diff --git a/app/display/gimpcanvas.c b/app/display/gimpcanvas.c
index a4c95ba5b1eb8337a6e3111d6227f8fbcdaad411..7fc30bc77d54fdff00a755aa0414b02f7c59fa90 100644
--- a/app/display/gimpcanvas.c
+++ b/app/display/gimpcanvas.c
@@ -301,4 +301,6 @@ gimp_canvas_set_bg_color (GimpCanvas *canvas,
   gdk_colormap_alloc_color (colormap, &gdk_color, FALSE, TRUE);
 
   gdk_window_set_background (gtk_widget_get_window (widget), &gdk_color);
+
+  gtk_widget_queue_draw (GTK_WIDGET (canvas));
 }
diff --git a/app/display/gimpdisplayshell-appearance.c b/app/display/gimpdisplayshell-appearance.c
index 6d2698904bc84d8c27743cf86188b3c580b762de..b251c9add8e7b92e7f69a5dba2fb142353a754ed 100644
--- a/app/display/gimpdisplayshell-appearance.c
+++ b/app/display/gimpdisplayshell-appearance.c
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 #include "gimpdisplay.h"
 #include "gimpdisplayshell.h"
 #include "gimpdisplayshell-appearance.h"
-#include "gimpdisplayshell-expose.h"
 #include "gimpdisplayshell-selection.h"
 #include "gimpimagewindow.h"
 #include "gimpstatusbar.h"
@@ -502,8 +501,6 @@ gimp_display_shell_set_padding (GimpDisplayShell      *shell,
 
   appearance_set_action_color (shell, "view-padding-color-menu",
                                &options->padding_color);
-
-  gimp_display_shell_expose_full (shell);
 }
 
 void