diff --git a/src/main/gtk-3.0/gtk-dark-solid.css b/src/main/gtk-3.0/gtk-dark-solid.css
index e914a72..7a512fa 100644
--- a/src/main/gtk-3.0/gtk-dark-solid.css
+++ b/src/main/gtk-3.0/gtk-dark-solid.css
@@ -4845,7 +4845,7 @@ filechooser paned > separator:hover,
 }
 
 .nautilus-window placessidebar.sidebar row.sidebar-row .sidebar-icon {
-  color: #0860f2;
+  color: #669efa;
 }
 
 .nautilus-window placessidebar.sidebar row.sidebar-row.has-open-popup, .nautilus-window placessidebar.sidebar row.sidebar-row.has-open-popup label, .nautilus-window placessidebar.sidebar row.sidebar-row.has-open-popup image, .nautilus-window placessidebar.sidebar row.sidebar-row:disabled, .nautilus-window placessidebar.sidebar label:disabled selection.sidebar-row, label:disabled .nautilus-window placessidebar.sidebar selection.sidebar-row, .nautilus-window placessidebar.sidebar row.sidebar-row:disabled label, .nautilus-window placessidebar.sidebar label:disabled selection.sidebar-row label, label:disabled .nautilus-window placessidebar.sidebar selection.sidebar-row label, .nautilus-window placessidebar.sidebar row.sidebar-row:disabled image, .nautilus-window placessidebar.sidebar label:disabled selection.sidebar-row image, label:disabled .nautilus-window placessidebar.sidebar selection.sidebar-row image {
@@ -7173,10 +7173,6 @@ window#GearyMainWindow.background.csd paned.geary-sidebar-pane-separator frame.g
   background: none;
 }
 
-.geary-settings entry {
-  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05) !important;
-}
-
 window.background:not(.csd) > widget > separator {
   padding-top: 1px;
   margin-top: 1px;
diff --git a/src/main/gtk-3.0/gtk-dark.css b/src/main/gtk-3.0/gtk-dark.css
index 9b0ada2..0a852f5 100644
--- a/src/main/gtk-3.0/gtk-dark.css
+++ b/src/main/gtk-3.0/gtk-dark.css
@@ -4841,7 +4841,7 @@ filechooser paned > separator:hover,
 }
 
 .nautilus-window placessidebar.sidebar row.sidebar-row .sidebar-icon {
-  color: #0860f2;
+  color: #669efa;
 }
 
 .nautilus-window placessidebar.sidebar row.sidebar-row.has-open-popup, .nautilus-window placessidebar.sidebar row.sidebar-row.has-open-popup label, .nautilus-window placessidebar.sidebar row.sidebar-row.has-open-popup image, .nautilus-window placessidebar.sidebar row.sidebar-row:disabled, .nautilus-window placessidebar.sidebar label:disabled selection.sidebar-row, label:disabled .nautilus-window placessidebar.sidebar selection.sidebar-row, .nautilus-window placessidebar.sidebar row.sidebar-row:disabled label, .nautilus-window placessidebar.sidebar label:disabled selection.sidebar-row label, label:disabled .nautilus-window placessidebar.sidebar selection.sidebar-row label, .nautilus-window placessidebar.sidebar row.sidebar-row:disabled image, .nautilus-window placessidebar.sidebar label:disabled selection.sidebar-row image, label:disabled .nautilus-window placessidebar.sidebar selection.sidebar-row image {
@@ -7169,10 +7169,6 @@ window#GearyMainWindow.background.csd paned.geary-sidebar-pane-separator frame.g
   background: none;
 }
 
-.geary-settings entry {
-  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05) !important;
-}
-
 window.background:not(.csd) > widget > separator {
   padding-top: 1px;
   margin-top: 1px;
diff --git a/src/main/gtk-3.0/gtk-light-solid.css b/src/main/gtk-3.0/gtk-light-solid.css
index 1e209b7..7a97f12 100644
--- a/src/main/gtk-3.0/gtk-light-solid.css
+++ b/src/main/gtk-3.0/gtk-light-solid.css
@@ -7188,10 +7188,6 @@ window#GearyMainWindow.background.csd paned.geary-sidebar-pane-separator frame.g
   background: none;
 }
 
-.geary-settings entry {
-  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05) !important;
-}
-
 window.background:not(.csd) > widget > separator {
   padding-top: 1px;
   margin-top: 1px;
diff --git a/src/main/gtk-3.0/gtk-light.css b/src/main/gtk-3.0/gtk-light.css
index cdb91c1..cf9bb4c 100644
--- a/src/main/gtk-3.0/gtk-light.css
+++ b/src/main/gtk-3.0/gtk-light.css
@@ -7184,10 +7184,6 @@ window#GearyMainWindow.background.csd paned.geary-sidebar-pane-separator frame.g
   background: none;
 }
 
-.geary-settings entry {
-  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05) !important;
-}
-
 window.background:not(.csd) > widget > separator {
   padding-top: 1px;
   margin-top: 1px;
diff --git a/src/sass/gtk/_applications.scss b/src/sass/gtk/_applications.scss
index f9c7868..46e7763 100644
--- a/src/sass/gtk/_applications.scss
+++ b/src/sass/gtk/_applications.scss
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ filechooser,
       background-color: transparent;
       transition: background-image 0;
 
-      .sidebar-icon { color: $selected_bg_color; }
+      .sidebar-icon { color: if($variant == 'light', $selected_bg_color, lighten($selected_bg_color, 20%)); }
 
       &.has-open-popup,
       &:disabled {
@@ -2828,10 +2828,6 @@ window#GearyMainWindow.background.csd {
   }
 }
 
-.geary-settings {
-  entry { background-color: $entry_bg !important; }
-}
-
 //
 // * Firefox and Thunderbird *
 //