diff --git a/public/app/partials/edit_json.html b/public/app/partials/edit_json.html
index 4a7231682a1..b38e9d059f2 100644
--- a/public/app/partials/edit_json.html
+++ b/public/app/partials/edit_json.html
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 	<div class="gf-box-body json-box-body">
 		<div class="gf-form">
-			<textarea ng-model="json" rows="20" spellcheck="false"></textarea>
+			<textarea class="gf-form-input" ng-model="json" rows="20" spellcheck="false"></textarea>
 		</div>
 
 		<div class="gf-form-button-row">
diff --git a/public/sass/components/_dashboard.scss b/public/sass/components/_dashboard.scss
index 314b1a92c3c..b006bd8843b 100644
--- a/public/sass/components/_dashboard.scss
+++ b/public/sass/components/_dashboard.scss
@@ -288,8 +288,4 @@ div.flot-text {
 
 .json-box-body {
   min-height: 500px;
-  textarea {
-    width: 100%;
-    background-color: $gray-1;
-  }
 }