diff --git a/src/Perspex.Themes.Default/Accents/BaseLight.paml b/src/Perspex.Themes.Default/Accents/BaseLight.paml
index 2e384ce514..8b32e129f4 100644
--- a/src/Perspex.Themes.Default/Accents/BaseLight.paml
+++ b/src/Perspex.Themes.Default/Accents/BaseLight.paml
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
     <Color x:Key="SystemListLowColor">#19FFFFFF</Color>
     <Color x:Key="SystemListMediumColor">#33FFFFFF</Color>
 
-    <mut:SolidColorBrush x:Key="SystemControlBackgroundBaseHighBrush" Color="{StyleResource SystemBaseHighColor}"/>
-    <mut:SolidColorBrush x:Key="SystemControlBackgroundBaseLowBrush" Color="{StyleResource SystemBaseLowColor}"/>
+    <!-- Assigning StyleResource to non-controls currently fails -->
+    <!--<mut:SolidColorBrush x:Key="SystemControlBackgroundBaseHighBrush" Color="{StyleResource SystemBaseHighColor}"/>
+    <mut:SolidColorBrush x:Key="SystemControlBackgroundBaseLowBrush" Color="{StyleResource SystemBaseLowColor}"/>-->
   </Style.Resources>
 </Style>
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