diff --git a/appview/pages/pages.go b/appview/pages/pages.go
index dd5a91b..e44066b 100644
--- a/appview/pages/pages.go
+++ b/appview/pages/pages.go
@@ -431,7 +431,6 @@ func (p *Pages) RepoBlob(w io.Writer, params RepoBlobParams) error {
        style := styles.Get("bw")
        b := style.Builder()
        b.Add(chroma.LiteralString, "noitalic")
-       b.Add(chroma.Background, "bg:")
        style, _ = b.Build()

        if params.Lines < 5000 {