diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/gitlab_bootstrap/blocks.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/gitlab_bootstrap/blocks.scss
index b266fe3f5a2571ebe3ae6ffda8f6c5a1db743e90..99d2d27cdccfcb2da559183391b0c541ca9fd4b1 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/gitlab_bootstrap/blocks.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/gitlab_bootstrap/blocks.scss
@@ -34,9 +34,8 @@
   &.ui-box-show {
     color: #666;
     margin:20px 0;
-    background: #FFF;
+    background: #FAFAFA;
     box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 #fff, 0 1px 5px #f1f1f1;
-    @include linear-gradient(#fafafa, #f1f1f1);
 
     .control-group {
       margin-bottom: 0;
@@ -100,9 +99,9 @@
   }
 
   .title {
-    @include bg-gray-gradient;
-    border-bottom: 1px solid #CCC;
-    color: #456;
+    background-color: #EEE;
+    border-bottom: 1px solid #DDD;
+    color: #666;
     font-size: 16px;
     text-shadow: 0 1px 1px #fff;
     padding: 0 10px;
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/gitlab_bootstrap/buttons.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/gitlab_bootstrap/buttons.scss
index 93f9e5cb8a1a692428305f59e44e85b90799b054..347da1ad68017240dd52d7ae18397197facf973b 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/gitlab_bootstrap/buttons.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/gitlab_bootstrap/buttons.scss
@@ -10,21 +10,21 @@
   white-space: nowrap;
   padding: 6px 12px;
   font-size: 13px;
-  line-height: 1.5;
+  line-height: 18px;
   border-radius: 4px;
   -webkit-user-select: none;
   -moz-user-select: none;
   -ms-user-select: none;
   -o-user-select: none;
   user-select: none;
-  color: #333333;
+  color: #444444;
   background-color: #fff;
   border-color: #ccc;
   text-shadow: none;
 
   &.hover,
   &:hover {
-    color: #333333;
+    color: #444444;
     text-decoration: none;
     background-color: #ebebeb;
     border-color: #adadad;
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
   &.focus,
   &:focus {
-    color: #333333;
+    color: #444444;
     text-decoration: none;
     outline: thin dotted #333;
     outline: 5px auto -webkit-focus-ring-color;
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/sections/dashboard.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/sections/dashboard.scss
index 61043147fc13547e30bfff7e80dcc3e19cd33be7..f70822c03973ad8f4d9e567c45e68a1f2d0763e1 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/sections/dashboard.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/sections/dashboard.scss
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
   li {
     &.active {
       a {
-        @include linear-gradient(#f5f5f5, #eee);
+        background-color: #EEE;
         border-bottom: 1px solid #EEE !important;
         &:hover {
           background: #eee;