diff --git a/mu-plugins/blocks/query-filter/src/style.pcss b/mu-plugins/blocks/query-filter/src/style.pcss
index 1d553181..eadb38a0 100644
--- a/mu-plugins/blocks/query-filter/src/style.pcss
+++ b/mu-plugins/blocks/query-filter/src/style.pcss
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@
 	}
 
 	&:checked + label {
-		background-color: var(--wp--custom--wporg-query-filters--option--active--color--background);
 		color: var(--wp--custom--wporg-query-filters--option--active--color--text);
 		/* stylelint-disable-next-line function-url-quotes */
 		background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='24' height='24' fill='none' viewBox='0 0 24 24'%3E%3Cpath fill='%231E1E1E' fill-rule='evenodd' d='m17.93 7.978-7.2 9.681-4.516-3.358.896-1.204 3.312 2.463 6.303-8.477 1.204.895Z' clip-rule='evenodd'/%3E%3C/svg%3E%0A");