diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/base.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/base.scss
index f239a4771..91d5b17dc 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/base.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/base.scss
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 @import "bootstrap-slider/dist/css/bootstrap-slider";
-@import "variables";
 @import "modules/blacklight_heatmaps";
 @import "modules/openseadragon";
 @import "blacklight-frontend/app/assets/stylesheets/blacklight/blacklight";
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/modules/spotlight_overrides.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/modules/spotlight_overrides.scss
index db44ff490..e009e9b9a 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/modules/spotlight_overrides.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/modules/spotlight_overrides.scss
@@ -216,3 +216,7 @@ h5,
     z-index: 1;
   }
 }
+
+.card-img-overlay {
+  --exhibit-card-overlay-bg: rgba(var(--stanford-fog-light), 0.9);
+}
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/sul_variables.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/sul_variables.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index 95f929ff3..000000000
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/sul_variables.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-// Colors
-$fog-light-90: #f4f4f4e6;
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/variables.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/variables.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index 485f1077f..000000000
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/variables.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-// Bootstrap and other variable type overrides. For things that are dependent on
-// Bootstrap variables, see local_variables.scss
-
-@import "sul_variables";
-
-$exhibit-card-bg: $fog-light-90;