diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 73c0e0bbb..a5719d467 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ With the port to Bootstrap 3, app/views/terms/default.haml has a new structure.
 * Clean up publisher code [#6336](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/6336)
 * Port conversations to new design [#6431](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/6431)
 * Hide cancel button in publisher on small screens [#6435](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/6435)
+* Replace mobile background with color [#6415](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/6415)
 
 ## Bug fixes
 * Destroy Participation when removing interactions with a post [#5852](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5852)
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;
 }