diff --git a/.changeset/shiny-students-juggle.md b/.changeset/shiny-students-juggle.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6971c61f1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/shiny-students-juggle.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@primer/css": minor
+---
+
+Remove background behind images in markdown-body
diff --git a/src/markdown/images.scss b/src/markdown/images.scss
index 481afceaef..7cc05513f0 100644
--- a/src/markdown/images.scss
+++ b/src/markdown/images.scss
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
     // because we put padding on the images to hide header lines, and some people
     // specify the width of their images in their markdown.
     box-sizing: content-box;
-    background-color: var(--bgColor-default, var(--color-canvas-default));
 
     &[align='right'] {
       // stylelint-disable-next-line primer/spacing