diff --git a/eek/eek-renderer.c b/eek/eek-renderer.c
index 0c305f11..36fd1608 100644
--- a/eek/eek-renderer.c
+++ b/eek/eek-renderer.c
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ typedef struct _EekRendererPrivate
     GtkStyleContext *scontext;
     GtkStyleContext *key_context;
 
-    EekColor default_foreground_color;
-    EekColor default_background_color;
     gdouble border_width;
 
     gdouble allocation_width;
@@ -54,6 +52,7 @@ typedef struct _EekRendererPrivate
 
     PangoFontDescription *ascii_font;
     PangoFontDescription *font;
+    // TODO: Drop those or transform into general button surface caches
     GHashTable *outline_surface_cache;
     GHashTable *active_outline_surface_cache;
     GHashTable *icons;
@@ -63,9 +62,6 @@ typedef struct _EekRendererPrivate
 
 G_DEFINE_TYPE_WITH_PRIVATE (EekRenderer, eek_renderer, G_TYPE_OBJECT)
 
-static const EekColor DEFAULT_FOREGROUND_COLOR = {0.3, 0.3, 0.3, 1.0};
-static const EekColor DEFAULT_BACKGROUND_COLOR = {1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0};
-
 /* eek-keyboard-drawing.c */
 extern void _eek_rounded_polygon               (cairo_t     *cr,
                                                 gdouble      radius,
@@ -594,8 +590,6 @@ eek_renderer_init (EekRenderer *self)
 
     priv->keyboard = NULL;
     priv->pcontext = NULL;
-    priv->default_foreground_color = DEFAULT_FOREGROUND_COLOR;
-    priv->default_background_color = DEFAULT_BACKGROUND_COLOR;
     priv->border_width = 1.0;
     priv->allocation_width = 0.0;
     priv->allocation_height = 0.0;
@@ -862,30 +856,6 @@ eek_renderer_render_keyboard (EekRenderer *renderer,
     EEK_RENDERER_GET_CLASS(renderer)->render_keyboard (renderer, cr);
 }
 
-void
-eek_renderer_set_default_foreground_color (EekRenderer    *renderer,
-                                           const EekColor *color)
-{
-    g_return_if_fail (EEK_IS_RENDERER(renderer));
-    g_return_if_fail (color);
-
-    EekRendererPrivate *priv = eek_renderer_get_instance_private (renderer);
-
-    memcpy (&priv->default_foreground_color, color, sizeof(EekColor));
-}
-
-void
-eek_renderer_set_default_background_color (EekRenderer    *renderer,
-                                           const EekColor *color)
-{
-    g_return_if_fail (EEK_IS_RENDERER(renderer));
-    g_return_if_fail (color);
-
-    EekRendererPrivate *priv = eek_renderer_get_instance_private (renderer);
-
-    memcpy (&priv->default_background_color, color, sizeof(EekColor));
-}
-
 void
 eek_renderer_get_foreground_color (EekRenderer *renderer,
                                    GtkStyleContext *context,