diff --git a/app/soapbox/actions/admin.ts b/app/soapbox/actions/admin.ts
index ee4fae92c..50d389d2c 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/actions/admin.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/actions/admin.ts
@@ -442,14 +442,6 @@ const unverifyUser = (accountId: string) =>
   (dispatch: AppDispatch) =>
     dispatch(untagUsers([accountId], ['verified']));
 
-const setDonor = (accountId: string) =>
-  (dispatch: AppDispatch) =>
-    dispatch(tagUsers([accountId], ['donor']));
-
-const removeDonor = (accountId: string) =>
-  (dispatch: AppDispatch) =>
-    dispatch(untagUsers([accountId], ['donor']));
-
 const addPermission = (accountIds: string[], permissionGroup: string) =>
   (dispatch: AppDispatch, getState: () => RootState) => {
     const nicknames = nicknamesFromIds(getState, accountIds);
@@ -604,8 +596,6 @@ export {
   setBadges,
   verifyUser,
   unverifyUser,
-  setDonor,
-  removeDonor,
   addPermission,
   removePermission,
   promoteToAdmin,
diff --git a/app/soapbox/components/badge.tsx b/app/soapbox/components/badge.tsx
index 7ba2d5408..01b792bd0 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/components/badge.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/components/badge.tsx
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ interface IBadge {
 }
 /** Badge to display on a user's profile. */
 const Badge: React.FC<IBadge> = ({ title, slug }) => {
-  const fallback = !['patron', 'admin', 'moderator', 'opaque', 'donor', 'badge:donor'].includes(slug);
+  const fallback = !['patron', 'admin', 'moderator', 'opaque', 'badge:donor'].includes(slug);
 
   return (
     <span
       data-testid='badge'
       className={classNames('inline-flex items-center px-2 py-0.5 rounded text-xs font-medium', {
         'bg-fuchsia-700 text-white': slug === 'patron',
-        'bg-yellow-500 text-white': ['donor', 'badge:donor'].includes(slug),
+        'bg-emerald-800 text-white': slug === 'badge:donor',
         'bg-black text-white': slug === 'admin',
         'bg-cyan-600 text-white': slug === 'moderator',
         'bg-gray-100 dark:bg-gray-800 text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-100': fallback,
diff --git a/app/soapbox/components/profile-hover-card.tsx b/app/soapbox/components/profile-hover-card.tsx
index c96839c77..3775a107c 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/components/profile-hover-card.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/components/profile-hover-card.tsx
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@ const getBadges = (account: Account): JSX.Element[] => {
     badges.push(<Badge key='patron' slug='patron' title='Patron' />);
   }
 
-  if (account.donor) {
-    badges.push(<Badge key='donor' slug='donor' title='Donor' />);
-  }
-
   return badges;
 };
 
diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/ui/components/modals/account-moderation-modal/account-moderation-modal.tsx b/app/soapbox/features/ui/components/modals/account-moderation-modal/account-moderation-modal.tsx
index d9d104b84..8f91e1d3c 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/ui/components/modals/account-moderation-modal/account-moderation-modal.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/ui/components/modals/account-moderation-modal/account-moderation-modal.tsx
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import { defineMessages, FormattedMessage, useIntl } from 'react-intl';
 import {
   verifyUser,
   unverifyUser,
-  setDonor,
-  removeDonor,
   suggestUsers,
   unsuggestUsers,
   setBadges as saveBadges,
@@ -80,17 +78,6 @@ const AccountModerationModal: React.FC<IAccountModerationModal> = ({ onClose, ac
       .catch(() => {});
   };
 
-  const handleDonorChange: ChangeEventHandler<HTMLInputElement> = (e) => {
-    const { checked } = e.target;
-
-    const message = checked ? messages.setDonorSuccess : messages.removeDonorSuccess;
-    const action = checked ? setDonor : removeDonor;
-
-    dispatch(action(account.id))
-      .then(() => dispatch(snackbar.success(intl.formatMessage(message, { acct: account.acct }))))
-      .catch(() => {});
-  };
-
   const handleSuggestedChange: ChangeEventHandler<HTMLInputElement> = (e) => {
     const { checked } = e.target;
 
@@ -147,13 +134,6 @@ const AccountModerationModal: React.FC<IAccountModerationModal> = ({ onClose, ac
             />
           </ListItem>
 
-          <ListItem label={<FormattedMessage id='account_moderation_modal.fields.donor' defaultMessage='Donor' />}>
-            <Toggle
-              checked={account.donor}
-              onChange={handleDonorChange}
-            />
-          </ListItem>
-
           {features.suggestionsV2 && (
             <ListItem label={<FormattedMessage id='account_moderation_modal.fields.suggested' defaultMessage='Suggested in people to follow' />}>
               <Toggle
diff --git a/app/soapbox/normalizers/account.ts b/app/soapbox/normalizers/account.ts
index 37f42ab8f..46d2a632f 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/normalizers/account.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/normalizers/account.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ export const AccountRecord = ImmutableRecord({
   admin: false,
   display_name_html: '',
   domain: '',
-  donor: false,
   moderator: false,
   note_emojified: '',
   note_plain: '',
@@ -155,9 +154,11 @@ const normalizeVerified = (account: ImmutableMap<string, any>) => {
   });
 };
 
-/** Get donor status from tags. */
+/** Upgrade legacy donor tag to a badge. */
 const normalizeDonor = (account: ImmutableMap<string, any>) => {
-  return account.set('donor', getTags(account).includes('donor'));
+  const tags = getTags(account);
+  const updated = tags.includes('donor') ? tags.push('badge:donor') : tags;
+  return account.setIn(['pleroma', 'tags'], updated);
 };
 
 /** Normalize Fedibird/Truth Social/Pleroma location */