diff --git a/tabbox/DefaultTabBoxLayouts.xml b/tabbox/DefaultTabBoxLayouts.xml
index 7fcfc70424..25e43e7f50 100644
--- a/tabbox/DefaultTabBoxLayouts.xml
+++ b/tabbox/DefaultTabBoxLayouts.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <tabbox_layouts>
-    <layout name="Default" highlight_selected_icon="true" grayscale_deselected_icon="true">
+    <layout name="Default" highlight_selected_icon="true" grayscale_deselected_icon="false">
         <row>
             <element type="2" icon_size="32.0" width="40.0" row_span="true" />
             <element type="0" stretch="true" small="false" bold="true" italic="false" italic_minimized="true" prefix_minimized="(" suffix_minimized=")" horizontal_alignment="center" />
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
             <element type="1" stretch="true" small="true" italic="true" horizontal_alignment="center" />
         </row>
     </layout>
-    <layout name="Compact" highlight_selected_icon="true" grayscale_deselected_icon="true">
+    <layout name="Compact" highlight_selected_icon="true" grayscale_deselected_icon="false">
         <row>
             <element type="2" icon_size="16.0" width="24.0" />
             <element type="0" stretch="true" bold="true" italic_minimized="true" prefix_minimized="(" suffix_minimized=")" horizontal_alignment="left" vertical_alignment="bottom" small="true" />