diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.css b/gitweb/gitweb.css
index 47633376d1..8f68fe3091 100644
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.css
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.css
@@ -226,22 +226,25 @@ th {
 	text-align: left;
 }
 
-tr.light:hover {
-	background-color: #edece6;
+/* do not change row style on hover for 'blame' view */
+tr.light,
+table.blame .light:hover {
+	background-color: #ffffff;
 }
 
-tr.dark {
-	background-color: #f6f6f0;
-}
-
-tr.dark2 {
+tr.dark,
+table.blame .dark:hover {
 	background-color: #f6f6f0;
 }
 
+/* currently both use the same, but it can change */
+tr.light:hover,
 tr.dark:hover {
 	background-color: #edece6;
 }
 
+/* boundary commits in 'blame' view */
+/* and commits without "previous" */
 tr.boundary td.sha1,
 tr.no-previous td.linenr {
 	font-weight: bold;
diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index ea1ab5f846..2cb60bedc6 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -4801,7 +4801,7 @@ sub git_blame {
 	git_print_page_path($file_name, $ftype, $hash_base);
 
 	# page body
-	my @rev_color = qw(light2 dark2);
+	my @rev_color = qw(light dark);
 	my $num_colors = scalar(@rev_color);
 	my $current_color = 0;
 	my %metainfo = ();