diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 6448e7de3..018bd6f94 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ This document attempts to list user-visible changes and any major internal
 rearrangements of Notcurses.
 
 * 3.0.6 (not yet released)
+  * Remove the unsafe `ncplane_set_bchannel()` and `ncplane_set_fchannel()`.
 
 * 3.0.5 (2022-01-21)
   * The Hyper and Super modifiers are now supported. CapsLock and NumLock
diff --git a/USAGE.md b/USAGE.md
index 5a0d53031..f254146fc 100644
--- a/USAGE.md
+++ b/USAGE.md
@@ -1807,10 +1807,6 @@ all implemented in terms of the lower-level [Channels API](#channels).
 uint64_t ncplane_channels(const struct ncplane* n);
 uint16_t ncplane_attr(const struct ncplane* n);
 
-// Set an entire 32-bit channel of the plane 'n'
-int ncplane_set_fchannel(struct ncplane* n, uint32_t channel);
-int ncplane_set_bchannel(struct ncplane* n, uint32_t channel);
-
 // Extract the 32-bit working background channel from an ncplane.
 static inline unsigned
 ncplane_bchannel(const struct ncplane* nc){
diff --git a/include/ncpp/Plane.hh b/include/ncpp/Plane.hh
index bc0a88682..48b36ed9b 100644
--- a/include/ncpp/Plane.hh
+++ b/include/ncpp/Plane.hh
@@ -843,16 +843,6 @@ namespace ncpp
 			return ncplane_fg_alpha (plane);
 		}
 
-		uint64_t set_fchannel (uint32_t channel) const noexcept
-		{
-			return ncplane_set_fchannel (plane, channel);
-		}
-
-		uint64_t set_bchannel (uint32_t channel) const noexcept
-		{
-			return ncplane_set_bchannel (plane, channel);
-		}
-
 		void set_channels (uint64_t channels) const noexcept
 		{
 			ncplane_set_channels (plane, channels);
diff --git a/include/notcurses/notcurses.h b/include/notcurses/notcurses.h
index 9fdb6cd24..1cb18d7ce 100644
--- a/include/notcurses/notcurses.h
+++ b/include/notcurses/notcurses.h
@@ -2903,10 +2903,6 @@ ncplane_bg_rgb8(const struct ncplane* n, unsigned* r, unsigned* g, unsigned* b){
   return ncchannels_bg_rgb8(ncplane_channels(n), r, g, b);
 }
 
-// Set an entire 32-bit channel of the plane
-API uint64_t ncplane_set_fchannel(struct ncplane* n, uint32_t channel);
-API uint64_t ncplane_set_bchannel(struct ncplane* n, uint32_t channel);
-
 // Set the current fore/background color using RGB specifications. If the
 // terminal does not support directly-specified 3x8b cells (24-bit "TrueColor",
 // indicated by the "RGB" terminfo capability), the provided values will be
diff --git a/src/lib/notcurses.c b/src/lib/notcurses.c
index 206123a8c..1c889a025 100644
--- a/src/lib/notcurses.c
+++ b/src/lib/notcurses.c
@@ -1471,14 +1471,6 @@ void ncplane_set_fg_default(ncplane* n){
   ncchannels_set_fg_default(&n->channels);
 }
 
-uint64_t ncplane_set_fchannel(ncplane* n, uint32_t channel){
-  return ncchannels_set_fchannel(&n->channels, channel);
-}
-
-uint64_t ncplane_set_bchannel(ncplane* n, uint32_t channel){
-  return ncchannels_set_bchannel(&n->channels, channel);
-}
-
 void ncplane_set_bg_default(ncplane* n){
   ncchannels_set_bg_default(&n->channels);
 }
diff --git a/src/man/main.c b/src/man/main.c
index 3d995cbea..4998980c2 100644
--- a/src/man/main.c
+++ b/src/man/main.c
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ putpara(struct ncplane* p, const char* text){
 static int
 draw_domnode(struct ncplane* p, const pagedom* dom, const pagenode* n,
              unsigned* wrotetext, unsigned* insubsec){
-  ncplane_set_fchannel(p, n->ttype->channel);
+  ncplane_set_fg_rgb(p, ncchannel_rgb(n->ttype->channel));
   size_t b = 0;
   unsigned y;
   ncplane_cursor_yx(p, &y, NULL);