diff --git a/app/controllers/configuration_controller.rb b/app/controllers/configuration_controller.rb
index 0f5e77d504b5..ef682a56d37b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/configuration_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/configuration_controller.rb
@@ -142,19 +142,6 @@ def nav_style_changed
     end
   end
 
-  # AJAX driven routine for background color selection
-  def bg_color_changed
-    # ui1 bgcolor changed
-    @edit = session[:edit]
-    @edit[:new][:display][:bg_color] = params[:bg_color]      # Capture the new setting
-    session[:changed] = (@edit[:new] != @edit[:current])
-    @changed = session[:changed]
-    render :update do |page|
-      page << javascript_prologue
-      page.replace 'tab_div', :partial => "ui_1"
-    end
-  end
-
   def update
     if params["save"]
       get_form_vars if @tabform != "ui_3"
diff --git a/app/helpers/ui_constants.rb b/app/helpers/ui_constants.rb
index e96590eaee2b..f78eca631cc0 100644
--- a/app/helpers/ui_constants.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/ui_constants.rb
@@ -22,16 +22,6 @@ module UiConstants
     "Vmware RSS Feeds"           => "http://vmware.simplefeed.net/rss?f=995b0290-01dc-11dc-3032-0019bbc54f6f"
   }
 
-  # Screen background color choices
-  BG_COLORS = [
-    "#c00",      # First entry is the default
-    "#ff8a00",
-    "#ffe400",
-    "#6b9130",
-    "#0c7ad7",
-    "#000"
-  ]
-
   # Navigation Styles
   NAV_STYLES = [
     "vertical",     # First entry is the default
@@ -180,7 +170,6 @@ module UiConstants
       :reporttheme   => "MIQ",
       :quad_truncate => "m",
       :theme         => "red",            # Luminescent Blue
-      :bg_color      => BG_COLORS.first,  # Background color
       :taskbartext   => true,             # Show button text on taskbar
       :vmcompare     => "Compressed",     # Start VM compare and drift in compressed mode
       :hostcompare   => "Compressed",     # Start Host compare in compressed mode