diff --git a/apps/sim/app/_styles/globals.css b/apps/sim/app/_styles/globals.css
index 64fa865241d..ecdff6f7b2b 100644
--- a/apps/sim/app/_styles/globals.css
+++ b/apps/sim/app/_styles/globals.css
@@ -491,6 +491,13 @@ html.sidebar-booting .sidebar-shell-inner {
     outline: none;
   }
 
+  /* Consistent branded text-selection color everywhere, independent of the
+     browser/OS default (which dims when the window loses focus). */
+  ::selection {
+    background-color: var(--selection);
+    color: var(--white);
+  }
+
   body {
     background-color: var(--bg);
     color: var(--text-primary);
diff --git a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/files/components/file-viewer/rich-markdown-editor/rich-markdown-editor.css b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/files/components/file-viewer/rich-markdown-editor/rich-markdown-editor.css
index 448583bcf9e..84d727723b3 100644
--- a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/files/components/file-viewer/rich-markdown-editor/rich-markdown-editor.css
+++ b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/files/components/file-viewer/rich-markdown-editor/rich-markdown-editor.css
@@ -110,13 +110,6 @@
   text-decoration: line-through;
 }
 
-/* Selecting struck-through text reads in the primary color like any other highlighted text, so the
-   selection looks uniform (it returns to the muted strike color when deselected). */
-.rich-markdown-prose del::selection,
-.rich-markdown-prose s::selection {
-  color: var(--text-primary);
-}
-
 .rich-markdown-prose a {
   color: var(--brand-secondary);
   cursor: pointer;
@@ -126,14 +119,6 @@
   text-decoration: underline;
 }
 
-/* When a link is selected, drop its blue so it reads like any other highlighted text — the standard
-   MD-editor convention (Linear, Slack) where the selection takes precedence over the link color.
-   Only the selected state is affected; an unselected link stays blue. */
-.rich-markdown-prose a::selection,
-.rich-markdown-prose a ::selection {
-  color: var(--text-primary);
-}
-
 /* Render the gap cursor (e.g. above a leading divider) as a normal vertical caret rather
    than ProseMirror's default short horizontal bar, which reads as a stray underscore. */
 .rich-markdown-prose .ProseMirror-gapcursor::after {