diff --git a/lib/AppInfo/Application.php b/lib/AppInfo/Application.php
index ac43828a3c..3ffea8610b 100644
--- a/lib/AppInfo/Application.php
+++ b/lib/AppInfo/Application.php
@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@
 class Application extends App implements IBootstrap {
 	public const APP_ID = 'contacts';
 
-	public const AVAIL_SETTINGS = [
-		'allowSocialSync' => 'yes',
-	];
-
 	public function __construct() {
 		parent::__construct(self::APP_ID);
 	}
diff --git a/lib/Settings/AdminSettings.php b/lib/Settings/AdminSettings.php
index 0162b25c44..46af297800 100644
--- a/lib/Settings/AdminSettings.php
+++ b/lib/Settings/AdminSettings.php
@@ -8,25 +8,17 @@
 namespace OCA\Contacts\Settings;
 
 use OCA\Contacts\AppInfo\Application;
+use OCA\Contacts\Service\SocialApiService;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Http\TemplateResponse;
 use OCP\IConfig;
 use OCP\IInitialStateService;
 use OCP\Settings\ISettings;
 
 class AdminSettings implements ISettings {
-	protected $appName;
-
-	/**
-	 * Admin constructor.
-	 *
-	 * @param IConfig $config
-	 * @param IL10N $l
-	 */
 	public function __construct(
 		private IConfig $config,
 		private IInitialStateService $initialStateService,
 	) {
-		$this->appName = Application::APP_ID;
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/components/AdminSettings.vue b/src/components/AdminSettings.vue
index 0d79be5c7f..255dbefe4d 100644
--- a/src/components/AdminSettings.vue
+++ b/src/components/AdminSettings.vue
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export default {
 	name: 'AdminSettings',
 	data() {
 		return {
-			allowSocialSync: loadState('contacts', 'allowSocialSync') === 'yes',
+			allowSocialSync: loadState('contacts', 'allowSocialSync', true),
 		}
 	},
 
diff --git a/src/components/AppNavigation/ContactsSettings.vue b/src/components/AppNavigation/ContactsSettings.vue
index 5e2099613f..0dfb806375 100644
--- a/src/components/AppNavigation/ContactsSettings.vue
+++ b/src/components/AppNavigation/ContactsSettings.vue
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 		<AppSettingsSection id="general" :name="t('contacts', 'General')">
 			<SettingsSortContacts />
 
-			<NcFormBox>
+			<NcFormBox v-if="allowSocialSync">
 				<NcFormBoxSwitch
 					v-model="enableSocialSync"
 					:label="t('contacts', 'Update avatars from social media')"
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ export default {
 
 	data() {
 		return {
-			allowSocialSync: loadState('contacts', 'allowSocialSync') !== 'no',
-			enableSocialSync: loadState('contacts', 'enableSocialSync') !== 'no',
+			allowSocialSync: loadState('contacts', 'allowSocialSync', true),
+			enableSocialSync: loadState('contacts', 'enableSocialSync', false),
 			enableSocialSyncLoading: false,
 			showSettings: false,
 		}
diff --git a/tests/unit/Settings/AdminSettingsTest.php b/tests/unit/Settings/AdminSettingsTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a3a994348f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/Settings/AdminSettingsTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+namespace OCA\Contacts\Settings;
+
+use ChristophWurst\Nextcloud\Testing\TestCase;
+use OCA\Contacts\Service\SocialApiService;
+use OCP\AppFramework\Http\TemplateResponse;
+use OCP\AppFramework\Services\IInitialState;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\DataProvider;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\MockObject\MockObject;
+
+class AdminSettingsTest extends TestCase {
+	private AdminSettings $settings;
+
+	/** @var IInitialState|MockObject */
+	private $initialState;
+
+	/** @var SocialApiService|MockObject */
+	private $socialApiService;
+
+	protected function setUp(): void {
+		parent::setUp();
+		$this->initialState = $this->createMock(IInitialState::class);
+		$this->socialApiService = $this->createMock(SocialApiService::class);
+		$this->settings = new AdminSettings($this->initialState, $this->socialApiService);
+	}
+
+	public static function allowSocialSyncProvider(): array {
+		return [[true], [false]];
+	}
+
+	#[DataProvider('allowSocialSyncProvider')]
+	public function testGetFormProvidesBooleanInitialState(bool $allowed): void {
+		$this->socialApiService
+			->method('syncAllowedByAdmin')
+			->willReturn($allowed);
+		$this->initialState
+			->expects($this->once())
+			->method('provideInitialState')
+			->with('allowSocialSync', $allowed);
+
+		$form = $this->settings->getForm();
+		$this->assertInstanceOf(TemplateResponse::class, $form);
+	}
+}