diff --git a/admin/index.php b/admin/index.php
index e1a55a7be0..8946c6a3f7 100755
--- a/admin/index.php
+++ b/admin/index.php
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@
 	// This func called by the includes to dump a row header
 	function section_start($name='',$icon='',$appname='')
 	{
-		$GLOBALS['admin_tpl']->set_var('icon_backcolor',$GLOBALS['phpgw_info']['theme']['row_off']);
-		$GLOBALS['admin_tpl']->set_var('link_backcolor',$GLOBALS['phpgw_info']['theme']['row_off']);
 		$GLOBALS['admin_tpl']->set_var('app_name',lang($name));
 		$GLOBALS['admin_tpl']->set_var('a_name',$appname);
 		$GLOBALS['admin_tpl']->set_var('app_icon',$icon);
diff --git a/admin/templates/default/index.tpl b/admin/templates/default/index.tpl
index 112114fb06..e5bd231b27 100755
--- a/admin/templates/default/index.tpl
+++ b/admin/templates/default/index.tpl
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@
 <!-- END list -->
 
 <!-- BEGIN app_row -->
- <tr class="icon_backcolor">
+ <tr class="row_off">
   <td width="5%" valign="middle"><img src="{app_icon}" alt="[ {app_name} ]"> <a name="{a_name}"></a></td>
   <td width="95%" valign="middle"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;{app_name}</strong></td>
  </tr>
 <!-- END app_row -->
 
 <!-- BEGIN app_row_noicon -->
- <tr class="icon_backcolor">
+ <tr class="row_off">
   <td colspan="2" width="95%" valign="middle"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;{app_name}</strong> <a name="{a_name}"></a></td>
  </tr>
 <!-- END app_row_noicon -->