diff --git a/gdk/win32/gdkproperty-win32.c b/gdk/win32/gdkproperty-win32.c
index 16ae4b2dfe..9c0fa50ba8 100644
--- a/gdk/win32/gdkproperty-win32.c
+++ b/gdk/win32/gdkproperty-win32.c
@@ -307,7 +307,6 @@ _gdk_win32_window_delete_property (GdkWindow *window,
   "Net/CursorBlinkTime\0"     "gtk-cursor-blink-time\0"
   "Net/ThemeName\0"           "gtk-theme-name\0"
   "Net/IconThemeName\0"       "gtk-icon-theme-name\0"
-  "Gtk/CanChangeAccels\0"     "gtk-can-change-accels\0"
   "Gtk/ColorPalette\0"        "gtk-color-palette\0"
   "Gtk/FontName\0"            "gtk-font-name\0"
   "Gtk/IconSizes\0"           "gtk-icon-sizes\0"
diff --git a/gdk/x11/gdksettings.c b/gdk/x11/gdksettings.c
index ddcbde3b8a..2f02c34509 100644
--- a/gdk/x11/gdksettings.c
+++ b/gdk/x11/gdksettings.c
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ static const struct {
   {"Net/CursorBlinkTime",     "gtk-cursor-blink-time"},
   {"Net/ThemeName",           "gtk-theme-name"},
   {"Net/IconThemeName",       "gtk-icon-theme-name"},
-  {"Gtk/CanChangeAccels",     "gtk-can-change-accels"},
   {"Gtk/ColorPalette",        "gtk-color-palette"},
   {"Gtk/FontName",            "gtk-font-name"},
   {"Gtk/IconSizes",           "gtk-icon-sizes"},
diff --git a/gtk/gtkaccelmap.c b/gtk/gtkaccelmap.c
index 7154b404f8..97e70af5b7 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkaccelmap.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkaccelmap.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
  * SECTION:gtkaccelmap
  * @Short_description: Loadable keyboard accelerator specifications
  * @Title: Accelerator Maps
- * @See_also: #GtkAccelGroup, #GtkAccelKey, #GtkUIManager, gtk_widget_set_accel_path(), gtk_menu_item_set_accel_path(), #GtkSettings:gtk-can-change-accels
+ * @See_also: #GtkAccelGroup, #GtkAccelKey, #GtkUIManager, gtk_widget_set_accel_path(), gtk_menu_item_set_accel_path()
  *
  * Accelerator maps are used to define runtime configurable accelerators.
  * Functions for manipulating them are are usually used by higher level
diff --git a/gtk/gtkmenu.c b/gtk/gtkmenu.c
index e1b0d9125b..1be4f765cd 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkmenu.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkmenu.c
@@ -3391,179 +3391,20 @@ gtk_menu_button_release (GtkWidget      *widget,
   return GTK_WIDGET_CLASS (gtk_menu_parent_class)->button_release_event (widget, event);
 }
 
-static const gchar *
-get_accel_path (GtkWidget *menu_item,
-                gboolean  *locked)
-{
-  const gchar *path;
-  GtkWidget *label;
-  GClosure *accel_closure;
-  GtkAccelGroup *accel_group;
-
-  path = _gtk_widget_get_accel_path (menu_item, locked);
-  if (!path)
-    {
-      path = GTK_MENU_ITEM (menu_item)->priv->accel_path;
-
-      if (locked)
-        {
-          *locked = TRUE;
-
-          label = gtk_bin_get_child (GTK_BIN (menu_item));
-
-          if (GTK_IS_ACCEL_LABEL (label))
-            {
-              g_object_get (label,
-                            "accel-closure", &accel_closure,
-                            NULL);
-              if (accel_closure)
-                {
-                  accel_group = gtk_accel_group_from_accel_closure (accel_closure);
-
-                  *locked = gtk_accel_group_get_is_locked (accel_group);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-  return path;
-}
-
 static gboolean
 gtk_menu_key_press (GtkWidget   *widget,
                     GdkEventKey *event)
 {
-  GtkMenuShell *menu_shell;
   GtkMenu *menu;
-  gboolean delete = FALSE;
-  gboolean can_change_accels;
-  gchar *accel = NULL;
-  guint accel_key, accel_mods;
-  GdkModifierType consumed_modifiers;
-  GdkDisplay *display;
 
   g_return_val_if_fail (GTK_IS_MENU (widget), FALSE);
   g_return_val_if_fail (event != NULL, FALSE);
 
-  menu_shell = GTK_MENU_SHELL (widget);
   menu = GTK_MENU (widget);
 
   gtk_menu_stop_navigating_submenu (menu);
 
-  if (GTK_WIDGET_CLASS (gtk_menu_parent_class)->key_press_event (widget, event))
-    return TRUE;
-
-  display = gtk_widget_get_display (widget);
-
-  g_object_get (gtk_widget_get_settings (widget),
-                "gtk-menu-bar-accel", &accel,
-                "gtk-can-change-accels", &can_change_accels,
-                NULL);
-
-  if (accel && *accel)
-    {
-      guint keyval = 0;
-      GdkModifierType mods = 0;
-
-      gtk_accelerator_parse (accel, &keyval, &mods);
-
-      if (keyval == 0)
-        g_warning ("Failed to parse menu bar accelerator '%s'\n", accel);
-
-      /* FIXME this is wrong, needs to be in the global accel resolution
-       * thing, to properly consider i18n etc., but that probably requires
-       * AccelGroup changes etc.
-       */
-      if (event->keyval == keyval && (mods & event->state) == mods)
-        {
-          gtk_menu_shell_cancel (menu_shell);
-          g_free (accel);
-          return TRUE;
-        }
-    }
-
-  g_free (accel);
-
-  switch (event->keyval)
-    {
-    case GDK_KEY_Delete:
-    case GDK_KEY_KP_Delete:
-    case GDK_KEY_BackSpace:
-      delete = TRUE;
-      break;
-    default:
-      break;
-    }
-
-  /* Figure out what modifiers went into determining the key symbol */
-  _gtk_translate_keyboard_accel_state (gdk_keymap_get_for_display (display),
-                                       event->hardware_keycode,
-                                       event->state,
-                                       gtk_accelerator_get_default_mod_mask (),
-                                       event->group,
-                                       &accel_key, NULL, NULL, &consumed_modifiers);
-
-  accel_key = gdk_keyval_to_lower (accel_key);
-  accel_mods = event->state & gtk_accelerator_get_default_mod_mask () & ~consumed_modifiers;
-
-  /* If lowercasing affects the keysym, then we need to include SHIFT
-   * in the modifiers, We re-upper case when we match against the
-   * keyval, but display and save in caseless form.
-   */
-  if (accel_key != event->keyval)
-    accel_mods |= GDK_SHIFT_MASK;
-
-  /* Modify the accelerators */
-  if (can_change_accels &&
-      menu_shell->priv->active_menu_item &&
-      gtk_bin_get_child (GTK_BIN (menu_shell->priv->active_menu_item)) && /* no separators */
-      GTK_MENU_ITEM (menu_shell->priv->active_menu_item)->priv->submenu == NULL &&  /* no submenus */
-      (delete || gtk_accelerator_valid (accel_key, accel_mods)))
-    {
-      GtkWidget *menu_item = menu_shell->priv->active_menu_item;
-      gboolean locked, replace_accels = TRUE;
-      const gchar *path;
-
-      path = get_accel_path (menu_item, &locked);
-      if (!path || locked)
-        {
-          /* Can't change accelerators on menu_items without paths
-           * (basically, those items are accelerator-locked).
-           */
-          gtk_widget_error_bell (widget);
-        }
-      else
-        {
-          gboolean changed;
-
-          /* For the keys that act to delete the current setting,
-           * we delete the current setting if there is one, otherwise,
-           * we set the key as the accelerator.
-           */
-          if (delete)
-            {
-              GtkAccelKey key;
-
-              if (gtk_accel_map_lookup_entry (path, &key) &&
-                  (key.accel_key || key.accel_mods))
-                {
-                  accel_key = 0;
-                  accel_mods = 0;
-                }
-            }
-          changed = gtk_accel_map_change_entry (path, accel_key, accel_mods, replace_accels);
-
-          if (!changed)
-            {
-              /* We failed, probably because this key is in use
-               * and locked already.
-               */
-              gtk_widget_error_bell (widget);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-  return TRUE;
+  return GTK_WIDGET_CLASS (gtk_menu_parent_class)->key_press_event (widget, event);
 }
 
 static gboolean
diff --git a/gtk/gtksettings.c b/gtk/gtksettings.c
index 791c4af0d8..3438c9744d 100644
--- a/gtk/gtksettings.c
+++ b/gtk/gtksettings.c
@@ -1324,6 +1324,13 @@ gtk_settings_class_init (GtkSettingsClass *class)
                                              gtk_rc_property_parse_enum);
   g_assert (result == PROP_SCROLLED_WINDOW_PLACEMENT);
 
+  /**
+   * GtkSettings:gtk-can-change-accels:
+   *
+   * Whether menu accelerators can be changed by pressing a key over the menu item.
+   *
+   * Deprecated: 3.10: This setting is ignored.
+   */
   result = settings_install_property_parser (class,
                                              g_param_spec_boolean ("gtk-can-change-accels",
                                                                    P_("Can change accelerators"),