diff --git a/apps/files_sharing/templates/public.php b/apps/files_sharing/templates/public.php
index 9471752b6b5..234b6d09838 100644
--- a/apps/files_sharing/templates/public.php
+++ b/apps/files_sharing/templates/public.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 <input type="hidden" name="sharingToken" value="<?php p($_['sharingToken']) ?>" id="sharingToken">
 <input type="hidden" name="filename" value="<?php p($_['filename']) ?>" id="filename">
 <input type="hidden" name="mimetype" value="<?php p($_['mimetype']) ?>" id="mimetype">
-<header><div id="header" class="icon-noise <?php p((isset($_['folder']) ? 'share-folder' : 'share-file')) ?>">
+<header><div id="header" class="<?php p((isset($_['folder']) ? 'share-folder' : 'share-file')) ?>">
 		<a href="<?php print_unescaped(link_to('', 'index.php')); ?>" title="" id="owncloud"><img class="svg"
 		                                                                                          src="<?php print_unescaped(image_path('', 'logo-wide.svg')); ?>" alt="<?php p($theme->getName()); ?>" /></a>
 		<div id="logo-claim" style="display:none;"><?php p($theme->getLogoClaim()); ?></div>
diff --git a/core/css/icons.css b/core/css/icons.css
index cdfdd8e43ef..75d66a773a1 100644
--- a/core/css/icons.css
+++ b/core/css/icons.css
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@
 	background-image: url('../img/loading-small.gif');
 }
 
-.icon-noise {
-	background-image: url('../img/noise.png');
-	background-repeat: repeat;
-}
-
 
 
 
diff --git a/core/css/styles.css b/core/css/styles.css
index d21e6bc6907..423c40f6184 100644
--- a/core/css/styles.css
+++ b/core/css/styles.css
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ body {
 	z-index: 100;
 	height: 45px;
 	line-height: 2.5em;
-	background: #1d2d44 url('../img/noise.png') repeat;
+	background-color: #1d2d44;
 	-moz-box-sizing: border-box;
 	box-sizing: border-box;
 }
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ body {
 #body-login {
 	text-align: center;
 	background: #1d2d44; /* Old browsers */
-	background: url('../img/noise.png'), -moz-linear-gradient(top, #35537a 0%, #1d2d44 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
-	background: url('../img/noise.png'), -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#35537a), color-stop(100%,#1d2d44)); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
-	background: url('../img/noise.png'), -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #35537a 0%,#1d2d44 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
-	background: url('../img/noise.png'), -o-linear-gradient(top, #35537a 0%,#1d2d44 100%); /* Opera11.10+ */
-	background: url('../img/noise.png'), -ms-linear-gradient(top, #35537a 0%,#1d2d44 100%); /* IE10+ */
-	background: url('../img/noise.png'), linear-gradient(top, #35537a 0%,#1d2d44 100%); /* W3C */
+	background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #35537a 0%, #1d2d44 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
+	background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#35537a), color-stop(100%,#1d2d44)); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
+	background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #35537a 0%,#1d2d44 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
+	background: -o-linear-gradient(top, #35537a 0%,#1d2d44 100%); /* Opera11.10+ */
+	background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #35537a 0%,#1d2d44 100%); /* IE10+ */
+	background: linear-gradient(top, #35537a 0%,#1d2d44 100%); /* W3C */
 	filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#35537a', endColorstr='#1d2d44',GradientType=0 ); /* IE6-9 */
 }
 
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ label.infield { cursor:text !important; top:1.05em; left:.85em; }
 	width: 80px;
 	margin-top:45px;
 	z-index: 75;
-	background: #383c43 url('../img/noise.png') repeat;
+	background-color: #383c43;
 	overflow-y: auto;
 	overflow-x: hidden;
 	-moz-box-sizing:border-box; box-sizing:border-box;
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ label.infield { cursor:text !important; top:1.05em; left:.85em; }
 #expand:hover img, #expand:focus img, #expand:active img { -ms-filter:"progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=100)"; filter:alpha(opacity=100); opacity:1; }
 #expanddiv {
 	position:absolute; right:0; top:45px; z-index:76; display:none;
-	background:#383c43 url('../img/noise.png') repeat;
+	background-color: #383c43;
 	border-bottom-left-radius:7px; border-bottom:1px #333 solid; border-left:1px #333 solid;
 	box-shadow:0 0 7px rgb(29,45,68);
 	-moz-box-sizing: border-box; box-sizing: border-box;
diff --git a/core/img/noise.png b/core/img/noise.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c06c8a4d6d..00000000000
Binary files a/core/img/noise.png and /dev/null differ