diff --git a/NetNewsWire/MainWindow/Timeline/Cell/TimelineTableCellView.swift b/NetNewsWire/MainWindow/Timeline/Cell/TimelineTableCellView.swift
index 5f0b75a29..ae96d608f 100644
--- a/NetNewsWire/MainWindow/Timeline/Cell/TimelineTableCellView.swift
+++ b/NetNewsWire/MainWindow/Timeline/Cell/TimelineTableCellView.swift
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ class TimelineTableCellView: NSTableCellView {
 	var cellAppearance: TimelineCellAppearance! {
 		didSet {
 			if cellAppearance != oldValue {
-				updateTextFieldColors()
 				updateTextFieldFonts()
 				avatarImageView.layer?.cornerRadius = cellAppearance.avatarCornerRadius
 				needsLayout = true
@@ -51,22 +50,6 @@ class TimelineTableCellView: NSTableCellView {
 		return true
 	}
 
-	var isEmphasized = false {
-		didSet {
-			unreadIndicatorView.isEmphasized = isEmphasized
-			updateTextFieldColors()
-			needsDisplay = true
-		}
-	}
-	
-	var isSelected = false {
-		didSet {
-			unreadIndicatorView.isSelected = isSelected
-			updateTextFieldColors()
-			needsDisplay = true
-		}
-	}
-
 	override init(frame frameRect: NSRect) {
 		super.init(frame: frameRect)
 		commonInit()
@@ -94,7 +77,6 @@ class TimelineTableCellView: NSTableCellView {
 	override func viewDidMoveToSuperview() {
 		
 		updateSubviews()
-		updateAppearance()
 	}
 	
 	override func layout() {
@@ -164,20 +146,6 @@ private extension TimelineTableCellView {
 		}
 	}
 
-	func updateTextFieldColors() {
-		if #available(macOS 10.14, *) {
-		}
-		else {
-			// Pre-Mojave: manually set colors to white when needed.
-			if isEmphasized && isSelected {
-				textFields.forEach { $0.textColor = NSColor.white }
-			}
-			else {
-				makeTextFieldColorsNormal()
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 	func makeTextFieldColorsNormal() {
 		titleView.textColor = NSColor.labelColor
 		feedNameView.textColor = NSColor.secondaryLabelColor
@@ -220,18 +188,6 @@ private extension TimelineTableCellView {
 		return TimelineCellLayout(width: bounds.width, height: bounds.height, cellData: cellData, appearance: cellAppearance, hasAvatar: avatarImageView.image != nil)
 	}
 
-	func updateAppearance() {
-
-		if let rowView = superview as? NSTableRowView {
-			isEmphasized = rowView.isEmphasized
-			isSelected = rowView.isSelected
-		}
-		else {
-			isEmphasized = false
-			isSelected = false
-		}
-	}
-
 	func updateTitleView() {
 
 		updateTextFieldText(titleView, cellData?.title)
diff --git a/NetNewsWire/MainWindow/Timeline/Cell/UnreadIndicatorView.swift b/NetNewsWire/MainWindow/Timeline/Cell/UnreadIndicatorView.swift
index 99cd00253..70421e993 100644
--- a/NetNewsWire/MainWindow/Timeline/Cell/UnreadIndicatorView.swift
+++ b/NetNewsWire/MainWindow/Timeline/Cell/UnreadIndicatorView.swift
@@ -16,34 +16,9 @@ class UnreadIndicatorView: NSView {
 		let r = NSRect(x: 0.0, y: 0.0, width: unreadCircleDimension, height: unreadCircleDimension)
 		return NSBezierPath(ovalIn: r)
 	}()
-	
-	static let unreadCircleColor = appDelegate.currentTheme.color(forKey: "MainWindow.Timeline.cell.unreadCircleColor")
-
-	var isEmphasized = false {
-		didSet {
-			if isEmphasized != oldValue {
-				needsDisplay = true
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	var isSelected = false {
-		didSet {
-			if isSelected != oldValue {
-				needsDisplay = true
-			}
-		}
-	}
 
     override func draw(_ dirtyRect: NSRect) {
-
-		if #available(OSX 10.14, *) {
-			let color = isEmphasized && isSelected ? NSColor.white : NSColor.controlAccentColor
-			color.setFill()
-		} else {
-			let color = isEmphasized && isSelected ? NSColor.white : NSColor.systemBlue
-			color.setFill()
-		}
+		NSColor.controlAccentColor.setFill()
 		UnreadIndicatorView.bezierPath.fill()
     }
     
diff --git a/NetNewsWire/MainWindow/Timeline/TimelineTableRowView.swift b/NetNewsWire/MainWindow/Timeline/TimelineTableRowView.swift
index 6db9514d8..692f0a19c 100644
--- a/NetNewsWire/MainWindow/Timeline/TimelineTableRowView.swift
+++ b/NetNewsWire/MainWindow/Timeline/TimelineTableRowView.swift
@@ -27,25 +27,4 @@ class TimelineTableRowView : NSTableRowView {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	override var isEmphasized: Bool {
-		didSet {
-			if #available(macOS 10.14, *) {
-				return
-			}
-			if let cellView = cellView {
-				cellView.isEmphasized = isEmphasized
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	override var isSelected: Bool {
-		didSet {
-			if #available(macOS 10.14, *) {
-				return
-			}
-			if let cellView = cellView {
-				cellView.isSelected = isSelected
-			}
-		}
-	}
 }