diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/code_highlighting.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/code_highlighting.scss
index 883cbfdc494..86083eaf944 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/code_highlighting.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/code_highlighting.scss
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/* originally based on github.com style (c) Vasily Polovnyov <vast@whiteants.net> */
-
 p > code,
 li > code,
 pre > code,
@@ -12,13 +10,9 @@ em > code {
   border-radius: var(--d-button-border-radius);
   font-size: 14px;
   line-height: calc((13 + 4) / 13);
-}
-
-.hljs {
-  display: block;
   padding: 12px;
-  color: var(--primary-very-high);
-  background-color: var(--hljs-bg);
+  display: block;
+  max-height: 500px;
 }
 
 .hljs-comment,
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic-post.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic-post.scss
index aa73fec8ca3..45eba080f96 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic-post.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic-post.scss
@@ -920,15 +920,6 @@ aside.quote {
 pre {
   max-height: 2000px;
 
-  code {
-    word-wrap: normal;
-    display: block;
-    padding: 0.5em;
-    color: var(--primary);
-    background: var(--blend-primary-secondary-5);
-    max-height: 500px;
-  }
-
   .bidi-warning,
   .bidi-warning span {
     font-style: normal;