diff --git a/src/features/soapbox-config/components/site-preview.tsx b/src/features/soapbox-config/components/site-preview.tsx
index 1fef46f41..f85d072ee 100644
--- a/src/features/soapbox-config/components/site-preview.tsx
+++ b/src/features/soapbox-config/components/site-preview.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { FormattedMessage } from 'react-intl';
import { defaultSettings } from 'soapbox/actions/settings.ts';
import SiteLogo from 'soapbox/components/site-logo.tsx';
-import BackgroundShapes from 'soapbox/features/ui/components/background-shapes.tsx';
import { useSystemTheme } from 'soapbox/hooks/useSystemTheme.ts';
import { normalizeSoapboxConfig } from 'soapbox/normalizers/index.ts';
import { generateThemeCss } from 'soapbox/utils/theme.ts';
@@ -39,7 +38,6 @@ const SitePreview: React.FC
= ({ soapbox }) => {
{/* eslint-disable-next-line formatjs/no-literal-string-in-jsx */}
-
diff --git a/src/features/ui/components/background-shapes.tsx b/src/features/ui/components/background-shapes.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 379f40ca7..000000000
--- a/src/features/ui/components/background-shapes.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-import clsx from 'clsx';
-
-interface IBackgroundShapes {
- /** Whether the shapes should be absolute positioned or fixed. */
- position?: 'fixed' | 'absolute';
-}
-
-/** Gradient that appears in the background of the UI. */
-const BackgroundShapes: React.FC
= ({ position = 'fixed' }) => (
-
-);
-
-export default BackgroundShapes;
diff --git a/src/features/ui/index.tsx b/src/features/ui/index.tsx
index a4fd89caf..47d2ac2a8 100644
--- a/src/features/ui/index.tsx
+++ b/src/features/ui/index.tsx
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ import SearchPage from 'soapbox/pages/search-page.tsx';
import StatusPage from 'soapbox/pages/status-page.tsx';
import WidePage from 'soapbox/pages/wide-page.tsx';
-import BackgroundShapes from './components/background-shapes.tsx';
import FloatingActionButton from './components/floating-action-button.tsx';
import Navbar from './components/navbar.tsx';
import {
@@ -505,8 +504,6 @@ const UI: React.FC = ({ children }) => {
})}
/>
-
-