diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/dark.colors b/gtk2_ardour/dark.colors
index d5dcccb29d..ce5b928c0c 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/dark.colors
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/dark.colors
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@
     <Color name="color 6" value="0x44bc50ff"/>
     <Color name="color 60" value="0x50545aff"/>
     <Color name="color 61" value="0x20242aff"/>
-    <Color name="color 62" value="0x8894ff88"/>
     <Color name="color 63" value="0x5566ffff"/>
     <Color name="color 64" value="0xa7acd4ff"/>
     <Color name="color 65" value="0xb8cca35f"/>
@@ -275,7 +274,6 @@
     <ColorAlias name="midi note velocity text" alias="color 32"/>
     <ColorAlias name="midi patch change fill" alias="color 60"/>
     <ColorAlias name="midi patch change outline" alias="color 26"/>
-    <ColorAlias name="midi select rect fill" alias="color 62"/>
     <ColorAlias name="midi select rect outline" alias="color 63"/>
     <ColorAlias name="midi sysex fill" alias="color 32"/>
     <ColorAlias name="midi sysex outline" alias="color 64"/>
@@ -495,7 +493,6 @@
     <Modifier name="midi frame base" modifier="= alpha:0.4"/>
     <Modifier name="midi patch change fill" modifier="= alpha:0.6274"/>
     <Modifier name="stereo panner inverted bg" modifier="= alpha:0.7529"/>
-    <Modifier name="modifier 62" modifier="= alpha:0.5333"/>
     <Modifier name="modifier 65" modifier="= alpha:0.3725"/>
     <Modifier name="modifier 74" modifier="= alpha:0.7882"/>
     <Modifier name="modifier 76" modifier="= alpha:0.4196"/>