diff --git a/packages/components/src/components/ui-shell/_content.scss b/packages/components/src/components/ui-shell/_content.scss
index de7899770bc7..469eb058910c 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/components/ui-shell/_content.scss
+++ b/packages/components/src/components/ui-shell/_content.scss
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 @mixin carbon-content {
   .#{$prefix}--content {
     padding: 2rem;
-    background: $ui-02;
     will-change: margin-left;
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/styles/scss/components/ui-shell/content/_content.scss b/packages/styles/scss/components/ui-shell/content/_content.scss
index 9f1bea76f704..c8593512c5b1 100644
--- a/packages/styles/scss/components/ui-shell/content/_content.scss
+++ b/packages/styles/scss/components/ui-shell/content/_content.scss
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 @mixin content {
   .#{$prefix}--content {
     padding: 2rem;
-    background: $layer;
     color: $text-primary;
     will-change: margin-left;
   }