diff --git a/AppKit/CPColor.j b/AppKit/CPColor.j
index 8192f2772..813a0995a 100644
--- a/AppKit/CPColor.j
+++ b/AppKit/CPColor.j
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ var cachedBlackColor,
     return @{
             @"alternate-selected-control-color":        [CPNull null],
             @"secondary-selected-control-color":        [CPNull null],
-            @"selected-text-background-color":          [CPColor colorWithHexString:"99CCFF"],
-            @"selected-text-inactive-background-color": [CPColor colorWithHexString:"CCCCCC"]
+            @"selected-text-background-color":          [CPNull null],
+            @"selected-text-inactive-background-color": [CPNull null]
         };
 }
 
@@ -502,12 +502,12 @@ var cachedBlackColor,
 
 + (CPColor)selectedTextBackgroundColor
 {
-    return [[self _cachedThemeColor] valueForThemeAttribute:@"selected-text-background-color"];
+    return [[self _cachedThemeColor] valueForThemeAttribute:@"selected-text-background-color"] || [CPColor colorWithHexString:"99CCFF"];
 }
 
 + (CPColor)_selectedTextBackgroundColorUnfocussed
 {
-    return [[self _cachedThemeColor] valueForThemeAttribute:@"selected-text-inactive-background-color"];
+    return [[self _cachedThemeColor] valueForThemeAttribute:@"selected-text-inactive-background-color"] || [CPColor colorWithHexString:"CCCCCC"];
 }
 
 /* @ignore */