSceneSkinConfigurationLookup.cs
index 685decf097..8deed75a56 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Skins/TestSceneSkinConfigurationLookup.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Skins/TestSceneSkinConfigurationLookup.cs
@@ -152,11 +152,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Skins
         }
 
         [Test]
-        public void TestSetBeatmapVersionNoFallback()
+        public void TestSetBeatmapVersionFallsBackToUserSkin()
         {
+            // completely ignoring beatmap versions for simplicity.
             AddStep("Set user skin version 2.3", () => userSource.Configuration.LegacyVersion = 2.3m);
             AddStep("Set beatmap skin version null", () => beatmapSource.Configuration.LegacyVersion = 1.7m);
-            AddAssert("Check legacy version lookup", () => requester.GetConfig<LegacySkinConfiguration.LegacySetting, decimal>(LegacySkinConfiguration.LegacySetting.Version)?.Value == 1.7m);
+            AddAssert("Check legacy version lookup", () => requester.GetConfig<LegacySkinConfiguration.LegacySetting, decimal>(LegacySkinConfiguration.LegacySetting.Version)?.Value == 2.3m);
         }
 
         [Test]
@@ -172,7 +173,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Skins
         public void TestIniWithNoVersionFallsBackTo1()
         {
             AddStep("Parse skin with no version", () => userSource.Configuration = new LegacySkinDecoder().Decode(new LineBufferedReader(new MemoryStream())));
-            AddStep("Set beatmap skin version null", () => beatmapSource.Configuration.LegacyVersion = null);
             AddAssert("Check legacy version lookup", () => requester.GetConfig<LegacySkinConfiguration.LegacySetting, decimal>(LegacySkinConfiguration.LegacySetting.Version)?.Value == 1.0m);
         }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/DifficultyRecommender.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/DifficultyRecommender.cs
index 20cdca858a..0dd3341a93 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/DifficultyRecommender.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/DifficultyRecommender.cs
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select
         {
             base.Dispose(isDisposing);
 
-            api.Unregister(this);
+            api?.Unregister(this);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacyBeatmapSkin.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacyBeatmapSkin.cs
index 21533e58cd..87bca856a3 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacyBeatmapSkin.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacyBeatmapSkin.cs
@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
             switch (lookup)
             {
                 case LegacySkinConfiguration.LegacySetting s when s == LegacySkinConfiguration.LegacySetting.Version:
-                    if (Configuration.LegacyVersion is decimal version)
-                        return SkinUtils.As<TValue>(new Bindable<decimal>(version));
+                    // For lookup simplicity, ignore beatmap-level versioning completely.
 
+                    // If it is decided that we need this due to beatmaps somehow using it, the default (1.0 specified in LegacySkinDecoder.CreateTemplateObject)
+                    // needs to be removed else it will cause incorrect skin behaviours. This is due to the config lookup having no context of which skin
+                    // it should be returning the version for.
                     return null;
             }