diff --git a/app/assets/images/mobile/hatched-light.jpg b/app/assets/images/mobile/hatched-light.jpg
deleted file mode 100644
index 0282e7eb7..000000000
Binary files a/app/assets/images/mobile/hatched-light.jpg and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/mobile.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/mobile.scss
index 6803542d7..fd433a115 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/mobile.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/mobile.scss
@@ -26,11 +26,7 @@ code {
   }
 
 body {
-  background: {
-    image: image-url("mobile/hatched-light.jpg");
-    /* scale background image down for iOS retina display */
-    size: 200px;
-  }
+  background-color: $sidebars-background;
   padding: 0;
 }