diff --git a/apps/provisioning_api/lib/Controller/UsersController.php b/apps/provisioning_api/lib/Controller/UsersController.php
index 6629440482d..4b3db45f518 100644
--- a/apps/provisioning_api/lib/Controller/UsersController.php
+++ b/apps/provisioning_api/lib/Controller/UsersController.php
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ class UsersController extends AUserDataOCSController {
 		}
 
 		// Fallback to display name value to avoid changing behavior with the new option.
-		if ($this->config->getSystemValue('allow_user_to_change_email', true)) {
+		if ($this->config->getSystemValue('allow_user_to_change_email', $allowDisplayNameChange)) {
 			$permittedFields[] = IAccountManager::PROPERTY_EMAIL;
 		}
 
@@ -918,7 +918,8 @@ class UsersController extends AUserDataOCSController {
 				$permittedFields[] = IAccountManager::PROPERTY_DISPLAYNAME;
 			}
 
-			if ($this->config->getSystemValue('allow_user_to_change_email', true)) {
+			// Fallback to display name value to avoid changing behavior with the new option.
+			if ($this->config->getSystemValue('allow_user_to_change_email', $allowDisplayNameChange)) {
 				$permittedFields[] = IAccountManager::PROPERTY_EMAIL;
 			}
 
diff --git a/core/Migrations/Version32000Date20250402182800.php b/core/Migrations/Version32000Date20250402182800.php
deleted file mode 100644
index c63e95766f5..00000000000
--- a/core/Migrations/Version32000Date20250402182800.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/**
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
- */
-namespace OC\Core\Migrations;
-
-use OCP\IConfig;
-use OCP\Migration\IOutput;
-use OCP\Migration\SimpleMigrationStep;
-
-/**
- * Add `allow_user_to_change_email` system config
- */
-class Version32000Date20250402182800 extends SimpleMigrationStep {
-
-	public function __construct(
-		private IConfig $config,
-	) {
-	}
-
-	public function postSchemaChange(IOutput $output, \Closure $schemaClosure, array $options) {
-		$allowDisplayName = $this->config->getSystemValue('allow_user_to_change_display_name', null);
-		$allowEmail = $this->config->getSystemValue('allow_user_to_change_email', null);
-
-		// if displayname was set, but not the email setting, then set the email setting to the same as the email setting
-		if ($allowDisplayName !== null && $allowEmail === null) {
-			$this->config->setSystemValue('allow_user_to_change_email', $allowDisplayName === true);
-		}
-	}
-
-}
diff --git a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
index 5f51750ac98..52e3075e413 100644
--- a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
+++ b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
@@ -1453,7 +1453,6 @@ return array(
     'OC\\Core\\Migrations\\Version31000Date20240101084401' => $baseDir . '/core/Migrations/Version31000Date20240101084401.php',
     'OC\\Core\\Migrations\\Version31000Date20240814184402' => $baseDir . '/core/Migrations/Version31000Date20240814184402.php',
     'OC\\Core\\Migrations\\Version31000Date20250213102442' => $baseDir . '/core/Migrations/Version31000Date20250213102442.php',
-    'OC\\Core\\Migrations\\Version32000Date20250402182800' => $baseDir . '/core/Migrations/Version32000Date20250402182800.php',
     'OC\\Core\\Notification\\CoreNotifier' => $baseDir . '/core/Notification/CoreNotifier.php',
     'OC\\Core\\ResponseDefinitions' => $baseDir . '/core/ResponseDefinitions.php',
     'OC\\Core\\Service\\LoginFlowV2Service' => $baseDir . '/core/Service/LoginFlowV2Service.php',
diff --git a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
index c06999c6480..e98bc3e1aaa 100644
--- a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
+++ b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
@@ -1502,7 +1502,6 @@ class ComposerStaticInit749170dad3f5e7f9ca158f5a9f04f6a2
         'OC\\Core\\Migrations\\Version31000Date20240101084401' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/core/Migrations/Version31000Date20240101084401.php',
         'OC\\Core\\Migrations\\Version31000Date20240814184402' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/core/Migrations/Version31000Date20240814184402.php',
         'OC\\Core\\Migrations\\Version31000Date20250213102442' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/core/Migrations/Version31000Date20250213102442.php',
-        'OC\\Core\\Migrations\\Version32000Date20250402182800' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/core/Migrations/Version32000Date20250402182800.php',
         'OC\\Core\\Notification\\CoreNotifier' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/core/Notification/CoreNotifier.php',
         'OC\\Core\\ResponseDefinitions' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/core/ResponseDefinitions.php',
         'OC\\Core\\Service\\LoginFlowV2Service' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/core/Service/LoginFlowV2Service.php',
diff --git a/lib/private/User/User.php b/lib/private/User/User.php
index 9d61aaf48e0..f04977314e2 100644
--- a/lib/private/User/User.php
+++ b/lib/private/User/User.php
@@ -448,7 +448,8 @@ class User implements IUser {
 	}
 
 	public function canChangeEmail(): bool {
-		return $this->config->getSystemValueBool('allow_user_to_change_email', true);
+		// Fallback to display name value to avoid changing behavior with the new option.
+		return $this->config->getSystemValueBool('allow_user_to_change_email', $this->config->getSystemValueBool('allow_user_to_change_display_name', true));
 	}
 
 	/**