diff --git a/core/templates/mail.php b/core/templates/mail.php
index b8b0a2bfe9..c46fd6ab80 100644
--- a/core/templates/mail.php
+++ b/core/templates/mail.php
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
 <img src="<?php print_unescaped(OC_Helper::makeURLAbsolute(image_path('', 'logo-mail.gif'))); ?>" alt="<?php p($theme->getName()); ?>"/>
 </td>
 </tr>
-<tr><td bgcolor="#f8f8f8" colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr>
 <tr>
-<td bgcolor="#f8f8f8" width="20px">&nbsp;</td>
-<td bgcolor="#f8f8f8" style="font-weight:normal; font-size:0.8em; line-height:1.2em; font-family:verdana,'arial',sans;">
+<td width="20px">&nbsp;</td>
+<td style="font-weight:normal; font-size:0.8em; line-height:1.2em; font-family:verdana,'arial',sans;">
 <?php
 print_unescaped($l->t('Hey there,<br><br>just letting you know that %s shared <strong>%s</strong> with you.<br><a href="%s">View it!</a><br><br>', array($_['user_displayname'], $_['filename'], $_['link'])));
 if ( isset($_['expiration']) ) {
@@ -21,17 +21,17 @@ p($l->t('Cheers!'));
 ?>
 </td>
 </tr>
-<tr><td bgcolor="#f8f8f8" colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr>
 <tr>
-<td bgcolor="#f8f8f8" width="20px">&nbsp;</td>
-<td bgcolor="#f8f8f8" style="font-weight:normal; font-size:0.8em; line-height:1.2em; font-family:verdana,'arial',sans;">--<br>
+<td width="20px">&nbsp;</td>
+<td style="font-weight:normal; font-size:0.8em; line-height:1.2em; font-family:verdana,'arial',sans;">--<br>
 <?php p($theme->getName()); ?> -
 <?php p($theme->getSlogan()); ?>
 <br><a href="<?php print_unescaped($theme->getBaseUrl()); ?>"><?php print_unescaped($theme->getBaseUrl());?></a>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
-<td bgcolor="#f8f8f8" colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
+<td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
 </tr>
 </table>
 </td></tr>