diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-theme-json-resolver.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-theme-json-resolver.php
index d178f076e9..2e6b7523b6 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-theme-json-resolver.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-theme-json-resolver.php
@@ -314,11 +314,6 @@ class WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver {
 
 			// Classic themes without a theme.json don't support global duotone.
 			$theme_support_data['settings']['color']['defaultDuotone'] = false;
-
-			// Allow themes to enable appearance tools via theme_support.
-			if ( current_theme_supports( 'appearance-tools' ) ) {
-				$theme_support_data['settings']['appearanceTools'] = true;
-			}
 		}
 		$with_theme_supports = new WP_Theme_JSON( $theme_support_data );
 		$with_theme_supports->merge( static::$theme );
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/theme/wpThemeJsonResolver.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/theme/wpThemeJsonResolver.php
index 0676e01100..9b9185b224 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/theme/wpThemeJsonResolver.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/theme/wpThemeJsonResolver.php
@@ -433,9 +433,6 @@ class Tests_Theme_wpThemeJsonResolver extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 
 	/**
 	 * @ticket 54336
-	 * @ticket 56467
-	 *
-	 * @covers ::add_theme_support
 	 */
 	public function test_add_theme_supports_are_loaded_for_themes_without_theme_json() {
 		switch_theme( 'default' );
@@ -458,18 +455,15 @@ class Tests_Theme_wpThemeJsonResolver extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		);
 		add_theme_support( 'editor-color-palette', $color_palette );
 		add_theme_support( 'custom-line-height' );
-		add_theme_support( 'appearance-tools' );
 
 		$settings = WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver::get_theme_data()->get_settings();
 
 		remove_theme_support( 'custom-line-height' );
 		remove_theme_support( 'editor-color-palette' );
-		remove_theme_support( 'appearance-tools' );
 
 		$this->assertFalse( wp_theme_has_theme_json() );
 		$this->assertTrue( $settings['typography']['lineHeight'] );
 		$this->assertSame( $color_palette, $settings['color']['palette']['theme'] );
-		$this->assertTrue( $settings['border']['color'], 'Support for appearance-tools was not added.' );
 	}
 
 	/**