diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.themes/css/high-contrast.css b/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.themes/css/high-contrast.css
deleted file mode 100644
index f8ebb0b88a3..00000000000
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.themes/css/high-contrast.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2014, 2022 IBM Corporation and others.
- *
- * This program and the accompanying materials
- * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
- * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
- * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
- *
- * Contributors:
- *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
- *******************************************************************************/
-
-@import url("platform:/plugin/org.eclipse.ui.themes/css/e4_classic.css");
-
-CTabItem:selected {
-	color: '#org-eclipse-ui-workbench-INACTIVE_TAB_TEXT_COLOR';
-}
-
-.MPartStack.active > CTabItem:selected {
-	color: '#org-eclipse-ui-workbench-ACTIVE_TAB_TEXT_COLOR';
-}
-
-.MPart Composite
-{
-	background-color: #000000;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.themes/plugin.xml b/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.themes/plugin.xml
index 8d12cceadef..ec8a70d4f24 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.themes/plugin.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.themes/plugin.xml
@@ -51,11 +51,6 @@
             label="%theme.light"
             os="win32">
       </theme>
-   <theme
-		basestylesheeturi="css/high-contrast.css"
-        id="org.eclipse.e4.ui.css.theme.high-contrast"
-        label="%theme.high-contrast">
-   </theme>
 
    <themeAssociation
 		themeId="org.eclipse.e4.ui.css.theme.e4_classic"