diff --git a/OpenKeychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/ui/SettingsActivity.java b/OpenKeychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/ui/SettingsActivity.java
index 4fd327c8f..e71846577 100644
--- a/OpenKeychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/ui/SettingsActivity.java
+++ b/OpenKeychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/ui/SettingsActivity.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import android.content.Intent;
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
 import android.os.Build;
 import android.os.Bundle;
-import android.preference.CheckBoxPreference;
 import android.preference.EditTextPreference;
 import android.preference.ListPreference;
 import android.preference.Preference;
@@ -213,7 +212,7 @@ public class SettingsActivity extends AppCompatPreferenceActivity {
                     });
 
             initializePassphraseCacheSubs(
-                    (CheckBoxPreference) findPreference(Constants.Pref.PASSPHRASE_CACHE_SUBS));
+                    (SwitchPreference) findPreference(Constants.Pref.PASSPHRASE_CACHE_SUBS));
         }
     }
 
@@ -592,7 +591,7 @@ public class SettingsActivity extends AppCompatPreferenceActivity {
                 || super.isValidFragment(fragmentName);
     }
 
-    private static void initializePassphraseCacheSubs(final CheckBoxPreference mPassphraseCacheSubs) {
+    private static void initializePassphraseCacheSubs(final SwitchPreference mPassphraseCacheSubs) {
         mPassphraseCacheSubs.setChecked(sPreferences.getPassphraseCacheSubs());
         mPassphraseCacheSubs.setOnPreferenceChangeListener(new Preference.OnPreferenceChangeListener() {
             public boolean onPreferenceChange(Preference preference, Object newValue) {
diff --git a/OpenKeychain/src/main/res/xml/cloud_search_preferences.xml b/OpenKeychain/src/main/res/xml/cloud_search_preferences.xml
index 85d6a6bca..e1ab50d63 100644
--- a/OpenKeychain/src/main/res/xml/cloud_search_preferences.xml
+++ b/OpenKeychain/src/main/res/xml/cloud_search_preferences.xml
@@ -5,17 +5,13 @@
         android:key="search_keyserver_pref"
         android:summary="@string/pref_keyserver_summary"
         android:title="@string/pref_keyserver" />
-
     <PreferenceScreen
         android:dependency="search_keyserver_pref"
         android:key="keyServers"
-        android:persistent="false"
         android:title="@string/label_keyservers" />
-
     <SwitchPreference
         android:defaultValue="true"
         android:key="search_keybase_pref"
         android:summary="@string/pref_keybase_summary"
         android:title="@string/pref_keybase" />
-
 </PreferenceScreen>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/OpenKeychain/src/main/res/xml/passphrase_preferences.xml b/OpenKeychain/src/main/res/xml/passphrase_preferences.xml
index 40500e53c..fa801ed8b 100644
--- a/OpenKeychain/src/main/res/xml/passphrase_preferences.xml
+++ b/OpenKeychain/src/main/res/xml/passphrase_preferences.xml
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <PreferenceScreen xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
     <PreferenceScreen
         android:key="passphraseCacheTtls"
-        android:persistent="false"
         android:title="@string/label_passphrase_cache_ttl" />
-    <CheckBoxPreference
+    <SwitchPreference
         android:key="passphraseCacheSubs"
-        android:persistent="true"
         android:title="@string/label_passphrase_cache_subs" />
-    <CheckBoxPreference
+    <SwitchPreference
         android:defaultValue="true"
         android:key="useNumKeypadForYubikeyPin"
-        android:persistent="true"
         android:title="@string/label_use_num_keypad_for_security_token_pin" />
 </PreferenceScreen>