diff --git a/app/javascript/src/styles/base/040_colors.css b/app/javascript/src/styles/base/040_colors.css
index c9aca7384..1d3f4be71 100644
--- a/app/javascript/src/styles/base/040_colors.css
+++ b/app/javascript/src/styles/base/040_colors.css
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@
 
   --modqueue-sample-warning-color: var(--error-background-color);
   --modqueue-quality-warning-color: var(--warning-background-color);
-  --modqueue-positive-score-background-color: var(--success-background-color);
-  --modqueue-negative-score-background-color: var(--error-background-color);
 
   --uploads-dropzone-background: #EEE;
   --uploads-dropzone-progress-bar-foreground-color: var(--link-color);
@@ -343,8 +341,6 @@ body[data-current-user-theme="dark"] {
 
   --modqueue-sample-warning-color: var(--error-background-color);
   --modqueue-quality-warning-color: var(--warning-background-color);
-  --modqueue-positive-score-background-color: var(--success-background-color);
-  --modqueue-negative-score-background-color: var(--error-background-color);
 
   --news-updates-background: var(--grey-3);
   --news-updates-border: 2px solid var(--grey-4);
diff --git a/app/javascript/src/styles/specific/mod_queue.scss.erb b/app/javascript/src/styles/specific/mod_queue.scss.erb
index 878fee4d6..51223a78b 100644
--- a/app/javascript/src/styles/specific/mod_queue.scss.erb
+++ b/app/javascript/src/styles/specific/mod_queue.scss.erb
@@ -5,14 +5,6 @@ div#c-modqueue {
     padding: 1em;
     overflow: hidden;
 
-    &.post-pos-score {
-      background: var(--modqueue-positive-score-background-color);
-    }
-
-    &.post-neg-score {
-      background: var(--modqueue-negative-score-background-color);
-    }
-
     aside.column {
       @media (min-width: 660px) {
         padding-right: 1em;
diff --git a/app/presenters/post_presenter.rb b/app/presenters/post_presenter.rb
index ceee28fa5..6f7b6e866 100644
--- a/app/presenters/post_presenter.rb
+++ b/app/presenters/post_presenter.rb
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class PostPresenter < Presenter
     ApplicationController.render(partial: "posts/partials/index/preview", locals: locals)
   end
 
-  def self.preview_class(post, highlight_score: nil, pool: nil, size: nil, similarity: nil, recommended: nil, compact: nil, **options)
+  def self.preview_class(post, pool: nil, size: nil, similarity: nil, recommended: nil, compact: nil, **options)
     klass = ["post-preview"]
     # klass << " large-cropped" if post.has_cropped? && options[:show_cropped]
     klass << "captioned" if pool || size || similarity || recommended
@@ -104,8 +104,6 @@ class PostPresenter < Presenter
     klass << "post-status-deleted" if post.is_deleted?
     klass << "post-status-has-parent" if post.parent_id
     klass << "post-status-has-children" if post.has_visible_children?
-    klass << "post-pos-score" if highlight_score && post.score >= 3
-    klass << "post-neg-score" if highlight_score && post.score <= -3
     klass << "post-preview-compact" if compact
     klass
   end
diff --git a/app/views/modqueue/_desc.html.erb b/app/views/modqueue/_desc.html.erb
index a9838e3dc..79a1f2752 100644
--- a/app/views/modqueue/_desc.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/modqueue/_desc.html.erb
@@ -2,9 +2,5 @@
   As a general rule, you should only approve of posts that you personally like. Posts that are not approved in three days will be automatically deleted. 
 </p>
 
-<p>
-  Posts with score -3 or lower are marked red.
-  Posts with score 3 or higher are marked green. 
-</p>
 <p>Posts with the <%= link_to_wikis(*Danbooru.config.modqueue_quality_warning_tags) %> tags are marked in yellow.</p>
 <p>Posts with the <%= link_to_wikis(*Danbooru.config.modqueue_sample_warning_tags) %> tags are marked in light red.</p>
diff --git a/app/views/modqueue/_post.html.erb b/app/views/modqueue/_post.html.erb
index 98808b9c6..1f035b85a 100644
--- a/app/views/modqueue/_post.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/modqueue/_post.html.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<%= content_tag(:div, { id: "post-#{post.id}", class: ["post", "mod-queue-preview", "column-container", *PostPresenter.preview_class(post, highlight_score: true)].join(" ") }.merge(PostPresenter.data_attributes(post))) do %>
+<%= content_tag(:div, { id: "post-#{post.id}", class: ["post", "mod-queue-preview", "column-container", *PostPresenter.preview_class(post)].join(" ") }.merge(PostPresenter.data_attributes(post))) do %>
   <aside class="column column-shrink">
     <%= PostPresenter.preview(post, size: true) %>
   </aside>