diff --git a/packages/fether-react/src/assets/sass/components/_header-nav.scss b/packages/fether-react/src/assets/sass/components/_header-nav.scss
index 44607bd021e49bb188c2a7673e18a7e312b4cf9a..1a3f768c78747adbf6f0f2a70fb28cc81e48a056 100644
--- a/packages/fether-react/src/assets/sass/components/_header-nav.scss
+++ b/packages/fether-react/src/assets/sass/components/_header-nav.scss
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
     padding: 0.25rem 0.5rem 0.175rem;
     border-radius: 0.25rem;
     &:hover {
-      background: rgba($faint, 0.5);
       color: $black;
     }