diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/compose.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/compose.scss
index d34de3fd0af..7b0e15176ba 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/compose.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/compose.scss
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@
     flex: 1 1 25%;
     margin: 0 0 5px 10px;
     border: 1px solid $primary-medium;
+    background: $secondary;
     @media all and (max-width: 900px) {
       margin: 0;
       flex: 1 1 100%;
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/select-kit/legacy-combo-box.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/select-kit/legacy-combo-box.scss
index a807af8cd0e..234ee0cc4e9 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/select-kit/legacy-combo-box.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/select-kit/legacy-combo-box.scss
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@
   }
 }
 
-.select2-container-multi .select2-choices {
-  background-color: $secondary;
-}
 .select2-container-multi .select2-choices .select2-search-field input.select2-active {
   background: $secondary image-url("select2-spinner.gif") no-repeat 100% !important;
 }
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/select-kit/multi-select.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/select-kit/multi-select.scss
index 543489f48ea..cdbc306d7c0 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/select-kit/multi-select.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/select-kit/multi-select.scss
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
     .multi-select-header {
       background: $secondary;
-      border: 1px solid dark-light-diff($primary, $secondary, 90%, -60%);
+      border: 1px solid $primary-medium;
 
       &.is-focused {
         box-shadow: $tertiary 0px 0px 6px 0px;
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/vendor/select2.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/vendor/select2.scss
index f66f81740fd..2d8cc87788c 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/vendor/select2.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/vendor/select2.scss
@@ -406,12 +406,9 @@ disabled look for disabled choices in the results dropdown
     margin: 0;
     padding: 0 5px 0 0;
     position: relative;
-
     border: 1px solid #aaa;
     cursor: text;
     overflow: hidden;
-
-    background-color: #fff;
 }
 
 .select2-locked {