diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/diffs.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/diffs.scss
index 6bdd167f93670cab8b1a634093015e3d52638327..a3af3aa5f94aa1ca57dbc98452565f362f9a3a43 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/diffs.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/diffs.scss
@@ -4,12 +4,6 @@ $diff-file-header: 41px;
 .diff-file {
   margin-bottom: $gl-padding;
 
-  &.has-body {
-    .file-title {
-      box-shadow: 0 -2px 0 0 var(--white);
-    }
-  }
-
   table.code tr:last-of-type td:last-of-type {
     border-bottom-right-radius: $border-radius-default - 1px;
   }
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/files.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/files.scss
index 3705a8d5064eac4b481ba88ad8a80b2f1ff1b625..8535db472cd1a71cbee7f565342dd84a9f1879b2 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/files.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/files.scss
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
  *
  */
 .file-holder {
-  background: $white;
   border: 1px solid $border-color;
   border-radius: $border-radius-default;
 
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/page_bundles/merge_requests.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/page_bundles/merge_requests.scss
index f932abb35ed121a1030c1b7e7790a41180454fcf..1b6946ad93c5e74a0914743f07b620a396dce156 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/page_bundles/merge_requests.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/page_bundles/merge_requests.scss
@@ -905,7 +905,6 @@ $tabs-holder-z-index: 250;
 }
 
 .mr-version-controls {
-  background: var(--white, $white);
   color: var(--gl-text-color, $gl-text-color);
 
   .mr-version-menus-container {