diff --git a/app/src/cc/arduino/contributions/libraries/ui/ContributedLibraryTableCellJPanel.java b/app/src/cc/arduino/contributions/libraries/ui/ContributedLibraryTableCellJPanel.java
index 665b83a95..a9a8a39f4 100644
--- a/app/src/cc/arduino/contributions/libraries/ui/ContributedLibraryTableCellJPanel.java
+++ b/app/src/cc/arduino/contributions/libraries/ui/ContributedLibraryTableCellJPanel.java
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ public class ContributedLibraryTableCellJPanel extends JPanel {
     description.setText(desc);
     // copy description to accessibility context for screen readers to use
     description.getAccessibleContext().setAccessibleDescription(desc);
-    description.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
 
     // for modelToView to work, the text area has to be sized. It doesn't
     // matter if it's visible or not.
@@ -209,14 +208,6 @@ public class ContributedLibraryTableCellJPanel extends JPanel {
     InstallerTableCell
         .setJTextPaneDimensionToFitContainedText(description,
                                                  parentTable.getBounds().width);
-
-    if (isSelected) {
-      setBackground(parentTable.getSelectionBackground());
-      setForeground(parentTable.getSelectionForeground());
-    } else {
-      setBackground(parentTable.getBackground());
-      setForeground(parentTable.getForeground());
-    }
   }
 
   // same function as in ContributedPlatformTableCellJPanel - is there a utils file this can move to?
diff --git a/app/src/cc/arduino/contributions/packages/ui/ContributedPlatformTableCellEditor.java b/app/src/cc/arduino/contributions/packages/ui/ContributedPlatformTableCellEditor.java
index 26bcb1c9d..acfb58bb3 100644
--- a/app/src/cc/arduino/contributions/packages/ui/ContributedPlatformTableCellEditor.java
+++ b/app/src/cc/arduino/contributions/packages/ui/ContributedPlatformTableCellEditor.java
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ public class ContributedPlatformTableCellEditor extends InstallerTableCell {
     cell.versionToInstallChooser
         .setVisible(installed == null && uninstalledReleases.size() > 1);
 
-    cell.update(table, _value, true, !installedBuiltIn.isEmpty());
+    cell.update(table, _value, !installedBuiltIn.isEmpty());
     cell.setBackground(new Color(218, 227, 227)); // #dae3e3
     return cell;
   }
diff --git a/app/src/cc/arduino/contributions/packages/ui/ContributedPlatformTableCellJPanel.java b/app/src/cc/arduino/contributions/packages/ui/ContributedPlatformTableCellJPanel.java
index 6051ec98c..9575d12e6 100644
--- a/app/src/cc/arduino/contributions/packages/ui/ContributedPlatformTableCellJPanel.java
+++ b/app/src/cc/arduino/contributions/packages/ui/ContributedPlatformTableCellJPanel.java
@@ -175,8 +175,7 @@ public class ContributedPlatformTableCellJPanel extends JPanel {
     return retString;
   }
 
-  void update(JTable parentTable, Object value, boolean isSelected,
-              boolean hasBuiltInRelease) {
+  void update(JTable parentTable, Object value, boolean hasBuiltInRelease) {
     ContributedPlatformReleases releases = (ContributedPlatformReleases) value;
 
     JTextPane description = makeNewDescription();
@@ -262,7 +261,6 @@ public class ContributedPlatformTableCellJPanel extends JPanel {
     description.setText(desc);
     // copy description to accessibility context for screen readers to use
     description.getAccessibleContext().setAccessibleDescription(desc);
-    description.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
 
     // for modelToView to work, the text area has to be sized. It doesn't
     // matter if it's visible or not.
@@ -272,14 +270,6 @@ public class ContributedPlatformTableCellJPanel extends JPanel {
     int width = parentTable.getBounds().width;
     InstallerTableCell.setJTextPaneDimensionToFitContainedText(description,
                                                                width);
-
-    if (isSelected) {
-      setBackground(parentTable.getSelectionBackground());
-      setForeground(parentTable.getSelectionForeground());
-    } else {
-      setBackground(parentTable.getBackground());
-      setForeground(parentTable.getForeground());
-    }
   }
 
   private JTextPane makeNewDescription() {
diff --git a/app/src/cc/arduino/contributions/packages/ui/ContributedPlatformTableCellRenderer.java b/app/src/cc/arduino/contributions/packages/ui/ContributedPlatformTableCellRenderer.java
index cc4b1d0c1..19d484dc2 100644
--- a/app/src/cc/arduino/contributions/packages/ui/ContributedPlatformTableCellRenderer.java
+++ b/app/src/cc/arduino/contributions/packages/ui/ContributedPlatformTableCellRenderer.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class ContributedPlatformTableCellRenderer implements TableCellRenderer {
                                                  int column) {
     ContributedPlatformTableCellJPanel cell = new ContributedPlatformTableCellJPanel();
     cell.setButtonsVisible(false);
-    cell.update(table, value, isSelected, false);
+    cell.update(table, value, false);
 
     if (row % 2 == 0) {
       cell.setBackground(new Color(236, 241, 241)); // #ecf1f1
diff --git a/app/src/cc/arduino/contributions/ui/InstallerJDialog.java b/app/src/cc/arduino/contributions/ui/InstallerJDialog.java
index dd2998bc4..2888cd688 100644
--- a/app/src/cc/arduino/contributions/ui/InstallerJDialog.java
+++ b/app/src/cc/arduino/contributions/ui/InstallerJDialog.java
@@ -180,7 +180,6 @@ public abstract class InstallerJDialog<T> extends JDialog {
     contribTable.setDragEnabled(false);
     contribTable.setIntercellSpacing(new Dimension(0, 1));
     contribTable.setShowVerticalLines(false);
-    contribTable.setSelectionBackground(Theme.getColor("status.notice.bgcolor"));
     contribTable.addKeyListener(new AbstractKeyListener() {
 
       @Override