diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Objects/Drawables/DrawableManiaHitObject.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Objects/Drawables/DrawableManiaHitObject.cs
index 6cd39d835d..73dc937a00 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Objects/Drawables/DrawableManiaHitObject.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Objects/Drawables/DrawableManiaHitObject.cs
@@ -65,22 +65,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects.Drawables
             Direction.BindValueChanged(OnDirectionChanged, true);
         }
 
-        protected override void OnApply()
-        {
-            base.OnApply();
-
-            if (ParentHitObject != null)
-                AccentColour.BindTo(ParentHitObject.AccentColour);
-        }
-
-        protected override void OnFree()
-        {
-            base.OnFree();
-
-            if (ParentHitObject != null)
-                AccentColour.UnbindFrom(ParentHitObject.AccentColour);
-        }
-
         protected virtual void OnDirectionChanged(ValueChangedEvent<ScrollingDirection> e)
         {
             Anchor = Origin = e.NewValue == ScrollingDirection.Up ? Anchor.TopCentre : Anchor.BottomCentre;
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/Column.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/Column.cs
index 89413f0f1b..c6bb3910e2 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/Column.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/Column.cs
@@ -73,13 +73,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
             skin.SourceChanged += onSourceChanged;
             onSourceChanged();
 
-            AccentColour.BindValueChanged(colour =>
-            {
-                // Manual transfer as hit objects may be moved between column and unbinding is non-trivial.
-                foreach (var obj in HitObjectContainer.Objects)
-                    obj.AccentColour.Value = colour.NewValue;
-            }, true);
-
             Drawable background = new SkinnableDrawable(new ManiaSkinComponent(ManiaSkinComponents.ColumnBackground), _ => new DefaultColumnBackground())
             {
                 RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both
@@ -142,7 +135,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
 
             DrawableManiaHitObject maniaObject = (DrawableManiaHitObject)drawableHitObject;
 
-            maniaObject.AccentColour.Value = AccentColour.Value;
+            maniaObject.AccentColour.BindTo(AccentColour);
             maniaObject.CheckHittable = hitPolicy.IsHittable;
         }