diff --git a/vim.spec b/vim.spec
index 12d0cac..ccef51c 100644
--- a/vim.spec
+++ b/vim.spec
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Summary: The VIM editor
 URL:     http://www.vim.org/
 Name: vim
 Version: %{baseversion}.%{patchlevel}
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 License: Vim
 Group: Applications/Editors
 Source0: ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unix/vim-%{baseversion}.tar.bz2
@@ -2292,6 +2292,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/*/apps/*
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jul 10 2015 Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@v3.sk> 7.4.769-3
+- drop forcing background, vim detects this since 7.4.757, rhbz#1159920
+
 * Sat Jul 04 2015 Karsten Hopp <karsten@redhat.com> 7.4.769-1
 - patchlevel 769
 
diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index a60ce24..cf66061 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -59,13 +59,6 @@ if &term=="xterm"
      set t_Sf=[3%dm
 endif
 
-" rhbz 1159920
-if $COLORTERM=="gnome-terminal"
-     set background=light
-else
-     set background=dark
-endif
-
 " Don't wake up system with blinking cursor:
 " http://www.linuxpowertop.org/known.php
 let &guicursor = &guicursor . ",a:blinkon0"