diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/code_highlighting.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/code_highlighting.scss
index 8f6dc0157..02aa19e72 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/code_highlighting.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/code_highlighting.scss
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ github.com style (c) Vasily Polovnyov <vast@whiteants.net>
   display: block;
   padding: 0.5em;
   color: #333;
-  background: #f8f8f8;
 }
 
 .hljs-comment,
@@ -137,4 +136,4 @@ p > code, li > code, pre > code {
   background: #f8f8f8;
 }
 
-// removed some unnecessary styles here
\ No newline at end of file
+// removed some unnecessary styles here