diff --git a/web/src/main.ts b/web/src/main.ts
index c8df47d..bbaee51 100644
--- a/web/src/main.ts
+++ b/web/src/main.ts
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ const sheets = {
 if ("serviceWorker" in navigator && import.meta.env.PROD) {
   navigator.serviceWorker.register("/sw.js", { scope: "/" }).catch((err) => console.warn("no service worker:", err));
 }
-paintGrain();
-
 const cards: Card[] = [];
 let active = -1;
 let loading = false;
@@ -1174,24 +1172,6 @@ function signedIn(user: User, pl8list?: Pl8Status): void {
   if (!cards.length) openLinkOrFeed();
 }
 
-/// The tile of film grain the stylesheet lays over everything: faint specks, each
-/// a little lighter or darker than what is under it.
-function paintGrain(): void {
-  const size = 128;
-  const c = document.createElement("canvas");
-  c.width = c.height = size;
-  const ctx = c.getContext("2d");
-  if (!ctx) return;
-  const img = ctx.createImageData(size, size);
-  for (let i = 0; i < img.data.length; i += 4) {
-    const v = Math.random() < 0.5 ? 0 : 255;
-    img.data[i] = img.data[i + 1] = img.data[i + 2] = v;
-    img.data[i + 3] = Math.random() * 26;
-  }
-  ctx.putImageData(img, 0, 0);
-  document.documentElement.style.setProperty("--grain", `url(${c.toDataURL()})`);
-}
-
 /// `/?t=handle/slug` opens on that track; the feed carries on after it.
 async function openLinkOrFeed(): Promise<void> {
   const link = new URLSearchParams(location.search).get("t")?.split("/");
diff --git a/web/src/style.css b/web/src/style.css
index 687d22b..100d21e 100644
--- a/web/src/style.css
+++ b/web/src/style.css
@@ -35,17 +35,6 @@ html, body {
   overflow: hidden;
   -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;
 }
-/* Film grain over everything, from a tile main.ts paints: a printed flyer. Static
-   and without a blend mode, so it costs nothing per frame. */
-body::after {
-  content: "";
-  position: fixed;
-  inset: 0;
-  z-index: 100;
-  pointer-events: none;
-  background: var(--grain, none);
-}
-
 a { color: inherit; }
 
 button, input {