diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/BackgroundScreenStack.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/BackgroundScreenStack.cs
index 17894d2474..294f23d2ac 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/BackgroundScreenStack.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/BackgroundScreenStack.cs
@@ -4,25 +4,19 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Screens;
-using osuTK;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Screens
 {
     public class BackgroundScreenStack : ScreenStack
     {
-        public const float BACKGROUND_SCALE = 1.06f;
-
         public BackgroundScreenStack()
             : base(false)
         {
-            Scale = new Vector2(BACKGROUND_SCALE);
             RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both;
             Anchor = Anchor.Centre;
             Origin = Anchor.Centre;
         }
 
-        //public float ParallaxAmount { set => parallax.ParallaxAmount = ParallaxContainer.DEFAULT_PARALLAX_AMOUNT * value; }
-
         public void Push(BackgroundScreen screen)
         {
             if (screen == null)
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/OnlinePlay/Components/OnlinePlayBackgroundScreen.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/OnlinePlay/Components/OnlinePlayBackgroundScreen.cs
index 5077979bf0..a282f1dacf 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/OnlinePlay/Components/OnlinePlayBackgroundScreen.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/OnlinePlay/Components/OnlinePlayBackgroundScreen.cs
@@ -77,14 +77,6 @@ private void switchBackground(PlaylistItemBackground newBackground)
             AddInternal(background = newBackground);
         }
 
-        protected override void Update()
-        {
-            base.Update();
-
-            // This is a static screen, so override the scale set in base.Update(), but also the scale set by the screen stack.
-            Scale = new Vector2(1f / BackgroundScreenStack.BACKGROUND_SCALE);
-        }
-
         public override void OnSuspending(IScreen next)
         {
             base.OnSuspending(next);