diff --git a/css/styles.css b/css/styles.css
index 3acccdb01765f7bd81dd1ba34272f71d6e349f48..0ec1fe0ef99ac77a05c56b74c8d4dc533fdd0ce9 100644
--- a/css/styles.css
+++ b/css/styles.css
@@ -4558,7 +4558,6 @@ are the same height. */
 
 fieldset,
 .fieldset {
-  background-color: #fafafa;
   border: #ccc solid 1px;
   clear: both;
   margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
diff --git a/source/_patterns/04-components/fieldset/_fieldset.scss b/source/_patterns/04-components/fieldset/_fieldset.scss
index 68675361233cb62b95175ec0d378b38bec10e178..a2fde0f33e0b8e185a313b71057ded483da9c2b7 100644
--- a/source/_patterns/04-components/fieldset/_fieldset.scss
+++ b/source/_patterns/04-components/fieldset/_fieldset.scss
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ $fieldset-background-color: gesso-color(form, fieldset, fieldset-background) !de
 $fieldset-legend-background-color: gesso-color(form, border) !default;
 fieldset,
 .fieldset {
-  background-color:$fieldset-background-color;
   border: $fieldset-border-color solid 1px;
   clear: both;
   margin-bottom: rem(gesso-spacing(md));
@@ -50,8 +49,6 @@ fieldset,
   margin: rem(gesso-spacing(md)) 0;
 }
 
-
-
 .fieldset__legend {
   position: relative;
   //box-sizing: content-box;