diff --git a/electrum/gui/qt/paytoedit.py b/electrum/gui/qt/paytoedit.py
index 0661dfa0a..e73580b4a 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qt/paytoedit.py
+++ b/electrum/gui/qt/paytoedit.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ from . import util
 
 RE_ALIAS = '(.*?)\s*\<([0-9A-Za-z]{1,})\>'
 
-frozen_style = "QWidget { background-color:none; border:none;}"
+frozen_style = "QWidget {border:none;}"
 normal_style = "QPlainTextEdit { }"