diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6129d42f31f2d12a37a7d4a226846f6b0067ef4e..836584de8a6e00e55de9441563e218b32c87ce40 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -12098,7 +12098,6 @@ name = "theme"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "async-trait",
  "collections",
  "derive_more",
  "fs",
diff --git a/crates/extension_host/src/extension_host.rs b/crates/extension_host/src/extension_host.rs
index e53f8eeb75697795516c652ae24874876078d130..b27a486b4bd37b831fd39ad513d0ac7ffac5d139 100644
--- a/crates/extension_host/src/extension_host.rs
+++ b/crates/extension_host/src/extension_host.rs
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ pub struct ExtensionStore {
     outstanding_operations: BTreeMap<Arc<str>, ExtensionOperation>,
     index_path: PathBuf,
     language_registry: Arc<LanguageRegistry>,
-    theme_registry: Arc<dyn ThemeRegistry>,
+    theme_registry: Arc<ThemeRegistry>,
     slash_command_registry: Arc<SlashCommandRegistry>,
     indexed_docs_registry: Arc<IndexedDocsRegistry>,
     snippet_registry: Arc<SnippetRegistry>,
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ pub fn init(
     client: Arc<Client>,
     node_runtime: NodeRuntime,
     language_registry: Arc<LanguageRegistry>,
-    theme_registry: Arc<dyn ThemeRegistry>,
+    theme_registry: Arc<ThemeRegistry>,
     cx: &mut AppContext,
 ) {
     ExtensionSettings::register(cx);
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ impl ExtensionStore {
         telemetry: Option<Arc<Telemetry>>,
         node_runtime: NodeRuntime,
         language_registry: Arc<LanguageRegistry>,
-        theme_registry: Arc<dyn ThemeRegistry>,
+        theme_registry: Arc<ThemeRegistry>,
         slash_command_registry: Arc<SlashCommandRegistry>,
         indexed_docs_registry: Arc<IndexedDocsRegistry>,
         snippet_registry: Arc<SnippetRegistry>,
diff --git a/crates/extension_host/src/extension_store_test.rs b/crates/extension_host/src/extension_store_test.rs
index 194625883c3733a5341a9e03b6bfae54ff743808..bd571703dba7f63848defc042662b2f62a4c0f1a 100644
--- a/crates/extension_host/src/extension_store_test.rs
+++ b/crates/extension_host/src/extension_store_test.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ use std::{
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
     sync::Arc,
 };
-use theme::{RealThemeRegistry, ThemeRegistry};
+use theme::ThemeRegistry;
 use util::test::temp_tree;
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ async fn test_extension_store(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
     };
 
     let language_registry = Arc::new(LanguageRegistry::test(cx.executor()));
-    let theme_registry = Arc::new(RealThemeRegistry::new(Box::new(())));
+    let theme_registry = Arc::new(ThemeRegistry::new(Box::new(())));
     let slash_command_registry = SlashCommandRegistry::new();
     let indexed_docs_registry = Arc::new(IndexedDocsRegistry::new(cx.executor()));
     let snippet_registry = Arc::new(SnippetRegistry::new());
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ async fn test_extension_store_with_test_extension(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
     let project = Project::test(fs.clone(), [project_dir.as_path()], cx).await;
 
     let language_registry = project.read_with(cx, |project, _cx| project.languages().clone());
-    let theme_registry = Arc::new(RealThemeRegistry::new(Box::new(())));
+    let theme_registry = Arc::new(ThemeRegistry::new(Box::new(())));
     let slash_command_registry = SlashCommandRegistry::new();
     let indexed_docs_registry = Arc::new(IndexedDocsRegistry::new(cx.executor()));
     let snippet_registry = Arc::new(SnippetRegistry::new());
diff --git a/crates/settings_ui/src/appearance_settings_controls.rs b/crates/settings_ui/src/appearance_settings_controls.rs
index 70e8e78cb4956316675fd0de9270f548e58b0293..39bfda081671b29eca1a5257289df76b2210fdb2 100644
--- a/crates/settings_ui/src/appearance_settings_controls.rs
+++ b/crates/settings_ui/src/appearance_settings_controls.rs
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ impl RenderOnce for ThemeControl {
             "theme",
             value.clone(),
             ContextMenu::build(cx, |mut menu, cx| {
-                let theme_registry = <dyn ThemeRegistry>::global(cx);
+                let theme_registry = ThemeRegistry::global(cx);
 
                 for theme in theme_registry.list_names() {
                     menu = menu.custom_entry(
diff --git a/crates/storybook/src/storybook.rs b/crates/storybook/src/storybook.rs
index d751a5ed03b5c0a16705304b47bcfae6b132dca5..9fe61a70c4d818a1176c0c3491f4deec519bd29d 100644
--- a/crates/storybook/src/storybook.rs
+++ b/crates/storybook/src/storybook.rs
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ fn main() {
 
         let selector = story_selector;
 
-        let theme_registry = <dyn ThemeRegistry>::global(cx);
+        let theme_registry = ThemeRegistry::global(cx);
         let mut theme_settings = ThemeSettings::get_global(cx).clone();
         theme_settings.active_theme = theme_registry.get(&theme_name).unwrap();
         ThemeSettings::override_global(theme_settings, cx);
diff --git a/crates/theme/Cargo.toml b/crates/theme/Cargo.toml
index b4fe3967931f0459e6e0134ebca2dd3dbd0654b4..c3e3a197cbf9116aadc22e7e131a65dbc7893d29 100644
--- a/crates/theme/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/theme/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ doctest = false
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow.workspace = true
-async-trait.workspace = true
 collections.workspace = true
 derive_more.workspace = true
 fs.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/theme/src/registry.rs b/crates/theme/src/registry.rs
index a78a22b08fbdb4e651904c5bfba3e593ca696671..a511fb9da35789b951e643922176d2166b774774 100644
--- a/crates/theme/src/registry.rs
+++ b/crates/theme/src/registry.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::{fmt::Debug, path::Path};
 
-use anyhow::{anyhow, bail, Context, Result};
-use async_trait::async_trait;
+use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Result};
 use collections::HashMap;
 use derive_more::{Deref, DerefMut};
 use fs::Fs;
@@ -30,34 +29,22 @@ pub struct ThemeMeta {
 /// inserting the [`ThemeRegistry`] into the context as a global.
 ///
 /// This should not be exposed outside of this module.
-#[derive(Deref, DerefMut)]
-struct GlobalThemeRegistry(Arc<dyn ThemeRegistry>);
+#[derive(Default, Deref, DerefMut)]
+struct GlobalThemeRegistry(Arc<ThemeRegistry>);
 
 impl Global for GlobalThemeRegistry {}
 
-/// A registry for themes.
-#[async_trait]
-pub trait ThemeRegistry: Send + Sync + 'static {
-    /// Returns the names of all themes in the registry.
-    fn list_names(&self) -> Vec<SharedString>;
-
-    /// Returns the metadata of all themes in the registry.
-    fn list(&self) -> Vec<ThemeMeta>;
-
-    /// Returns the theme with the given name.
-    fn get(&self, name: &str) -> Result<Arc<Theme>>;
-
-    /// Loads the user theme from the specified path and adds it to the registry.
-    async fn load_user_theme(&self, theme_path: &Path, fs: Arc<dyn Fs>) -> Result<()>;
-
-    /// Loads the user themes from the specified directory and adds them to the registry.
-    async fn load_user_themes(&self, themes_path: &Path, fs: Arc<dyn Fs>) -> Result<()>;
+struct ThemeRegistryState {
+    themes: HashMap<SharedString, Arc<Theme>>,
+}
 
-    /// Removes the themes with the given names from the registry.
-    fn remove_user_themes(&self, themes_to_remove: &[SharedString]);
+/// The registry for themes.
+pub struct ThemeRegistry {
+    state: RwLock<ThemeRegistryState>,
+    assets: Box<dyn AssetSource>,
 }
 
-impl dyn ThemeRegistry {
+impl ThemeRegistry {
     /// Returns the global [`ThemeRegistry`].
     pub fn global(cx: &AppContext) -> Arc<Self> {
         cx.global::<GlobalThemeRegistry>().0.clone()
@@ -67,37 +54,18 @@ impl dyn ThemeRegistry {
     ///
     /// Inserts a default [`ThemeRegistry`] if one does not yet exist.
     pub fn default_global(cx: &mut AppContext) -> Arc<Self> {
-        if let Some(registry) = cx.try_global::<GlobalThemeRegistry>() {
-            return registry.0.clone();
-        }
-
-        let registry = Arc::new(RealThemeRegistry::default());
-        cx.set_global(GlobalThemeRegistry(registry.clone()));
-
-        registry
+        cx.default_global::<GlobalThemeRegistry>().0.clone()
     }
-}
-
-struct RealThemeRegistryState {
-    themes: HashMap<SharedString, Arc<Theme>>,
-}
 
-/// The registry for themes.
-pub struct RealThemeRegistry {
-    state: RwLock<RealThemeRegistryState>,
-    assets: Box<dyn AssetSource>,
-}
-
-impl RealThemeRegistry {
     /// Sets the global [`ThemeRegistry`].
-    pub(crate) fn set_global(self: Arc<Self>, cx: &mut AppContext) {
-        cx.set_global(GlobalThemeRegistry(self));
+    pub(crate) fn set_global(assets: Box<dyn AssetSource>, cx: &mut AppContext) {
+        cx.set_global(GlobalThemeRegistry(Arc::new(ThemeRegistry::new(assets))));
     }
 
     /// Creates a new [`ThemeRegistry`] with the given [`AssetSource`].
     pub fn new(assets: Box<dyn AssetSource>) -> Self {
         let registry = Self {
-            state: RwLock::new(RealThemeRegistryState {
+            state: RwLock::new(ThemeRegistryState {
                 themes: HashMap::default(),
             }),
             assets,
@@ -132,52 +100,28 @@ impl RealThemeRegistry {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Removes the themes with the given names from the registry.
+    pub fn remove_user_themes(&self, themes_to_remove: &[SharedString]) {
+        self.state
+            .write()
+            .themes
+            .retain(|name, _| !themes_to_remove.contains(name))
+    }
+
     /// Removes all themes from the registry.
     pub fn clear(&self) {
         self.state.write().themes.clear();
     }
 
-    /// Loads the themes bundled with the Zed binary and adds them to the registry.
-    pub fn load_bundled_themes(&self) {
-        let theme_paths = self
-            .assets
-            .list("themes/")
-            .expect("failed to list theme assets")
-            .into_iter()
-            .filter(|path| path.ends_with(".json"));
-
-        for path in theme_paths {
-            let Some(theme) = self.assets.load(&path).log_err().flatten() else {
-                continue;
-            };
-
-            let Some(theme_family) = serde_json::from_slice(&theme)
-                .with_context(|| format!("failed to parse theme at path \"{path}\""))
-                .log_err()
-            else {
-                continue;
-            };
-
-            self.insert_user_theme_families([theme_family]);
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl Default for RealThemeRegistry {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        Self::new(Box::new(()))
-    }
-}
-
-#[async_trait]
-impl ThemeRegistry for RealThemeRegistry {
-    fn list_names(&self) -> Vec<SharedString> {
+    /// Returns the names of all themes in the registry.
+    pub fn list_names(&self) -> Vec<SharedString> {
         let mut names = self.state.read().themes.keys().cloned().collect::<Vec<_>>();
         names.sort();
         names
     }
 
-    fn list(&self) -> Vec<ThemeMeta> {
+    /// Returns the metadata of all themes in the registry.
+    pub fn list(&self) -> Vec<ThemeMeta> {
         self.state
             .read()
             .themes
@@ -189,7 +133,8 @@ impl ThemeRegistry for RealThemeRegistry {
             .collect()
     }
 
-    fn get(&self, name: &str) -> Result<Arc<Theme>> {
+    /// Returns the theme with the given name.
+    pub fn get(&self, name: &str) -> Result<Arc<Theme>> {
         self.state
             .read()
             .themes
@@ -198,15 +143,33 @@ impl ThemeRegistry for RealThemeRegistry {
             .cloned()
     }
 
-    async fn load_user_theme(&self, theme_path: &Path, fs: Arc<dyn Fs>) -> Result<()> {
-        let theme = read_user_theme(theme_path, fs).await?;
+    /// Loads the themes bundled with the Zed binary and adds them to the registry.
+    pub fn load_bundled_themes(&self) {
+        let theme_paths = self
+            .assets
+            .list("themes/")
+            .expect("failed to list theme assets")
+            .into_iter()
+            .filter(|path| path.ends_with(".json"));
 
-        self.insert_user_theme_families([theme]);
+        for path in theme_paths {
+            let Some(theme) = self.assets.load(&path).log_err().flatten() else {
+                continue;
+            };
 
-        Ok(())
+            let Some(theme_family) = serde_json::from_slice(&theme)
+                .with_context(|| format!("failed to parse theme at path \"{path}\""))
+                .log_err()
+            else {
+                continue;
+            };
+
+            self.insert_user_theme_families([theme_family]);
+        }
     }
 
-    async fn load_user_themes(&self, themes_path: &Path, fs: Arc<dyn Fs>) -> Result<()> {
+    /// Loads the user themes from the specified directory and adds them to the registry.
+    pub async fn load_user_themes(&self, themes_path: &Path, fs: Arc<dyn Fs>) -> Result<()> {
         let mut theme_paths = fs
             .read_dir(themes_path)
             .await
@@ -225,38 +188,18 @@ impl ThemeRegistry for RealThemeRegistry {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    fn remove_user_themes(&self, themes_to_remove: &[SharedString]) {
-        self.state
-            .write()
-            .themes
-            .retain(|name, _| !themes_to_remove.contains(name))
-    }
-}
-
-/// A theme registry that doesn't have any behavior.
-pub struct VoidThemeRegistry;
-
-#[async_trait]
-impl ThemeRegistry for VoidThemeRegistry {
-    fn list_names(&self) -> Vec<SharedString> {
-        Vec::new()
-    }
-
-    fn list(&self) -> Vec<ThemeMeta> {
-        Vec::new()
-    }
+    /// Loads the user theme from the specified path and adds it to the registry.
+    pub async fn load_user_theme(&self, theme_path: &Path, fs: Arc<dyn Fs>) -> Result<()> {
+        let theme = read_user_theme(theme_path, fs).await?;
 
-    fn get(&self, name: &str) -> Result<Arc<Theme>> {
-        bail!("cannot retrieve theme {name:?} from a void theme registry")
-    }
+        self.insert_user_theme_families([theme]);
 
-    async fn load_user_theme(&self, _theme_path: &Path, _fs: Arc<dyn Fs>) -> Result<()> {
         Ok(())
     }
+}
 
-    async fn load_user_themes(&self, _themes_path: &Path, _fs: Arc<dyn Fs>) -> Result<()> {
-        Ok(())
+impl Default for ThemeRegistry {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::new(Box::new(()))
     }
-
-    fn remove_user_themes(&self, _themes_to_remove: &[SharedString]) {}
 }
diff --git a/crates/theme/src/settings.rs b/crates/theme/src/settings.rs
index 81e1958029421f5d89811f773fd69be75918e469..cebfea84bc4e0d70cc8cf6c00294b2c0aa0cc29e 100644
--- a/crates/theme/src/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/theme/src/settings.rs
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ impl ThemeSettings {
 
             // If the selected theme doesn't exist, fall back to a default theme
             // based on the system appearance.
-            let theme_registry = <dyn ThemeRegistry>::global(cx);
+            let theme_registry = ThemeRegistry::global(cx);
             if theme_registry.get(theme_name).ok().is_none() {
                 theme_name = Self::default_theme(*system_appearance);
             };
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ impl ThemeSettings {
     /// Returns a `Some` containing the new theme if it was successful.
     /// Returns `None` otherwise.
     pub fn switch_theme(&mut self, theme: &str, cx: &mut AppContext) -> Option<Arc<Theme>> {
-        let themes = <dyn ThemeRegistry>::default_global(cx);
+        let themes = ThemeRegistry::default_global(cx);
 
         let mut new_theme = None;
 
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ impl settings::Settings for ThemeSettings {
     type FileContent = ThemeSettingsContent;
 
     fn load(sources: SettingsSources<Self::FileContent>, cx: &mut AppContext) -> Result<Self> {
-        let themes = <dyn ThemeRegistry>::default_global(cx);
+        let themes = ThemeRegistry::default_global(cx);
         let system_appearance = SystemAppearance::default_global(cx);
 
         let defaults = sources.default;
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ impl settings::Settings for ThemeSettings {
         cx: &AppContext,
     ) -> schemars::schema::RootSchema {
         let mut root_schema = generator.root_schema_for::<ThemeSettingsContent>();
-        let theme_names = <dyn ThemeRegistry>::global(cx)
+        let theme_names = ThemeRegistry::global(cx)
             .list_names()
             .into_iter()
             .map(|theme_name| Value::String(theme_name.to_string()))
diff --git a/crates/theme/src/theme.rs b/crates/theme/src/theme.rs
index 103ad684860c95c1aaba1f60fc3773184cf126d9..e0d4fb42440e2bb3260e4871507e517ed680def6 100644
--- a/crates/theme/src/theme.rs
+++ b/crates/theme/src/theme.rs
@@ -88,11 +88,10 @@ pub fn init(themes_to_load: LoadThemes, cx: &mut AppContext) {
         LoadThemes::JustBase => (Box::new(()) as Box<dyn AssetSource>, false),
         LoadThemes::All(assets) => (assets, true),
     };
-    let registry = Arc::new(RealThemeRegistry::new(assets));
-    registry.clone().set_global(cx);
+    ThemeRegistry::set_global(assets, cx);
 
     if load_user_themes {
-        registry.load_bundled_themes();
+        ThemeRegistry::global(cx).load_bundled_themes();
     }
 
     ThemeSettings::register(cx);
diff --git a/crates/theme_selector/src/theme_selector.rs b/crates/theme_selector/src/theme_selector.rs
index 781a930607b856d572e095bc60b703bc8a389c9c..d0763c2793b9681f46fc167f660792adbfa6993e 100644
--- a/crates/theme_selector/src/theme_selector.rs
+++ b/crates/theme_selector/src/theme_selector.rs
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ impl ThemeSelectorDelegate {
     ) -> Self {
         let original_theme = cx.theme().clone();
 
-        let registry = <dyn ThemeRegistry>::global(cx);
+        let registry = ThemeRegistry::global(cx);
         let mut themes = registry
             .list()
             .into_iter()
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ impl ThemeSelectorDelegate {
 
     fn show_selected_theme(&mut self, cx: &mut ViewContext<Picker<ThemeSelectorDelegate>>) {
         if let Some(mat) = self.matches.get(self.selected_index) {
-            let registry = <dyn ThemeRegistry>::global(cx);
+            let registry = ThemeRegistry::global(cx);
             match registry.get(&mat.string) {
                 Ok(theme) => {
                     Self::set_theme(theme, cx);
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/main.rs b/crates/zed/src/main.rs
index 863f9664303c08b0914f02666c3818ccf79afc07..464b7ac706e20d2e5609354defb0463bd7b84b48 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/main.rs
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ fn main() {
             app_state.client.clone(),
             app_state.node_runtime.clone(),
             app_state.languages.clone(),
-            <dyn ThemeRegistry>::global(cx),
+            ThemeRegistry::global(cx),
             cx,
         );
         recent_projects::init(cx);
@@ -1160,9 +1160,8 @@ fn load_user_themes_in_background(fs: Arc<dyn fs::Fs>, cx: &mut AppContext) {
     cx.spawn({
         let fs = fs.clone();
         |cx| async move {
-            if let Some(theme_registry) = cx
-                .update(|cx| <dyn ThemeRegistry>::global(cx).clone())
-                .log_err()
+            if let Some(theme_registry) =
+                cx.update(|cx| ThemeRegistry::global(cx).clone()).log_err()
             {
                 let themes_dir = paths::themes_dir().as_ref();
                 match fs
@@ -1201,9 +1200,8 @@ fn watch_themes(fs: Arc<dyn fs::Fs>, cx: &mut AppContext) {
         while let Some(paths) = events.next().await {
             for event in paths {
                 if fs.metadata(&event.path).await.ok().flatten().is_some() {
-                    if let Some(theme_registry) = cx
-                        .update(|cx| <dyn ThemeRegistry>::global(cx).clone())
-                        .log_err()
+                    if let Some(theme_registry) =
+                        cx.update(|cx| ThemeRegistry::global(cx).clone()).log_err()
                     {
                         if let Some(()) = theme_registry
                             .load_user_theme(&event.path, fs.clone())
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/zed.rs b/crates/zed/src/zed.rs
index 175497ffd79ffb917d9e943307770e0d401f76aa..427e3ab9f63aca989c10801258d1e96f0615530b 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/zed.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/zed.rs
@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ mod tests {
         path::{Path, PathBuf},
         time::Duration,
     };
-    use theme::{RealThemeRegistry, ThemeRegistry, ThemeSettings};
+    use theme::{ThemeRegistry, ThemeSettings};
     use workspace::{
         item::{Item, ItemHandle},
         open_new, open_paths, pane, NewFile, OpenVisible, SaveIntent, SplitDirection,
@@ -3419,7 +3419,7 @@ mod tests {
                     .unwrap(),
             ])
             .unwrap();
-        let themes = RealThemeRegistry::default();
+        let themes = ThemeRegistry::default();
         settings::init(cx);
         theme::init(theme::LoadThemes::JustBase, cx);