diff --git a/src/ui/public/styles/dark-theme.less b/src/ui/public/styles/dark-theme.less
index 28139702163d0..cf91675a9eb66 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/styles/dark-theme.less
+++ b/src/ui/public/styles/dark-theme.less
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
   .agg-table-paginated {
     tr:hover td {
       background-color: @table-row-hover-bg;
-      
+
       .table-cell-filter {
         background-color: @table-row-hover-bg;
       }
@@ -583,6 +583,18 @@
     color: @dark-button-font;
   }
 
+  .truncate-by-height:before {
+    background: linear-gradient(to bottom, transparent 0%, @dashboard-bg 100%) !important;
+  }
+
+  kbn-table, .kbn-table, tbody[kbn-rows] {
+    dl.source {
+      dt {
+        background: #5f5f5f;
+        color: #ffffff;
+      }
+    }
+  }
 
 // /src/ui/public/doc_table/doc_table.less
   .discover-table-row {
@@ -593,4 +605,3 @@
     }
   }
 }
-
diff --git a/src/ui/public/styles/truncate.less b/src/ui/public/styles/truncate.less
index f6b136e941993..0b6e013308bcc 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/styles/truncate.less
+++ b/src/ui/public/styles/truncate.less
@@ -15,23 +15,6 @@
     height: 15px; // copied into index.html!
     position: absolute;
     left: 0;
-
-    // FF3.6+
-    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  @truncate1 0%, @truncate2 1%, @truncate3 99%, @truncate4 100%);
-
-    // Chrome,Safari4+
-    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%, @truncate1), color-stop(1%, @truncate2), color-stop(99%, @truncate3), color-stop(100%, @truncate4));
-
-    // Chrome10+,Safari5.1+
-    background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, @truncate1 0%, @truncate2 1%, @truncate3 99%, @truncate4 100%);
-
-    // Opera 11.10+
-    background: -o-linear-gradient(top, @truncate1 0%, @truncate2 1%, @truncate3 99%, @truncate4 100%);
-
-    // IE10+
-    background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, @truncate1 0%, @truncate2 1%, @truncate3 99%, @truncate4 100%);
-
-    // W3C
     background: linear-gradient(to bottom, @truncate1 0%, @truncate2 1%, @truncate3 99%, @truncate4 100%);
   }
 }