diff --git a/src/popup/scss/variables.scss b/src/popup/scss/variables.scss
index 8be80acfa45..b817ab809be 100644
--- a/src/popup/scss/variables.scss
+++ b/src/popup/scss/variables.scss
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ $font-size-base: 14px;
 $font-size-large: 18px;
 $font-size-small: 12px;
 $text-color: #000000;
-$background-color: #efeff4;
 $border-color: #f0f0f0;
 $border-color-dark: #ddd;
 $list-item-hover: #fbfbfb;