diff --git a/styles/templates/default/css/globals.css b/styles/templates/default/css/globals.css
index d060d1ff0..2f1525d65 100644
--- a/styles/templates/default/css/globals.css
+++ b/styles/templates/default/css/globals.css
@@ -593,7 +593,6 @@ input.long {
 input.button, .buttons input, input.mainoption, input.main, input.liteoption, input.lite {
   color: #000000;
   border-color: #ABABAB;
-  background-color: #F7F7F7;
 }
 
 input[type="checkbox"], input[type="radio"] {
@@ -689,7 +688,6 @@ input.pOrdSel {
 textarea.editor {
   display: block;
   width: 98%;
-  background-color: #F4F4F4;
 }
 
 .fieldsets td {
diff --git a/styles/templates/default/css/page_header.css b/styles/templates/default/css/page_header.css
index 3f83f8215..21ba931b3 100644
--- a/styles/templates/default/css/page_header.css
+++ b/styles/templates/default/css/page_header.css
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
     Search input
  * ---------------------------------- */
 #search-text {
-  background: #F7F7F7;
+  background: white;
   border: 1px solid silver;
   padding: 1px;
   width: 300px;