diff --git a/discover/qml/ApplicationsListPage.qml b/discover/qml/ApplicationsListPage.qml
--- a/discover/qml/ApplicationsListPage.qml
+++ b/discover/qml/ApplicationsListPage.qml
@@ -54,11 +54,6 @@
         var regex = /(<([^>]+)>)/ig
         return input.replace(regex, "");
      }
-    background: Rectangle {
-        color: Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor
-        Kirigami.Theme.colorSet: Kirigami.Theme.Window
-        Kirigami.Theme.inherit: false
-    }
 
     title: search.length>0 ? i18n("Search: %1", stripHtml(search))
          : category ? category.name : ""
diff --git a/discover/qml/BrowsingPage.qml b/discover/qml/BrowsingPage.qml
--- a/discover/qml/BrowsingPage.qml
+++ b/discover/qml/BrowsingPage.qml
@@ -60,12 +60,6 @@
         text: xi18nc("@info", "Unable to load applications.<nl/>Please verify Internet connectivity.")
     }
 
-    background: Rectangle {
-        color: Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor
-        Kirigami.Theme.colorSet: Kirigami.Theme.Window
-        Kirigami.Theme.inherit: false
-    }
-
     signal clearSearch()
 
     readonly property bool compact: page.width < 550 || !applicationWindow().wideScreen
diff --git a/discover/qml/SourcesPage.qml b/discover/qml/SourcesPage.qml
--- a/discover/qml/SourcesPage.qml
+++ b/discover/qml/SourcesPage.qml
@@ -12,12 +12,6 @@
     title: i18n("Settings")
     property string search: ""
 
-    background: Rectangle {
-        color: Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor
-        Kirigami.Theme.colorSet: Kirigami.Theme.Window
-        Kirigami.Theme.inherit: false
-    }
-
     contextualActions: feedbackLoader.item ? feedbackLoader.item.actions : []
 
     mainItem: ListView {
diff --git a/discover/qml/UpdatesPage.qml b/discover/qml/UpdatesPage.qml
--- a/discover/qml/UpdatesPage.qml
+++ b/discover/qml/UpdatesPage.qml
@@ -113,8 +113,6 @@
     header: ToolBar {
         anchors.left: page.left
         anchors.right: page.right
-        Kirigami.Theme.colorSet: Kirigami.Theme.Button
-        Kirigami.Theme.inherit: false
         visible: (updateModel.totalUpdatesCount > 0 && resourcesUpdatesModel.isProgressing) || updateModel.hasUpdates
 
         CheckBox {