diff --git a/src/IncrementalSearchBar.h b/src/IncrementalSearchBar.h
--- a/src/IncrementalSearchBar.h
+++ b/src/IncrementalSearchBar.h
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@
 protected:
     bool eventFilter(QObject *watched, QEvent *event) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
     void keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *event) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
-    void paintEvent(QPaintEvent *event) override;
 public Q_SLOTS:
     void clearLineEdit();
 
diff --git a/src/IncrementalSearchBar.cpp b/src/IncrementalSearchBar.cpp
--- a/src/IncrementalSearchBar.cpp
+++ b/src/IncrementalSearchBar.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@
     _searchFromButton(nullptr),
     _searchTimer(nullptr)
 {
+    setPalette(qApp->palette());
+    setAutoFillBackground(true);
 
     auto closeButton = new QToolButton(this);
     closeButton->setObjectName(QStringLiteral("close-button"));
@@ -307,20 +309,3 @@
     _highlightMatches->setChecked(KonsoleSettings::searchHighlightMatches());
     _reverseSearch->setChecked(KonsoleSettings::searchReverseSearch());
 }
-
-void IncrementalSearchBar::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *event)
-{
-    /* For some reason setAutoFillBackground was filling with
-     * black - I guess it's because it's the parent's palette,
-     * I'v tried to set the palette to the window but that was
-     * a no go, so we paint manually. */
-
-    if ( QApplication::topLevelWidgets().count()) {
-        auto topLevelWindow = QApplication::topLevelWidgets().at(0);
-        QPainter painter(this);
-        painter.setPen(topLevelWindow->palette().window().color());
-        painter.setBrush(topLevelWindow->palette().window());
-        painter.drawRect(0, 0, geometry().width(), geometry().height());
-    }
-    QWidget::paintEvent(event);
-}