diff --git a/v4/assets/sass/_dk-no-js.scss b/v4/assets/sass/_dk-no-js.scss
index a4b9bf4b2..be30f5ca8 100644
--- a/v4/assets/sass/_dk-no-js.scss
+++ b/v4/assets/sass/_dk-no-js.scss
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-$dk-base-color: "#1d1f38";
-$dk-header-text-color: "$dkPage-background-color";
 .js {
     .no-js-message {
         display: none;
diff --git a/v4/assets/sass/dk-theme.scss b/v4/assets/sass/dk-theme.scss
index 631f1472e..010a5b23e 100644
--- a/v4/assets/sass/dk-theme.scss
+++ b/v4/assets/sass/dk-theme.scss
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ $footer-headline-color: {{ .Param "footerHeadlineColor" | default "#444" }};
 // Dark mode
 $dk-page-background-color: {{ .Param "dkPageBackgroundolor" | default "invert($page-background-color)" }};
 $dk-base-color: {{ .Param "dkBaseColor" | default "$base-color" }};
-// $dk-base-color: "#555";
 $dk-special-color: {{ .Param "dkSpecialColor" | default "$special-color" }};
 $dk-highlight-color: {{ .Param "dkHighlightColor" | default "saturate($highlight-color,20)" }};
 $dk-text-color: {{ .Param "dkTextColor" | default "darken(invert($text-color),20)" }};