diff --git a/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_window-picker.scss b/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_window-picker.scss
index b3b93f291..fa3f19194 100644
--- a/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_window-picker.scss
+++ b/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_window-picker.scss
@@ -48,6 +48,5 @@ $window_close_button_padding: 3px;
 .workspace-background {
   // keep in sync with BACKGROUND_CORNER_RADIUS_PIXELS in workspace.js
   border-radius: 30px;
-  background-color: $osd_bg_color;
   box-shadow: 0 4px 16px 4px transparentize(darken($osd_bg_color, 30%), 0.7);
 }