diff --git a/plugins/mac-capture/mac-screen-capture.m b/plugins/mac-capture/mac-screen-capture.m
index 63752a985..9a1c9e2d3 100644
--- a/plugins/mac-capture/mac-screen-capture.m
+++ b/plugins/mac-capture/mac-screen-capture.m
@@ -456,11 +456,6 @@ static bool init_screen_stream(struct screen_capture *sc)
 			includingApplications:target_application_array
 			     exceptingWindows:[[NSArray alloc] init]];
 
-		if (@available(macOS 13.0, *))
-			[sc->stream_properties
-				setBackgroundColor:CGColorGetConstantColor(
-							   kCGColorClear)];
-
 		set_display_mode(sc, target_display);
 	} break;
 	}