diff --git a/data/theme/gnome-shell-high-contrast.css b/data/theme/gnome-shell-high-contrast.css
index c2160c262..4753bf9aa 100644
--- a/data/theme/gnome-shell-high-contrast.css
+++ b/data/theme/gnome-shell-high-contrast.css
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ StScrollBar {
       background-color: black;
       box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0px #0d0d0d;
       font-weight: bold; }
-    .popup-menu .popup-menu-item:hover, .popup-menu .popup-menu-item:focus {
+    .popup-menu .popup-menu-item.selected {
       background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1);
       color: #fff; }
     .popup-menu .popup-menu-item:active {
@@ -401,8 +401,6 @@ StScrollBar {
       color: #ffffff; }
     .popup-menu .popup-menu-item:insensitive {
       color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5); }
-  .popup-menu .selected {
-    background-color: #215d9c; }
   .popup-menu .popup-inactive-menu-item {
     color: #fff; }
     .popup-menu .popup-inactive-menu-item:insensitive {
diff --git a/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass b/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass
index bc0a7a9fc..a84637bf5 160000
--- a/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass
+++ b/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit bc0a7a9fcdc32bf79679542dba41a4a6de5615f1
+Subproject commit a84637bf55bca3b515bc5602cf02ec48b8450dfd
diff --git a/data/theme/gnome-shell.css b/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
index 27088943f..d787017bc 100644
--- a/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
+++ b/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ StScrollBar {
       background-color: #343a3a;
       box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0px #282c2c;
       font-weight: bold; }
-    .popup-menu .popup-menu-item:hover, .popup-menu .popup-menu-item:focus {
+    .popup-menu .popup-menu-item.selected {
       background-color: rgba(238, 238, 236, 0.1);
       color: #eeeeec; }
     .popup-menu .popup-menu-item:active {
@@ -401,8 +401,6 @@ StScrollBar {
       color: #ffffff; }
     .popup-menu .popup-menu-item:insensitive {
       color: rgba(238, 238, 236, 0.5); }
-  .popup-menu .selected {
-    background-color: #215d9c; }
   .popup-menu .popup-inactive-menu-item {
     color: #eeeeec; }
     .popup-menu .popup-inactive-menu-item:insensitive {