diff --git a/Orange/widgets/utils/plot/owpalette.py b/Orange/widgets/utils/plot/owpalette.py
index 9c58c29947c..19112fa1570 100644
--- a/Orange/widgets/utils/plot/owpalette.py
+++ b/Orange/widgets/utils/plot/owpalette.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 __all__ = ["create_palette", "OWPalette"]
 
 
-pg.setConfigOption('background', 'w')
-pg.setConfigOption('foreground', 'k')
 pg.setConfigOptions(antialias=True)