diff --git a/res/css/views/audio_messages/_PlaybackContainer.scss b/res/css/views/audio_messages/_PlaybackContainer.scss
index 20def16d6a..e992dd10cc 100644
--- a/res/css/views/audio_messages/_PlaybackContainer.scss
+++ b/res/css/views/audio_messages/_PlaybackContainer.scss
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ limitations under the License.
     // 7px top and bottom for visual design. 12px left & right, but the waveform (right)
     // has a 1px padding on it that we want to account for.
     padding: 7px 12px 7px 11px;
-    background-color: $voice-record-waveform-bg-color;
+    background-color: $message-body-panel-bg-color;
     border-radius: 12px;
 
     // Cheat at alignment a bit
     display: flex;
     align-items: center;
 
-    color: $voice-record-waveform-fg-color;
+    color: $message-body-panel-fg-color;
     font-size: $font-14px;
     line-height: $font-24px;
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ limitations under the License.
             &.mx_Waveform_bar_100pct {
                 // Small animation to remove the mechanical feel of progress
                 transition: background-color 250ms ease;
-                background-color: $voice-record-waveform-fg-color;
+                background-color: $message-body-panel-fg-color;
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/res/themes/dark/css/_dark.scss b/res/themes/dark/css/_dark.scss
index 8b5fde3bd1..81fd3c892a 100644
--- a/res/themes/dark/css/_dark.scss
+++ b/res/themes/dark/css/_dark.scss
@@ -215,8 +215,6 @@ $message-body-panel-icon-fg-color: #21262C; // "Separator"
 $message-body-panel-icon-bg-color: $tertiary-fg-color;
 
 $voice-record-stop-border-color: $quaternary-fg-color;
-$voice-record-waveform-bg-color: $message-body-panel-bg-color;
-$voice-record-waveform-fg-color: $message-body-panel-fg-color;
 $voice-record-waveform-incomplete-fg-color: $quaternary-fg-color;
 $voice-record-icon-color: $quaternary-fg-color;
 $voice-playback-button-bg-color: $message-body-panel-icon-bg-color;
diff --git a/res/themes/legacy-dark/css/_legacy-dark.scss b/res/themes/legacy-dark/css/_legacy-dark.scss
index eb6dc40599..a6a038f290 100644
--- a/res/themes/legacy-dark/css/_legacy-dark.scss
+++ b/res/themes/legacy-dark/css/_legacy-dark.scss
@@ -209,8 +209,6 @@ $message-body-panel-icon-bg-color: $secondary-fg-color;
 
 // See non-legacy dark for variable information
 $voice-record-stop-border-color: #6F7882;
-$voice-record-waveform-bg-color: $message-body-panel-bg-color;
-$voice-record-waveform-fg-color: $message-body-panel-fg-color;
 $voice-record-waveform-incomplete-fg-color: #6F7882;
 $voice-record-icon-color: #6F7882;
 $voice-playback-button-bg-color: $tertiary-fg-color;
diff --git a/res/themes/legacy-light/css/_legacy-light.scss b/res/themes/legacy-light/css/_legacy-light.scss
index a6b180bab4..7c1495d935 100644
--- a/res/themes/legacy-light/css/_legacy-light.scss
+++ b/res/themes/legacy-light/css/_legacy-light.scss
@@ -334,8 +334,6 @@ $message-body-panel-icon-bg-color: $primary-bg-color;
 $voice-record-stop-symbol-color: #ff4b55;
 $voice-record-live-circle-color: #ff4b55;
 $voice-record-stop-border-color: #E3E8F0;
-$voice-record-waveform-bg-color: $message-body-panel-bg-color;
-$voice-record-waveform-fg-color: $message-body-panel-fg-color;
 $voice-record-waveform-incomplete-fg-color: #C1C6CD;
 $voice-record-icon-color: $tertiary-fg-color;
 $voice-playback-button-bg-color: $message-body-panel-icon-bg-color;
diff --git a/res/themes/light/css/_light.scss b/res/themes/light/css/_light.scss
index d8dab9c9c4..7e958c2af6 100644
--- a/res/themes/light/css/_light.scss
+++ b/res/themes/light/css/_light.scss
@@ -335,8 +335,6 @@ $voice-record-stop-symbol-color: #ff4b55;
 $voice-record-live-circle-color: #ff4b55;
 
 $voice-record-stop-border-color: #E3E8F0; // "Separator"
-$voice-record-waveform-bg-color: $message-body-panel-bg-color;
-$voice-record-waveform-fg-color: $message-body-panel-fg-color;
 $voice-record-waveform-incomplete-fg-color: $quaternary-fg-color;
 $voice-record-icon-color: $tertiary-fg-color;
 $voice-playback-button-bg-color: $message-body-panel-icon-bg-color;