diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/Pieces/SliderBall.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/Pieces/SliderBall.cs
index 119005eb40..8b72b23ca3 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/Pieces/SliderBall.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/Pieces/SliderBall.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Linq;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
-using osu.Framework.Bindables;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Shapes;
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects.Drawables.Pieces
                     {
                         RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
                         // TODO: support skin filename animation (sliderb0, sliderb1...)
-                        Child = new SkinnableDrawable("Play/osu/sliderb", _ => new DefaultSliderBall()),
+                        Child = new SkinnableDrawable("Play/osu/sliderball", _ => new DefaultSliderBall()),
                     }
                 }
             };
@@ -204,10 +203,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects.Drawables.Pieces
 
         public class DefaultSliderBall : CompositeDrawable
         {
-            private readonly Bindable<Color4> accentColour = new Bindable<Color4>();
-
-            private Drawable drawableBall;
-
             [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
             private void load(DrawableHitObject drawableObject, ISkinSource skin)
             {
@@ -225,15 +220,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects.Drawables.Pieces
                     BorderThickness = 10,
                     BorderColour = Color4.White,
                     Alpha = 1,
-                    Child = drawableBall = new Box
+                    Child = new Box
                     {
                         RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                        Colour = Color4.White,
                         Alpha = 0.4f,
                     }
                 };
-
-                accentColour.BindTo(drawableObject.AccentColour);
-                accentColour.BindValueChanged(colour => drawableBall.Colour = colour.NewValue, true);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkin.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkin.cs
index af9a24df42..84fa5ff97b 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkin.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkin.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Audio;
 using osu.Framework.Audio.Sample;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ using osu.Framework.IO.Stores;
 using osu.Game.Database;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.Sprites;
 using osuTK;
+using osuTK.Graphics;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Skinning
 {
@@ -71,6 +73,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
         {
             switch (componentName)
             {
+                case "Play/osu/sliderball":
+                    if (GetTexture("sliderb") != null)
+                        return new LegacySliderBall();
+
+                    break;
+
                 case "Play/Miss":
                     componentName = "hit0";
                     break;
@@ -109,6 +117,16 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
             return new Sprite { Texture = texture };
         }
 
+        public class LegacySliderBall : Sprite
+        {
+            [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
+            private void load(ISkinSource skin)
+            {
+                Texture = skin.GetTexture("sliderb");
+                Colour = skin.GetValue<SkinConfiguration, Color4?>(s => s.CustomColours.ContainsKey("SliderBall") ? s.CustomColours["SliderBall"] : (Color4?)null) ?? Color4.White;
+            }
+        }
+
         public override Texture GetTexture(string componentName)
         {
             float ratio = 2;