diff --git a/fluxer_api/src/api/rpc/RpcService.ts b/fluxer_api/src/api/rpc/RpcService.ts
index 965371260..129cb21ce 100644
--- a/fluxer_api/src/api/rpc/RpcService.ts
+++ b/fluxer_api/src/api/rpc/RpcService.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ import {
 	mapUserToPrivateResponse,
 	mapWebAuthnCredentialToResponse,
 } from '@app/api/user/UserMappers';
-import {isUserAdult} from '@app/api/utils/AgeUtils';
+import {canUserAccessNsfwContent} from '@app/api/utils/AgeUtils';
 import {deriveDominantAvatarColor} from '@app/api/utils/AvatarColorUtils';
 import {calculateDistance, parseCoordinate} from '@app/api/utils/GeoUtils';
 import {lookupGeoip} from '@app/api/utils/IpUtils';
@@ -1564,7 +1564,7 @@ export class RpcService {
 			const needsIncomingCallRepair = settings.incomingCallFlags === 0;
 			const needsGroupDmRepair = settings.groupDmAddPermissionFlags === 0;
 			if (needsIncomingCallRepair || needsGroupDmRepair) {
-				const isAdult = isUserAdult(user.dateOfBirth);
+				const isAdult = canUserAccessNsfwContent({isBot: false, dateOfBirth: user.dateOfBirth});
 				const updatedRow = {
 					...settings.toRow(),
 					...(needsIncomingCallRepair && {
diff --git a/fluxer_api/src/api/user/services/UserAccountSettingsService.ts b/fluxer_api/src/api/user/services/UserAccountSettingsService.ts
index b9cde998f..28c6b0351 100644
--- a/fluxer_api/src/api/user/services/UserAccountSettingsService.ts
+++ b/fluxer_api/src/api/user/services/UserAccountSettingsService.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import type {UserAccountUpdatePropagator} from '@app/api/user/services/UserAccou
 import {getCachedUserPartialResponse} from '@app/api/user/UserCacheHelpers';
 import {mapRelationshipToResponse} from '@app/api/user/UserMappers';
 import {dedupeGuildFolders} from '@app/api/user/utils/GuildFolderUtils';
-import {isUserAdult} from '@app/api/utils/AgeUtils';
+import {canUserAccessNsfwContent} from '@app/api/utils/AgeUtils';
 import {
 	DEFAULT_GUILD_FOLDER_ICON,
 	GroupDmAddPermissionFlags,
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ export class UserAccountSettingsService {
 		if (data.default_hide_muted_channels !== undefined) {
 			updatedRowData.default_hide_muted_channels = data.default_hide_muted_channels;
 		}
-		const userIsAdult = isUserAdult(dateOfBirth);
+		const userIsAdult = canUserAccessNsfwContent({isBot: false, dateOfBirth});
 		if (userIsAdult) {
 			if (data.sensitive_content_friend_dm_filter !== undefined) {
 				updatedRowData.sensitive_content_friend_dm_filter = data.sensitive_content_friend_dm_filter;
diff --git a/fluxer_api/src/api/user/tests/UserSettingsSensitiveContentFilter.test.ts b/fluxer_api/src/api/user/tests/UserSettingsSensitiveContentFilter.test.ts
index 617913e6c..2595ada60 100644
--- a/fluxer_api/src/api/user/tests/UserSettingsSensitiveContentFilter.test.ts
+++ b/fluxer_api/src/api/user/tests/UserSettingsSensitiveContentFilter.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 
 import {createTestAccount} from '@app/api/auth/tests/AuthTestUtils';
+import {getInstanceConfigRepository} from '@app/api/middleware/ServiceSingletons';
 import {type ApiTestHarness, createApiTestHarness} from '@app/api/test/ApiTestHarness';
 import {HTTP_STATUS} from '@app/api/test/TestConstants';
 import {createBuilder} from '@app/api/test/TestRequestBuilder';
@@ -99,6 +100,24 @@ describe('User Settings - Sensitive Content Filters', () => {
 			expect(response.errors[0]?.path).toBe('sensitive_content_friend_dm_filter');
 			expect(response.errors[0]?.code).toBe(ValidationErrorCodes.AGE_RESTRICTED);
 		});
+		test('allows an account without a birth date to relax every filter when none is collected', async () => {
+			const repository = getInstanceConfigRepository();
+			const previous = (await repository.getAppPublicConfig()).registration.collect_date_of_birth;
+			await repository.setAppPublicConfig({registration: {collect_date_of_birth: false}});
+			try {
+				const account = await createTestAccount(harness);
+				const {json} = await updateUserSettings(harness, account.token, {
+					sensitive_content_friend_dm_filter: SensitiveMediaFilterLevel.SHOW,
+					sensitive_content_non_friend_dm_filter: SensitiveMediaFilterLevel.SHOW,
+					sensitive_content_guild_filter: SensitiveMediaFilterLevel.SHOW,
+				});
+				expect(json.sensitive_content_friend_dm_filter).toBe(SensitiveMediaFilterLevel.SHOW);
+				expect(json.sensitive_content_non_friend_dm_filter).toBe(SensitiveMediaFilterLevel.SHOW);
+				expect(json.sensitive_content_guild_filter).toBe(SensitiveMediaFilterLevel.SHOW);
+			} finally {
+				await repository.setAppPublicConfig({registration: {collect_date_of_birth: previous}});
+			}
+		});
 		test('rejects negative value', async () => {
 			const account = await createTestAccount(harness);
 			await createBuilder(harness, account.token)