diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index da5fc2d..263d303 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ The following built-in themes are available:
  * `ConsoleTheme.None` - no styling
  * `SystemConsoleTheme.Literate` - styled to replicate _Serilog.Sinks.Literate_, using the `System.Console` coloring modes supported on all Windows/.NET targets; **this is the default when no theme is specified**
  * `SystemConsoleTheme.Grayscale` - a theme using only shades of gray, white, and black
- * `SystemConsoleTheme.Sixteen` - a version of the "literate" theme that works with light and dark backgrounds
  * `AnsiConsoleTheme.Literate` - an ANSI 256-color version of the "literate" theme
  * `AnsiConsoleTheme.Grayscale` - an ANSI 256-color version of the "grayscale" theme
  * `AnsiConsoleTheme.Code` - an ANSI 256-color Visual Studio Code-inspired theme
diff --git a/src/Serilog.Sinks.Console/Sinks/SystemConsole/Themes/SystemConsoleTheme.cs b/src/Serilog.Sinks.Console/Sinks/SystemConsole/Themes/SystemConsoleTheme.cs
index 1d60c67..a4518c8 100644
--- a/src/Serilog.Sinks.Console/Sinks/SystemConsole/Themes/SystemConsoleTheme.cs
+++ b/src/Serilog.Sinks.Console/Sinks/SystemConsole/Themes/SystemConsoleTheme.cs
@@ -39,11 +39,6 @@ public class SystemConsoleTheme : ConsoleTheme
         /// A theme based on the original Serilog "colored console" sink.
         /// </summary>
         public static SystemConsoleTheme Colored { get; } = SystemConsoleThemes.Colored;
-        
-        /// <summary>
-        /// A theme in the style of the original <i>Serilog.Sinks.Literate</i> using only standard 16 terminal colors that will work on light backgrounds.
-        /// </summary>
-        public static SystemConsoleTheme Sixteen { get; } = SystemConsoleThemes.Sixteen;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Construct a theme given a set of styles.
diff --git a/src/Serilog.Sinks.Console/Sinks/SystemConsole/Themes/SystemConsoleThemes.cs b/src/Serilog.Sinks.Console/Sinks/SystemConsole/Themes/SystemConsoleThemes.cs
index 73ab8ce..5e202f9 100644
--- a/src/Serilog.Sinks.Console/Sinks/SystemConsole/Themes/SystemConsoleThemes.cs
+++ b/src/Serilog.Sinks.Console/Sinks/SystemConsole/Themes/SystemConsoleThemes.cs
@@ -81,26 +81,5 @@ static class SystemConsoleThemes
                 [ConsoleThemeStyle.LevelError] = new SystemConsoleThemeStyle { Foreground = ConsoleColor.White, Background = ConsoleColor.Red },
                 [ConsoleThemeStyle.LevelFatal] = new SystemConsoleThemeStyle { Foreground = ConsoleColor.White, Background = ConsoleColor.Red },
             });
-        
-        public static SystemConsoleTheme Sixteen { get; } = new SystemConsoleTheme(
-            new Dictionary<ConsoleThemeStyle, SystemConsoleThemeStyle>
-            {
-                [ConsoleThemeStyle.Text] = new SystemConsoleThemeStyle { Foreground = ConsoleColor.Black },
-                [ConsoleThemeStyle.SecondaryText] = new SystemConsoleThemeStyle { Foreground = ConsoleColor.Black },
-                [ConsoleThemeStyle.TertiaryText] = new SystemConsoleThemeStyle { Foreground = ConsoleColor.Black },
-                [ConsoleThemeStyle.Invalid] = new SystemConsoleThemeStyle { Foreground = ConsoleColor.DarkYellow },
-                [ConsoleThemeStyle.Null] = new SystemConsoleThemeStyle { Foreground = ConsoleColor.Blue },
-                [ConsoleThemeStyle.Name] = new SystemConsoleThemeStyle { Foreground = ConsoleColor.Black },
-                [ConsoleThemeStyle.String] = new SystemConsoleThemeStyle { Foreground = ConsoleColor.DarkCyan },
-                [ConsoleThemeStyle.Number] = new SystemConsoleThemeStyle { Foreground = ConsoleColor.Magenta },
-                [ConsoleThemeStyle.Boolean] = new SystemConsoleThemeStyle { Foreground = ConsoleColor.Blue },
-                [ConsoleThemeStyle.Scalar] = new SystemConsoleThemeStyle { Foreground = ConsoleColor.Green },
-                [ConsoleThemeStyle.LevelVerbose] = new SystemConsoleThemeStyle { Foreground = ConsoleColor.Black },
-                [ConsoleThemeStyle.LevelDebug] = new SystemConsoleThemeStyle { Foreground = ConsoleColor.Black },
-                [ConsoleThemeStyle.LevelInformation] = new SystemConsoleThemeStyle { Foreground = ConsoleColor.Cyan },
-                [ConsoleThemeStyle.LevelWarning] = new SystemConsoleThemeStyle { Foreground = ConsoleColor.Yellow },
-                [ConsoleThemeStyle.LevelError] = new SystemConsoleThemeStyle { Foreground = ConsoleColor.Red, },
-                [ConsoleThemeStyle.LevelFatal] = new SystemConsoleThemeStyle { Foreground = ConsoleColor.White, Background = ConsoleColor.Red },
-            });
     }
 }