diff --git a/newsboat/.newsboat/config b/newsboat/.newsboat/config
index 5359b7f..884b362 100644
--- a/newsboat/.newsboat/config
+++ b/newsboat/.newsboat/config
@@ -2,16 +2,3 @@ auto-reload yes
 reload-time 60
 browser "w3m %u"
 articlelist-format  "%4i %f %D  %t"
-
-color background         default   default
-color listnormal         default   default
-color listnormal_unread  default   default
-color listfocus          black     yellow
-color listfocus_unread   black     yellow
-color info               default   black
-color article            default   default
-
-# highlights
-highlight article "^(Title):.*$" blue default
-highlight article "https?://[^ ]+" red default
-highlight article "\\[image\\ [0-9]+\\]" green default