diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Base/Media/DashStyle.cs b/src/Avalonia.Base/Media/DashStyle.cs
index 338737d2ab..4749bfa401 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Base/Media/DashStyle.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Base/Media/DashStyle.cs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Media
         /// <param name="offset">The dash sequence offset.</param>
         public DashStyle(IEnumerable<double>? dashes, double offset)
         {
-            SetCurrentValue(DashesProperty, (dashes as AvaloniaList<double>) ?? new AvaloniaList<double>(dashes ?? Array.Empty<double>()));
+            Dashes = (dashes as AvaloniaList<double>) ?? new AvaloniaList<double>(dashes ?? Array.Empty<double>());
             Offset = offset;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Base/Media/GradientBrush.cs b/src/Avalonia.Base/Media/GradientBrush.cs
index 0ec753201a..e1654a01b2 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Base/Media/GradientBrush.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Base/Media/GradientBrush.cs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Media
         /// </summary>
         public GradientBrush()
         {
-            SetCurrentValue(GradientStopsProperty, new GradientStops());
+            this.GradientStops = new GradientStops();
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Base/Media/PolyLineSegment.cs b/src/Avalonia.Base/Media/PolyLineSegment.cs
index 7de5e1afa5..5c48c11e19 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Base/Media/PolyLineSegment.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Base/Media/PolyLineSegment.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Media
         /// </summary>
         public PolyLineSegment()
         {
-            SetCurrentValue(PointsProperty, new Points());
+            Points = new Points();
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Base/Media/TransformGroup.cs b/src/Avalonia.Base/Media/TransformGroup.cs
index c048234f8c..0465efd5a5 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Base/Media/TransformGroup.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Base/Media/TransformGroup.cs
@@ -13,16 +13,15 @@ namespace Avalonia.Media
 
         public TransformGroup()
         {
-            var children = new Transforms();
-            children.ResetBehavior = ResetBehavior.Remove;
-            children.CollectionChanged += delegate
+            Children = new Transforms();
+            Children.ResetBehavior = ResetBehavior.Remove;
+            Children.CollectionChanged += delegate
             {
-                children.ForEachItem(
+                Children.ForEachItem(
                     (tr) => tr.Changed += ChildTransform_Changed,
                     (tr) => tr.Changed -= ChildTransform_Changed,
                     () => { });
             };
-            SetCurrentValue(ChildrenProperty, children);
         }
 
         private void ChildTransform_Changed(object? sender, System.EventArgs e)
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Calendar/CalendarButton.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Calendar/CalendarButton.cs
index b35298b101..d8672cbf18 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Calendar/CalendarButton.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Calendar/CalendarButton.cs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.Primitives
         public CalendarButton()
             : base()
         {
-            SetCurrentValue(ContentProperty, DateTimeHelper.GetCurrentDateFormat().AbbreviatedMonthNames[0]);
+            Content = DateTimeHelper.GetCurrentDateFormat().AbbreviatedMonthNames[0];
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Calendar/CalendarDayButton.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Calendar/CalendarDayButton.cs
index ea3ca8e8fc..3d0befdba7 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Calendar/CalendarDayButton.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Calendar/CalendarDayButton.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.Primitives
             : base()
         {
             //Focusable = false;
-            SetCurrentValue(ContentProperty, DefaultContent.ToString(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture));
+            Content = DefaultContent.ToString(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Documents/Span.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Documents/Span.cs
index a4f3264c4d..d3565cbdd5 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Documents/Span.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Documents/Span.cs
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.Documents
 
         public Span()
         {
-            SetCurrentValue(InlinesProperty, new InlineCollection
+            Inlines = new InlineCollection
             {
                 LogicalChildren = LogicalChildren
-            });
+            };
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls/GridSplitter.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls/GridSplitter.cs
index 50d1004f34..4684304725 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls/GridSplitter.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls/GridSplitter.cs
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls
                     RenderTransform = _translation
                 };
 
-                SetCurrentValue(ChildProperty, _decorator);
+                Child = _decorator;
             }
 
             /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls/LayoutTransformControl.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls/LayoutTransformControl.cs
index 02d2eeef5b..06069a897e 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls/LayoutTransformControl.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls/LayoutTransformControl.cs
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls
                 else
                 {
                     _renderTransformChangedEvent?.Dispose();
-                    SetCurrentValue(LayoutTransformProperty, null);
+                    ClearValue(LayoutTransformProperty);
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls/NativeMenuItemSeparator.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls/NativeMenuItemSeparator.cs
index 55b3fd08de..f55d714884 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls/NativeMenuItemSeparator.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls/NativeMenuItemSeparator.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     {
         public NativeMenuItemSeparator()
         {
-            SetCurrentValue(HeaderProperty, "-");
+            Header = "-";
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Primitives/OverlayPopupHost.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Primitives/OverlayPopupHost.cs
index 0acc488885..7ed055f2e5 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Primitives/OverlayPopupHost.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Primitives/OverlayPopupHost.cs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.Primitives
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public void SetChild(Control? control)
         {
-            SetCurrentValue(ContentProperty, control);
+            Content = control;
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Primitives/SelectingItemsControl.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Primitives/SelectingItemsControl.cs
index ac3e87c03d..663a315732 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Primitives/SelectingItemsControl.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Primitives/SelectingItemsControl.cs
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.Primitives
                 if (value is null)
                 {
                     // Clearing SelectedValueBinding makes the SelectedValue the item itself
-                    SetCurrentValue(SelectedValueProperty, SelectedItem);
+                    SelectedValue = SelectedItem;
                     return;
                 }
 
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.Primitives
                     }
 
                     // Re-evaluate SelectedValue with the new binding
-                    SetCurrentValue(SelectedValueProperty, _bindingHelper.Evaluate(selectedItem));
+                    SelectedValue = _bindingHelper.Evaluate(selectedItem);
                 }
                 finally
                 {
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.Primitives
                 try
                 {
                     _isSelectionChangeActive = true;
-                    SetCurrentValue(SelectedValueProperty, item);
+                    SelectedValue = item;
                 }
                 finally
                 {
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.Primitives
             try
             {
                 _isSelectionChangeActive = true;
-                SetCurrentValue(SelectedValueProperty, _bindingHelper.Evaluate(item));
+                SelectedValue = _bindingHelper.Evaluate(item);
             }
             finally
             {
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls/PullToRefresh/RefreshVisualizer.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls/PullToRefresh/RefreshVisualizer.cs
index 45227eef77..0ee2d69a73 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls/PullToRefresh/RefreshVisualizer.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls/PullToRefresh/RefreshVisualizer.cs
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls
                         UpdateContent();
                     };
 
-                    SetCurrentValue(ContentProperty, _content);
+                    Content = _content;
                 }
                 else
                 {
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls/TabControl.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls/TabControl.cs
index 2e27cfd123..310dd34382 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls/TabControl.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls/TabControl.cs
@@ -164,8 +164,8 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls
 
             if (index == SelectedIndex && element is ContentControl container)
             {
-                SetCurrentValue(SelectedContentTemplateProperty, container.ContentTemplate);
-                SetCurrentValue(SelectedContentProperty, container.Content);
+                SelectedContentTemplate = container.ContentTemplate;
+                SelectedContent = container.Content;
             }
         }
 
@@ -189,15 +189,14 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls
         {
             if (SelectedIndex == -1)
             {
-                SetCurrentValue(SelectedContentProperty, null);
-                SetCurrentValue(SelectedContentTemplateProperty, null);
+                SelectedContent = SelectedContentTemplate = null;
             }
             else
             {
                 var container = SelectedItem as IContentControl ??
                     ContainerFromIndex(SelectedIndex) as IContentControl;
-                SetCurrentValue(SelectedContentTemplateProperty, container?.ContentTemplate);
-                SetCurrentValue(SelectedContentProperty, container?.Content);
+                SelectedContentTemplate = container?.ContentTemplate;
+                SelectedContent = container?.Content;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls/TabItem.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls/TabItem.cs
index 60e9a7c88c..4068404952 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls/TabItem.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls/TabItem.cs
@@ -68,14 +68,14 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls
                 {
                     if (Header != headered.Header)
                     {
-                        SetCurrentValue(HeaderProperty, headered.Header);
+                        Header = headered.Header;
                     }
                 }
                 else
                 {
                     if (!(obj.NewValue is Control))
                     {
-                        SetCurrentValue(HeaderProperty, obj.NewValue);
+                        Header = obj.NewValue;
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls
             {
                 if (Header == obj.OldValue)
                 {
-                    SetCurrentValue(HeaderProperty, obj.NewValue);
+                    Header = obj.NewValue;
                 }
             }
         }