diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 617691d58..aa63bc5b4 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ For more details see https://wiki.diasporafoundation.org/Updating
 * Specify Firefox version for Travis-CI [#4623](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/4623)
 * Remove location when publisher is cleared by user
 * On signup form errors, don't empty previous values by user, fix [#4663](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/issues/4663)
+* Remove background from badges in header [#4692](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/issues/4692)
 
 ## Features
 * Add oEmbed content to the mobile view [#4343](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/4353)
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/bootstrap-headerfix.sass b/app/assets/stylesheets/bootstrap-headerfix.sass
index e93bba4ef..616dce1e6 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/bootstrap-headerfix.sass
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/bootstrap-headerfix.sass
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ header
       font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
       font-size: 13px
 
+  #message_inbox_badge, #notification_badge
+    background: none
+  
+
   #notification_badge.active
     @include border-radius(0)