diff --git a/Doc/html/about.html b/Doc/html/about.html
index 5862a388637..786dea165c7 100644
--- a/Doc/html/about.html
+++ b/Doc/html/about.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
     <link rel="STYLESHEET" href="lib/lib.css">
   </head>
-  <body bgcolor=white>
+  <body>
     <div class="navigation">
       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2">
           <tr>
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
                   src="icons/up.gif"></a></td>
             <td><img width="32" height="32" align="bottom" border="0" alt=""
                 src="icons/blank.gif"></td>
-            <td align="center" bgcolor="#99CCFF" width="100%">
-              <b class="title">About the Python Documentation</b></td>
+            <td align="center" width="100%">About the Python Documentation</td>
             <td><img width="32" height="32" align="bottom" border="0" alt=""
                 src="icons/blank.gif"></td>
             <td><img width="32" height="32" align="bottom" border="0" alt=""
diff --git a/Doc/html/index.html.in b/Doc/html/index.html.in
index afad1c8bc00..54b5a257631 100644
--- a/Doc/html/index.html.in
+++ b/Doc/html/index.html.in
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 	      src="icons/blank.gif"></td>
 	  <td><img width="32" height="32" align="bottom" border="0" alt=""
 	      src="icons/blank.gif"></td>
-	  <td align="center" bgcolor="#99CCFF" width="100%">
+	  <td align="center" width="100%">
 	    <b class="title">Python Documentation</b></td>
 	  <td><img width="32" height="32" align="bottom" border="0" alt=""
 	      src="icons/blank.gif"></td>
diff --git a/Doc/tools/mkmodindex b/Doc/tools/mkmodindex
index 45c7485b012..1c22c430eb9 100755
--- a/Doc/tools/mkmodindex
+++ b/Doc/tools/mkmodindex
@@ -173,8 +173,7 @@ NAVIGATION = '''\
  src="%(iconserver)s/%(uplinkicon)s.%(imgtype)s"></a></td>
 <td><img width="32" height="32" align="bottom" border="0" alt=""
  src="%(iconserver)s/blank.%(imgtype)s"></td>
-<td align="center" bgcolor="#99CCFF" width="100%%">
- <b class="title">%(title)s</b></td>
+<td align="center" width="100%%">%(title)s</td>
 <td><img width="32" height="32" align="bottom" border="0" alt=""
  src="%(iconserver)s/blank.%(imgtype)s"></td>
 <td><img width="32" height="32" align="bottom" border="0" alt=""
@@ -196,7 +195,7 @@ HEAD = '''\
   <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
   <link rel="STYLESHEET" href="lib/lib.css">
 </head>
-<body bgcolor=white>
+<body>
 ''' + NAVIGATION + '''\
 <hr>
 
