diff --git a/data/nautilus.css b/data/nautilus.css
index 46c84da39..d7792c33e 100644
--- a/data/nautilus.css
+++ b/data/nautilus.css
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
     -NautilusIconContainer-light-info-rgba: shade (@selected_fg_color, 0.6);
 }
 
-GtkTreeView.NautilusSidebar {
-    background-color: #f6f6f4;
-}
-
 #statusbar-no-border {
     -GtkStatusbar-shadow-type: none;
 }
@@ -37,6 +33,10 @@ NautilusFloatingBar > GtkBox > .button {
     border-style: none;
 }
 
+NautilusPlacesSidebar {
+    background-color: shade (@theme_base_color, 0.95);
+}
+
 /* Toolbars */
 
 NautilusToolbar > .toolbar {
diff --git a/src/nautilus-places-sidebar.c b/src/nautilus-places-sidebar.c
index 05dc38bb1..01fa37222 100644
--- a/src/nautilus-places-sidebar.c
+++ b/src/nautilus-places-sidebar.c
@@ -2962,7 +2962,6 @@ nautilus_places_sidebar_init (NautilusPlacesSidebar *sidebar)
 	GtkTreeViewColumn *col;
 	GtkCellRenderer   *cell;
 	GtkTreeSelection  *selection;
-	GtkStyleContext   *style;
 
 	sidebar->volume_monitor = g_volume_monitor_get ();
 	
@@ -2980,9 +2979,6 @@ nautilus_places_sidebar_init (NautilusPlacesSidebar *sidebar)
 	tree_view = GTK_TREE_VIEW (gtk_tree_view_new ());
 	gtk_tree_view_set_headers_visible (tree_view, FALSE);
 
-	style = gtk_widget_get_style_context (GTK_WIDGET (tree_view));
-	gtk_style_context_add_class (style, "NautilusSidebar");
-
 	col = GTK_TREE_VIEW_COLUMN (gtk_tree_view_column_new ());
 
 	/* initial padding */