diff --git a/src/material/core/theming/_color-api-backwards-compatibility.scss b/src/material/core/theming/_color-api-backwards-compatibility.scss
index 1e1b75af91f2..fd8337fea88d 100644
--- a/src/material/core/theming/_color-api-backwards-compatibility.scss
+++ b/src/material/core/theming/_color-api-backwards-compatibility.scss
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@
 @use '../option/option-theme';
 @use '../selection/pseudo-checkbox/pseudo-checkbox-theme';
 
-// We want to emit only the overrides, because the backwards compatibility styles are usually
-// emitted after all the tokens have been included once already. This allows us to save ~50kb
-// from the bundle.
-$_overrides-only: true;
-
 @mixin _color-variant-styles($theme, $color-variant) {
   $secondary-when-primary: $color-variant;
 
diff --git a/src/material/core/theming/_theming.scss b/src/material/core/theming/_theming.scss
index 0b9ffa7eb2a7..a8dea2459ed9 100644
--- a/src/material/core/theming/_theming.scss
+++ b/src/material/core/theming/_theming.scss
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ $theme-ignore-duplication-warnings: false;
 // Whether to enable compatibility with legacy methods for accessing theme information.
 $theme-legacy-inspection-api-compatibility: true !default;
 
-// Whether density should be generated by default.
-$_generate-default-density: true !default;
-
 // Warning that will be printed if the legacy theming API is used.
 $private-legacy-theme-warning: 'Angular Material themes should be created from a map containing ' +
   'the keys "color", "typography", and "density". The color value should be a map containing the ' +
@@ -24,13 +21,6 @@ $private-legacy-theme-warning: 'Angular Material themes should be created from a
 // This copy is to preserve backwards compatibility.
 $_disable-color-backwards-compatibility: false;
 
-// These variable are not intended to be overridden externally. They use `!default` to
-// avoid being reset every time this file is imported.
-$_emitted-color: () !default;
-$_emitted-typography: () !default;
-$_emitted-density: () !default;
-$_emitted-base: () !default;
-
 //
 // Private APIs
 //