diff --git a/res/themes/dark/css/_dark.scss b/res/themes/dark/css/_dark.scss
index 4e06c7ae75..56adaf7513 100644
--- a/res/themes/dark/css/_dark.scss
+++ b/res/themes/dark/css/_dark.scss
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ $space-nav: rgba($panel-base, 0.1);
 
 // unified palette
 // try to use these colors when possible
-$bg-color: $background;
 $base-text-color: $primary-content;
 $header-panel-bg-color: #20252B;
 $header-panel-border-color: #000000;
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@ $input-focused-border-color: #238cf5;
 $input-valid-border-color: $accent-color;
 $input-invalid-border-color: $warning-color;
 
-$field-focused-label-bg-color: $bg-color;
+$field-focused-label-bg-color: $background;
 
 $resend-button-divider-color: #b9bec64a; // muted-text with a 4A opacity.
 
@@ -91,11 +90,11 @@ $scrollbar-track-color: transparent;
 // context menus
 $menu-border-color: $header-panel-border-color;
 $menu-bg-color: $header-panel-bg-color;
-$menu-box-shadow-color: $bg-color;
+$menu-box-shadow-color: $background;
 $menu-selected-color: $room-highlight-color;
 
 $avatar-initial-color: #ffffff;
-$avatar-bg-color: $bg-color;
+$avatar-bg-color: $background;
 
 $h3-color: $primary-fg-color;
 
@@ -117,7 +116,7 @@ $settings-subsection-fg-color: $text-secondary-color;
 
 $topleftmenu-color: $text-primary-color;
 $roomheader-color: $text-primary-color;
-$roomheader-bg-color: $bg-color;
+$roomheader-bg-color: $background;
 $roomheader-addroom-bg-color: rgba(92, 100, 112, 0.3);
 $roomheader-addroom-fg-color: $text-primary-color;
 $groupFilterPanel-button-color: $header-panel-text-primary-color;
@@ -136,7 +135,7 @@ $theme-button-bg-color: #e3e8f0;
 $dialpad-button-bg-color: $quinary-content;
 
 $roomlist-button-bg-color: rgba(141, 151, 165, 0.2); // Buttons include the filter box, explore button, and sublist buttons
-$roomlist-filter-active-bg-color: $bg-color;
+$roomlist-filter-active-bg-color: $background;
 $roomlist-bg-color: rgba(33, 38, 44, 0.90);
 $roomlist-header-color: $tertiary-fg-color;
 $roomsublist-divider-color: $primary-fg-color;
@@ -246,7 +245,7 @@ $composer-shadow-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.28);
 $eventbubble-self-bg: #14322E;
 $eventbubble-others-bg: $event-selected-color;
 $eventbubble-bg-hover: #1C2026;
-$eventbubble-avatar-outline: $bg-color;
+$eventbubble-avatar-outline: $background;
 $eventbubble-reply-color: #C1C6CD;
 
 // ***** Mixins! *****