diff --git a/src/react/JSONTree/JSONArrayNode.js b/src/react/JSONTree/JSONArrayNode.js
index d0b3c512..1d92a667 100644
--- a/src/react/JSONTree/JSONArrayNode.js
+++ b/src/react/JSONTree/JSONArrayNode.js
@@ -89,20 +89,14 @@ export default class JSONArrayNode extends React.Component {
       listStyle: 'none',
       display: (this.state.expanded) ? 'block' : 'none'
     };
-    let backgroundColor = 'transparent';
     let containerStyle;
     let spanStyle = {
       ...styles.span,
       color: this.props.theme.base0E
     };
-    if (typeof this.props.previousData !== 'undefined' && this.props.previousData === this.data) {
-      const bgColor = hexToRgb(this.props.theme.base08);
-      backgroundColor = `rgba(${bgColor.r}, ${bgColor.g}, ${bgColor.b}, 0.04)`;
-    }
     containerStyle = {
       ...styles.base,
-      ...styles.parentNode,
-      backgroundColor
+      ...styles.parentNode
     }
 
     if (this.state.expanded) {
diff --git a/src/react/JSONTree/JSONObjectNode.js b/src/react/JSONTree/JSONObjectNode.js
index 56b53cce..f75544ff 100644
--- a/src/react/JSONTree/JSONObjectNode.js
+++ b/src/react/JSONTree/JSONObjectNode.js
@@ -92,20 +92,14 @@ export default class JSONObjectNode extends React.Component {
       listStyle: 'none',
       display: (this.state.expanded) ? 'block' : 'none'
     };
-    let backgroundColor = 'transparent';
     let containerStyle;
     let spanStyle = {
       ...styles.span,
       color: this.props.theme.base0B
     };
-    if (typeof this.props.previousData !== 'undefined' && !shallowEqual(this.props.data, this.props.previousData || {})) {
-      const bgColor = hexToRgb(this.props.theme.base08);
-      backgroundColor = `rgba(${bgColor.r}, ${bgColor.g}, ${bgColor.b}, 0.04)`;
-    }
     containerStyle = {
       ...styles.base,
-      ...styles.parentNode,
-      backgroundColor
+      ...styles.parentNode
     };
     if (this.state.expanded) {
       spanStyle = {