diff --git a/apps/client/index.html b/apps/client/index.html
index d93477afc..c46ec4f7f 100644
--- a/apps/client/index.html
+++ b/apps/client/index.html
@@ -13,12 +13,6 @@
     <link rel="manifest" href="/manifest.json" />
     <meta name="robots" content="noindex" />
     <title>ontime</title>
-    <style>
-      body,
-      html {
-        background-color: #101010 !important;
-      }
-    </style>
   </head>
   <body>
     <noscript>You need to enable JavaScript to run this app.</noscript>
diff --git a/apps/client/src/index.scss b/apps/client/src/index.scss
index af9d5b564..0b85136b7 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/index.scss
+++ b/apps/client/src/index.scss
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ body,
 html {
   font-size: 15px;
   font-family: $ontime-font-family;
-  background-color: var(--background-color-override, $ui-black);
   -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
   line-height: 1.5;
 }
