diff --git a/DuckDuckGo/FavoritesOverlay.swift b/DuckDuckGo/FavoritesOverlay.swift
index 1449fcdce5..a93f2cdd4f 100644
--- a/DuckDuckGo/FavoritesOverlay.swift
+++ b/DuckDuckGo/FavoritesOverlay.swift
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ class FavoritesOverlay: UIViewController {
     var collectionView: UICollectionView!
     private var renderer: FavoritesHomeViewSectionRenderer!
     private let appSettings: AppSettings
-
-    private var theme: Theme!
     
     weak var delegate: FavoritesOverlayDelegate?
 
@@ -176,7 +174,6 @@ extension FavoritesOverlay {
     
     private func decorate() {
         let theme = ThemeManager.shared.currentTheme
-        self.theme = theme
         view.backgroundColor = AppWidthObserver.shared.isLargeWidth ? .clear : theme.backgroundColor
     }
 
diff --git a/DuckDuckGo/FavoritesViewController.swift b/DuckDuckGo/FavoritesViewController.swift
index 5b7481627a..376710bc68 100644
--- a/DuckDuckGo/FavoritesViewController.swift
+++ b/DuckDuckGo/FavoritesViewController.swift
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ class FavoritesViewController: UIViewController {
     var collectionView: UICollectionView!
     private var renderer: FavoritesHomeViewSectionRenderer!
 
-    private var theme: Theme?
-
     weak var delegate: FavoritesViewControllerDelegate?
     
     private let bookmarksDatabase: CoreDataDatabase
@@ -90,7 +88,6 @@ class FavoritesViewController: UIViewController {
 
     override func viewDidLoad() {
         super.viewDidLoad()
-        theme = ThemeManager.shared.currentTheme
 
         collectionView = UICollectionView(frame: view.bounds, collectionViewLayout: layout)
 
@@ -289,7 +286,6 @@ extension FavoritesViewController {
 
     private func decorate() {
         let theme = ThemeManager.shared.currentTheme
-        self.theme = theme
         view.backgroundColor = theme.backgroundColor
         collectionView.backgroundColor = .clear
         emptyStateContainer.backgroundColor = .clear