diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Themes.Default/MenuItem.xaml b/src/Avalonia.Themes.Default/MenuItem.xaml
index efb31175fa..319ff189f0 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Themes.Default/MenuItem.xaml
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Themes.Default/MenuItem.xaml
@@ -122,11 +122,6 @@
     </Setter>
   </Style>
 
-  <Style Selector="MenuItem:selected /template/ Border#root">
-    <Setter Property="Background" Value="{DynamicResource ThemeAccentBrush4}"/>
-    <Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="{DynamicResource ThemeAccentBrush}"/>
-  </Style>
-
   <Style Selector="MenuItem:pointerover /template/ Border#root">
     <Setter Property="Background" Value="{DynamicResource ThemeAccentBrush4}"/>
     <Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="{DynamicResource ThemeAccentBrush}"/>