diff --git a/src/charts.test.ts b/src/charts.test.ts
index e859ecbc3..5c2cce708 100644
--- a/src/charts.test.ts
+++ b/src/charts.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import {
   Spreadsheet,
-  sortSpreadsheet,
   tryParseCells,
   tryParseNumber,
   VALID_SPREADSHEET,
@@ -119,29 +118,4 @@ describe("charts", () => {
       expect(values).toEqual([61, -60, 85, -67, 54, 95]);
     });
   });
-
-  describe("sortSpreadsheet", () => {
-    it("sorts strictly numerical labels columns in ascending order", () => {
-      const spreadsheet = [
-        ["x", "y"],
-        ["1°", "1"],
-        ["9°", "2"],
-        ["3°", "3"],
-        ["6°", "4"],
-      ];
-
-      const result = tryParseCells(spreadsheet);
-
-      expect(result.type).toBe(VALID_SPREADSHEET);
-
-      const { title, labels, values } = sortSpreadsheet(
-        (result as { type: typeof VALID_SPREADSHEET; spreadsheet: Spreadsheet })
-          .spreadsheet,
-      );
-
-      expect(title).toEqual("y");
-      expect(labels).toEqual(["1°", "3°", "6°", "9°"]);
-      expect(values).toEqual([1, 3, 4, 2]);
-    });
-  });
 });
diff --git a/src/charts.ts b/src/charts.ts
index 032964a1e..16e25873a 100644
--- a/src/charts.ts
+++ b/src/charts.ts
@@ -36,8 +36,11 @@ type ParseSpreadsheetResult =
   | { type: typeof NOT_SPREADSHEET; reason: string }
   | { type: typeof VALID_SPREADSHEET; spreadsheet: Spreadsheet };
 
+/**
+ * @private exported for testing
+ */
 export const tryParseNumber = (s: string): number | null => {
-  const match = /^([-+]?)[$€£¥₩]?([-+]?)([\d.,]+)[%°]?$/.exec(s);
+  const match = /^([-+]?)[$€£¥₩]?([-+]?)([\d.,]+)[%]?$/.exec(s);
   if (!match) {
     return null;
   }
@@ -162,32 +165,6 @@ export const tryParseSpreadsheet = (text: string): ParseSpreadsheetResult => {
   return result;
 };
 
-export const sortSpreadsheet = (spreadsheet: Spreadsheet) => {
-  const rows = [] as { label: string; value: number }[];
-  if (spreadsheet.labels == null || spreadsheet.values == null) {
-    return spreadsheet;
-  }
-  if (spreadsheet.labels.every((val) => tryParseNumber(val))) {
-    for (let i = 0; i < spreadsheet.labels.length; i++) {
-      rows.push({
-        label: spreadsheet.labels[i],
-        value: spreadsheet.values[i],
-      });
-    }
-    rows.sort((a, b) => {
-      const aParsed = tryParseNumber(a.label)!;
-      const bParsed = tryParseNumber(b.label)!;
-      return aParsed - bParsed;
-    });
-    const newSpreadsheet = {} as Spreadsheet;
-    newSpreadsheet.title = spreadsheet.title;
-    newSpreadsheet.labels = rows.flatMap((row) => row.label);
-    newSpreadsheet.values = rows.flatMap((row) => row.value);
-    return newSpreadsheet;
-  }
-  return spreadsheet;
-};
-
 const bgColors = getAllColorsSpecificShade(DEFAULT_CHART_COLOR_INDEX);
 
 // Put all the common properties here so when the whole chart is selected
diff --git a/src/components/PasteChartDialog.tsx b/src/components/PasteChartDialog.tsx
index 4c9496573..b5da1bf68 100644
--- a/src/components/PasteChartDialog.tsx
+++ b/src/components/PasteChartDialog.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
 import oc from "open-color";
 import React, { useLayoutEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { trackEvent } from "../analytics";
-import {
-  ChartElements,
-  renderSpreadsheet,
-  sortSpreadsheet,
-  Spreadsheet,
-  tryParseNumber,
-} from "../charts";
+import { ChartElements, renderSpreadsheet, Spreadsheet } from "../charts";
 import { ChartType } from "../element/types";
 import { t } from "../i18n";
 import { exportToSvg } from "../scene/export";
@@ -22,7 +16,6 @@ import {
   getContainerElement,
   redrawTextBoundingBox,
 } from "../element/textElement";
-import { CheckboxItem } from "./CheckboxItem";
 
 type OnInsertChart = (chartType: ChartType, elements: ChartElements) => void;
 
@@ -31,7 +24,6 @@ const ChartPreviewBtn = (props: {
   chartType: ChartType;
   selected: boolean;
   onClick: OnInsertChart;
-  sortChartLabels: boolean;
 }) => {
   const previewRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
   const [chartElements, setChartElements] = useState<ChartElements | null>(
@@ -51,10 +43,12 @@ const ChartPreviewBtn = (props: {
               return;
             }
 
-            const spreadsheet = props.sortChartLabels
-              ? sortSpreadsheet(props.spreadsheet)
-              : props.spreadsheet;
-            elements = renderSpreadsheet(props.chartType, spreadsheet, 0, 0);
+            elements = renderSpreadsheet(
+              props.chartType,
+              props.spreadsheet,
+              0,
+              0,
+            );
             elements.forEach(
               (el) =>
                 isTextElement(el) &&
@@ -85,12 +79,7 @@ const ChartPreviewBtn = (props: {
         previewNode.replaceChildren();
       };
     })();
-  }, [
-    props.spreadsheet,
-    props.chartType,
-    props.selected,
-    props.sortChartLabels,
-  ]);
+  }, [props.spreadsheet, props.chartType, props.selected]);
 
   return (
     <button
@@ -133,10 +122,6 @@ export const PasteChartDialog = ({
       },
     });
   };
-  const showSortChartLabels = appState.pasteDialog.data?.labels?.every((val) =>
-    tryParseNumber(val),
-  );
-  const [sortChartLabels, setSortChartLabels] = useState<boolean>(false);
 
   return (
     <Dialog
@@ -152,28 +137,14 @@ export const PasteChartDialog = ({
           spreadsheet={appState.pasteDialog.data}
           selected={appState.currentChartType === "bar"}
           onClick={handleChartClick}
-          sortChartLabels={(showSortChartLabels && sortChartLabels) ?? false}
         />
         <ChartPreviewBtn
           chartType="line"
           spreadsheet={appState.pasteDialog.data}
           selected={appState.currentChartType === "line"}
           onClick={handleChartClick}
-          sortChartLabels={(showSortChartLabels && sortChartLabels) ?? false}
         />
       </div>
-      {showSortChartLabels && (
-        <div className={"container"}>
-          <CheckboxItem
-            checked={sortChartLabels}
-            onChange={(checked: boolean) => {
-              setSortChartLabels(checked);
-            }}
-          >
-            {t("labels.sortChartLabels")}
-          </CheckboxItem>
-        </div>
-      )}
     </Dialog>
   );
 };
diff --git a/src/excalidraw-app/data/LocalData.ts b/src/excalidraw-app/data/LocalData.ts
index f3b12fddc..08f91d8d6 100644
--- a/src/excalidraw-app/data/LocalData.ts
+++ b/src/excalidraw-app/data/LocalData.ts
@@ -46,15 +46,12 @@ class LocalFileManager extends FileManager {
 const saveDataStateToLocalStorage = (
   elements: readonly ExcalidrawElement[],
   appState: AppState,
-  appStateOnly = false,
 ) => {
   try {
-    if (!appStateOnly) {
-      localStorage.setItem(
-        STORAGE_KEYS.LOCAL_STORAGE_ELEMENTS,
-        JSON.stringify(clearElementsForLocalStorage(elements)),
-      );
-    }
+    localStorage.setItem(
+      STORAGE_KEYS.LOCAL_STORAGE_ELEMENTS,
+      JSON.stringify(clearElementsForLocalStorage(elements)),
+    );
     localStorage.setItem(
       STORAGE_KEYS.LOCAL_STORAGE_APP_STATE,
       JSON.stringify(clearAppStateForLocalStorage(appState)),
@@ -75,12 +72,8 @@ export class LocalData {
       appState: AppState,
       files: BinaryFiles,
       onFilesSaved: () => void,
-      appStateOnly = false,
     ) => {
-      saveDataStateToLocalStorage(elements, appState, appStateOnly);
-      if (appStateOnly) {
-        return;
-      }
+      saveDataStateToLocalStorage(elements, appState);
 
       await this.fileStorage.saveFiles({
         elements,
@@ -104,14 +97,6 @@ export class LocalData {
     }
   };
 
-  /** Saves the AppState, only if saving is paused. */
-  static saveAppState = (appState: AppState) => {
-    // we need to make the `isSavePaused` check synchronously (undebounced)
-    if (this.isSavePaused()) {
-      this._save([], appState, {}, () => {}, true);
-    }
-  };
-
   static flushSave = () => {
     this._save.flush();
   };
diff --git a/src/excalidraw-app/index.tsx b/src/excalidraw-app/index.tsx
index e066b5376..b4bf836f0 100644
--- a/src/excalidraw-app/index.tsx
+++ b/src/excalidraw-app/index.tsx
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ const initializeScene = async (opts: {
           ...restoreAppState(
             {
               ...scene?.appState,
-              ...localDataState?.appState,
+              theme: localDataState?.appState?.theme || scene?.appState?.theme,
             },
             excalidrawAPI.getAppState(),
           ),
@@ -590,8 +590,6 @@ const ExcalidrawWrapper = () => {
           }
         }
       });
-    } else {
-      LocalData.saveAppState(appState);
     }
   };
 
diff --git a/src/locales/en.json b/src/locales/en.json
index c88e65f8e..938535c5e 100644
--- a/src/locales/en.json
+++ b/src/locales/en.json
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
     "paste": "Paste",
     "pasteAsPlaintext": "Paste as plaintext",
     "pasteCharts": "Paste charts",
-    "sortChartLabels": "Sort numerical labels in ascending order",
     "selectAll": "Select all",
     "multiSelect": "Add element to selection",
     "moveCanvas": "Move canvas",