diff --git a/app/views/settings/preferences/appearance/show.html.haml b/app/views/settings/preferences/appearance/show.html.haml
index 45a27eb482..911a544ddb 100644
--- a/app/views/settings/preferences/appearance/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/settings/preferences/appearance/show.html.haml
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
                  include_blank: false,
                  label_method: ->(theme) { I18n.t("themes.#{theme}", default: theme) },
                  label: I18n.t('simple_form.labels.defaults.setting_theme'),
-                 wrapper: :with_label
+                 wrapper: :with_label,
+                 required: false
 
   .fields-group
     = f.simple_fields_for :settings, current_user.settings do |ff|
@@ -39,7 +40,8 @@
                  hint: I18n.t('simple_form.hints.defaults.setting_emoji_style'),
                  label: I18n.t('simple_form.labels.defaults.setting_emoji_style'),
                  label_method: ->(emoji_style) { I18n.t("emoji_styles.#{emoji_style}", default: emoji_style) },
-                 wrapper: :with_label
+                 wrapper: :with_label,
+                 required: false
 
   - unless I18n.locale == :en
     .flash-message.translation-prompt
@@ -87,7 +89,8 @@
                  item_wrapper_tag: 'li',
                  label_method: ->(item) { t("simple_form.hints.defaults.setting_display_media_#{item}") },
                  label: I18n.t('simple_form.labels.defaults.setting_display_media'),
-                 wrapper: :with_floating_label
+                 wrapper: :with_floating_label,
+                 required: false
 
     .fields-group
       = ff.input :'web.use_blurhash',
diff --git a/app/views/settings/preferences/notifications/show.html.haml b/app/views/settings/preferences/notifications/show.html.haml
index 08bcc32e9b..2efbb50bc3 100644
--- a/app/views/settings/preferences/notifications/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/settings/preferences/notifications/show.html.haml
@@ -40,4 +40,5 @@
                      include_blank: false,
                      label_method: ->(setting) { I18n.t("simple_form.labels.notification_emails.software_updates.#{setting}") },
                      label: I18n.t('simple_form.labels.notification_emails.software_updates.label'),
-                     wrapper: :with_label
+                     wrapper: :with_label,
+                     required: false