diff --git a/src/screens/Settings/components/AlgoVisibilityOptOut.tsx b/src/screens/Settings/components/AlgoVisibilityOptOut.tsx
index 49a66dc74f..c512905749 100644
--- a/src/screens/Settings/components/AlgoVisibilityOptOut.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Settings/components/AlgoVisibilityOptOut.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 import {View} from 'react-native'
-import {msg} from '@lingui/core/macro'
-import {useLingui} from '@lingui/react'
-import {Trans} from '@lingui/react/macro'
+import {Trans, useLingui} from '@lingui/react/macro'
 
 import {
   useContentVisibilityMutation,
@@ -13,7 +11,7 @@ import {Text} from '#/components/Typography'
 
 export function AlgoVisibilityOptOut() {
   const t = useTheme()
-  const {_} = useLingui()
+  const {t: l} = useLingui()
   const {data, isPending: isQueryPending} = useContentVisibilityQuery()
   const updateContentVisibility = useContentVisibilityMutation()
 
@@ -31,9 +29,7 @@ export function AlgoVisibilityOptOut() {
         disabled={!canToggle}
         value={isOptedOut}
         onChange={onToggleOptOut}
-        label={_(
-          msg`Ask apps to hide my posts from algorithmic recommendations`,
-        )}
+        label={l`Ask apps to hide my posts from algorithmic recommendations`}
         style={[a.w_full]}>
         <Toggle.LabelText style={[a.flex_1]}>
           <Trans>
diff --git a/src/state/queries/content-visibility-record.ts b/src/state/queries/content-visibility-record.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 764aad04cd..0000000000
--- a/src/state/queries/content-visibility-record.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-import {app} from '#/lexicons'
-
-export const CONTENT_VISIBILITY_COLLECTION =
-  'app.bsky.actor.contentVisibilityDeclaration' as const
-export const CONTENT_VISIBILITY_RKEY = 'self'
-
-export type ContentVisibilityRecord =
-  app.bsky.actor.contentVisibilityDeclaration.Main
-
-export function createContentVisibilityRecord(
-  hideFromAlgorithmicRecommendations: boolean,
-): ContentVisibilityRecord {
-  return {
-    $type: CONTENT_VISIBILITY_COLLECTION,
-    hideFromAlgorithmicRecommendations,
-  }
-}
-
-export function parseContentVisibilityRecord(
-  value: unknown,
-): ContentVisibilityRecord {
-  const result =
-    app.bsky.actor.contentVisibilityDeclaration.main.safeParse(value)
-  if (!result.success) {
-    throw new Error('Invalid content visibility record', {
-      cause: result.reason,
-    })
-  }
-  return result.value
-}
diff --git a/src/state/queries/content-visibility.test.ts b/src/state/queries/content-visibility.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 08f3f31967..0000000000
--- a/src/state/queries/content-visibility.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-import {
-  CONTENT_VISIBILITY_COLLECTION,
-  createContentVisibilityRecord,
-  parseContentVisibilityRecord,
-} from './content-visibility-record'
-
-describe('content visibility records', () => {
-  it('creates a record with explicit hide semantics', () => {
-    expect(createContentVisibilityRecord(true)).toEqual({
-      $type: CONTENT_VISIBILITY_COLLECTION,
-      hideFromAlgorithmicRecommendations: true,
-    })
-    expect(createContentVisibilityRecord(false)).toEqual({
-      $type: CONTENT_VISIBILITY_COLLECTION,
-      hideFromAlgorithmicRecommendations: false,
-    })
-  })
-
-  it('parses valid records', () => {
-    const record = createContentVisibilityRecord(true)
-    expect(parseContentVisibilityRecord(record)).toBe(record)
-  })
-
-  it.each([
-    null,
-    {},
-    {$type: CONTENT_VISIBILITY_COLLECTION},
-    {
-      $type: CONTENT_VISIBILITY_COLLECTION,
-      hideFromAlgorithmicRecommendations: 'true',
-    },
-    {
-      $type: 'app.bsky.actor.profile',
-      hideFromAlgorithmicRecommendations: true,
-    },
-  ])('rejects invalid records: %p', value => {
-    expect(() => parseContentVisibilityRecord(value)).toThrow(
-      'Invalid content visibility record',
-    )
-  })
-})
diff --git a/src/state/queries/content-visibility.ts b/src/state/queries/content-visibility.ts
index 5d93f2f10a..7fb222b74d 100644
--- a/src/state/queries/content-visibility.ts
+++ b/src/state/queries/content-visibility.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,6 @@ import {usePdsClient, useSession} from '#/state/session'
 import * as Toast from '#/components/Toast'
 import {useAnalytics} from '#/analytics'
 import {app} from '#/lexicons'
-import {
-  CONTENT_VISIBILITY_RKEY,
-  type ContentVisibilityRecord,
-  createContentVisibilityRecord,
-  parseContentVisibilityRecord,
-} from './content-visibility-record'
 
 export const contentVisibilityQueryKey = (did: string) => [
   'content-visibility',
@@ -31,13 +25,17 @@ export function useContentVisibilityQuery() {
           app.bsky.actor.contentVisibilityDeclaration,
           {
             repo: did!,
-            rkey: CONTENT_VISIBILITY_RKEY,
+            rkey: 'self',
           },
         )
-        return parseContentVisibilityRecord(response.value)
+        return app.bsky.actor.contentVisibilityDeclaration.$parse(
+          response.value,
+        )
       } catch (error) {
         if (isRecordNotFoundError(error)) {
-          return createContentVisibilityRecord(false)
+          return app.bsky.actor.contentVisibilityDeclaration.$build({
+            hideFromAlgorithmicRecommendations: false,
+          })
         }
         throw error
       }
@@ -58,22 +56,26 @@ export function useContentVisibilityMutation() {
     mutationFn: async (hideFromAlgorithmicRecommendations: boolean) => {
       if (!did) throw new Error('Not signed in')
 
-      const record = createContentVisibilityRecord(
+      const record = app.bsky.actor.contentVisibilityDeclaration.$build({
         hideFromAlgorithmicRecommendations,
-      )
+      })
       await client.put(app.bsky.actor.contentVisibilityDeclaration, record, {
         repo: did,
-        rkey: CONTENT_VISIBILITY_RKEY,
+        rkey: 'self',
       })
       return record
     },
     onMutate: async hideFromAlgorithmicRecommendations => {
       await queryClient.cancelQueries({queryKey})
       const previous =
-        queryClient.getQueryData<ContentVisibilityRecord>(queryKey)
+        queryClient.getQueryData<app.bsky.actor.contentVisibilityDeclaration.Main>(
+          queryKey,
+        )
       queryClient.setQueryData(
         queryKey,
-        createContentVisibilityRecord(hideFromAlgorithmicRecommendations),
+        app.bsky.actor.contentVisibilityDeclaration.$build({
+          hideFromAlgorithmicRecommendations,
+        }),
       )
       return {previous}
     },