diff --git a/src/components/base/markdown/markdown.scss b/src/components/base/markdown/markdown.scss
index b46d7698b6990fdeca503d360ed7bb92ff696626..fb114383405c471496675a20e35a094af89656b6 100644
--- a/src/components/base/markdown/markdown.scss
+++ b/src/components/base/markdown/markdown.scss
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .gl-markdown {
   @apply gl-text-lg;
   @apply gl-leading-24;
-  color: $gl-text-color;
+  @apply gl-text-default;
   @apply gl-font-regular;
   @apply gl-font-normal;
 
diff --git a/src/scss/variables.scss b/src/scss/variables.scss
index 7bd1e5d6db33693dc791a947921fad1f60e9dd16..56d7cd31e3f13fe69a4c0ad3c989c607e45df7df 100644
--- a/src/scss/variables.scss
+++ b/src/scss/variables.scss
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ $white-transparent: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8) !default;
 $transparent-rgba: rgba($white, 0);
 
 // Text
-$gl-text-color: $gray-900 !default;
 $gl-text-color-secondary: $gray-500 !default;
 
 $gl-font-weight-light: 300;
@@ -127,7 +126,6 @@ $gl-line-height-heading: 1.25;
 $gl-line-height-heading-display: 1.125;
 $gl-mb-heading: $gl-spacing-scale-5;
 $gl-mb-heading-display: $gl-spacing-scale-6;
-$gl-text-color-heading: $gl-text-color;
 // Not yet supported, but we'll be ready
 $gl-text-wrap-heading: pretty;
 
@@ -278,7 +276,7 @@ $modal-backdrop-opacity: 0.64;
 // Bootstrap overrides
 // these should ideally be moved further up in the file to the compoent-relevant sections
 // but they can wait here for now
-$body-color: $gl-text-color !default;
+$body-color: $gl-text-color-default !default;
 $enable-validation-icons: false;
 
 $secondary: $gray-50;
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