diff --git a/overlays/mods/dwm/default.nix b/overlays/mods/dwm/default.nix
index dfdb8808..f415f290 100644
--- a/overlays/mods/dwm/default.nix
+++ b/overlays/mods/dwm/default.nix
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@ prev.dwm.override {
     static const char col_gray2[] = "#444444";
     static const char col_gray3[] = "#bbbbbb";
     static const char col_gray4[] = "#eeeeee";
-    static const char col_cyan[]  = "#005577";
     static const char *colors[][3] = {
       [SchemeNorm] = { col_gray3, col_gray1, col_gray2 },
-      [SchemeSel]  = { col_gray4, col_cyan,  col_cyan  },
+      [SchemeSel]  = { col_gray4, col_gray2, col_gray1 },
     };
 
     static const char *tags[] = { "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9" };
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ prev.dwm.override {
     #define SHCMD(cmd) { .v = (const char*[]){ "/bin/sh", "-c", cmd, NULL } }
 
     static char dmenumon[2] = "0"; /* component of dmenucmd, manipulated in spawn() */
-    static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", "-m", dmenumon, "-fn", dmenufont, "-nb", col_gray1, "-nf", col_gray3, "-sb", col_cyan, "-sf", col_gray4, NULL };
+    static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", "-m", dmenumon, "-fn", dmenufont, "-nb", col_gray1, "-nf", col_gray3, "-sb", col_gray1, "-sf", col_gray4, NULL };
     static const char *termcmd[] = { "st", NULL };
 
     static const Key keys[] = {