diff --git a/pages/settings.mako b/pages/settings.mako
index 2834838..b602e56 100644
--- a/pages/settings.mako
+++ b/pages/settings.mako
@@ -42,10 +42,9 @@
                     </tr>
                     <%
                         background_options = [
-                            ("plain-brown", "Use a plain tiled background (brown version)."),
-                            ("plain-blue", "Use a plain tiled background (blue version)."),
+                            ("plain", "Use a plain tiled background (default)"),
                             ("potd", 'Use the current <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/">Wikimedia Commons</a> <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day">Picture of the Day</a>, unfiltered. Certain POTDs may be unsuitable as backgrounds due to their aspect ratio or subject matter (generally portraits do not work well).'),
-                            ("list", 'Randomly select from <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:The_Earwig/POTD">a subset of previous Commons Pictures of the Day</a> that work well as widescreen backgrounds, refreshed daily (default).'),
+                            ("list", 'Randomly select from <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:The_Earwig/POTD">a subset of previous Commons Pictures of the Day</a> that work well as widescreen backgrounds, refreshed daily.'),
                         ]
                         selected = cookies["EarwigBackground"].value if "EarwigBackground" in cookies else "list"
                     %>\
diff --git a/pages/support/header.mako b/pages/support/header.mako
index 846e72e..12e0807 100644
--- a/pages/support/header.mako
+++ b/pages/support/header.mako
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@
             <script src="${root}/static/js/${filename}" type="text/javascript"></script>
         % endfor
     </head>
-    <% selected = cookies["EarwigBackground"].value if "EarwigBackground" in cookies else "list" %>\
-    % if selected in ["plain-brown", "plain-blue"]:
-        <body style="background-image: url('${root}/static/images/background-${selected[6:]}.png');">
+    <% selected = cookies["EarwigBackground"].value if "EarwigBackground" in cookies else "plain" %>\
+    % if selected == "plain":
+        <body style="background-image: url('${root}/static/images/background.png');">
     % else:
         <% bg_url = set_background(cookies, selected) %>\
         <body onload="update_screen_size()" style="background-image: url('${bg_url | h}'); background-size: cover;">
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diff --git a/static/images/background-brown.png b/static/images/background-brown.png
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diff --git a/static/images/background.png b/static/images/background.png
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