diff --git a/editor/editor_themes.cpp b/editor/editor_themes.cpp
index 1fea759a900..f4082746d85 100644
--- a/editor/editor_themes.cpp
+++ b/editor/editor_themes.cpp
@@ -1220,10 +1220,6 @@ Ref<Theme> create_editor_theme(const Ref<Theme> p_theme) {
 	theme->set_icon("breakpoint", "CodeEdit", theme->get_icon(SNAME("Breakpoint"), SNAME("EditorIcons")));
 	theme->set_constant("line_spacing", "CodeEdit", EDITOR_GET("text_editor/appearance/whitespace/line_spacing"));
 
-	// H/VSplitContainer
-	theme->set_stylebox("bg", "VSplitContainer", make_stylebox(theme->get_icon(SNAME("GuiVsplitBg"), SNAME("EditorIcons")), 1, 1, 1, 1));
-	theme->set_stylebox("bg", "HSplitContainer", make_stylebox(theme->get_icon(SNAME("GuiHsplitBg"), SNAME("EditorIcons")), 1, 1, 1, 1));
-
 	theme->set_icon("grabber", "VSplitContainer", theme->get_icon(SNAME("GuiVsplitter"), SNAME("EditorIcons")));
 	theme->set_icon("grabber", "HSplitContainer", theme->get_icon(SNAME("GuiHsplitter"), SNAME("EditorIcons")));
 
diff --git a/editor/icons/GuiVsplitBg.svg b/editor/icons/GuiVsplitBg.svg
deleted file mode 100644
index 9844fc2018b..00000000000
--- a/editor/icons/GuiVsplitBg.svg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-<svg height="8" viewBox="0 0 8 7.9999995" width="8" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="m0 0h8v8h-8z" fill-opacity=".098039"/></svg>