diff --git a/org.kde.desktop/TextArea.qml b/org.kde.desktop/TextArea.qml
index 33cc430..6c97280 100644
--- a/org.kde.desktop/TextArea.qml
+++ b/org.kde.desktop/TextArea.qml
@@ -1,82 +1,81 @@
 /*
  * Copyright 2017 Marco Martin <mart@kde.org>
  * Copyright 2017 The Qt Company Ltd.
  *
  * GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
  * Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
  * General Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software
  * Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPLv3 included in the
  * packaging of this file. Please review the following information to
  * ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 requirements
  * will be met: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html.
  *
  * GNU General Public License Usage
  * Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU
  * General Public License version 2.0 or later as published by the Free
  * Software Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.GPL included in
  * the packaging of this file. Please review the following information to
  * ensure the GNU General Public License version 2.0 requirements will be
  * met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html.
  */
 
 
 import QtQuick 2.6
 import QtQuick.Window 2.1
 import QtQuick.Templates @QQC2_VERSION@ as T
 import org.kde.kirigami 2.2 as Kirigami
 import org.kde.qqc2desktopstyle.private 1.0 as StylePrivate
 
 T.TextArea {
     id: controlRoot
     Kirigami.Theme.colorSet: Kirigami.Theme.View
     Kirigami.Theme.inherit: false
 
     implicitWidth: Math.max(contentWidth + leftPadding + rightPadding,
                             background ? background.implicitWidth : 0,
                             placeholder.implicitWidth + leftPadding + rightPadding)
     implicitHeight: Math.max(contentHeight + topPadding + bottomPadding,
                              background ? background.implicitHeight : 0,
                              placeholder.implicitHeight + topPadding + bottomPadding)
 
     padding: 6
 
     color: Kirigami.Theme.textColor
     selectionColor: Kirigami.Theme.highlightColor
     selectedTextColor: Kirigami.Theme.highlightedTextColor
     wrapMode: Text.WordWrap
     verticalAlignment: TextEdit.AlignTop
 
     // Work around Qt bug where NativeRendering breaks for non-integer scale factors
     // https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-67007
     renderType: Screen.devicePixelRatio % 1 !== 0 ? Text.QtRendering : Text.NativeRendering
     selectByMouse: true
 
     Label {
         id: placeholder
         x: controlRoot.leftPadding
         y: controlRoot.topPadding
         width: controlRoot.width - (controlRoot.leftPadding + controlRoot.rightPadding)
         height: controlRoot.height - (controlRoot.topPadding + controlRoot.bottomPadding)
 
         text: controlRoot.placeholderText
         font: controlRoot.font
         color: Kirigami.Theme.disabledTextColor
         horizontalAlignment: controlRoot.horizontalAlignment
         verticalAlignment: controlRoot.verticalAlignment
         visible: !controlRoot.length && !controlRoot.preeditText && (!controlRoot.activeFocus || controlRoot.horizontalAlignment !== Qt.AlignHCenter)
         elide: Text.ElideRight
     }
 
     background: StylePrivate.StyleItem {
         id: style
         control: controlRoot
-        visible: controlRoot.backgroundVisible
         elementType: "edit"
         implicitWidth: 200
         implicitHeight: 22
 
         sunken: true
         hasFocus: controlRoot.activeFocus
         hover: controlRoot.hovered
     }
 }