diff --git a/bundle/latex2js.css b/bundle/latex2js.css
index 6fe80441..3ae5f55f 100644
--- a/bundle/latex2js.css
+++ b/bundle/latex2js.css
@@ -151,6 +151,14 @@ h4.theorem-head::after {
 pre {
   overflow: auto;
 }
+
+/* Verbatim blocks render as plain, page-coloured code — no gray box, padding,
+   or rounding. Consumers who want a code-block look override this rule. */
+pre.verbatim {
+  background-color: transparent;
+  padding: 0;
+  border-radius: 0;
+}
 /*
  * Paragraph spacing. A run of blank lines is one \par however long it is, so
  * the gap belongs to the document rather than to how many times the author hit
diff --git a/packages/css/latex2js.css b/packages/css/latex2js.css
index 6fe80441..3ae5f55f 100644
--- a/packages/css/latex2js.css
+++ b/packages/css/latex2js.css
@@ -151,6 +151,14 @@ h4.theorem-head::after {
 pre {
   overflow: auto;
 }
+
+/* Verbatim blocks render as plain, page-coloured code — no gray box, padding,
+   or rounding. Consumers who want a code-block look override this rule. */
+pre.verbatim {
+  background-color: transparent;
+  padding: 0;
+  border-radius: 0;
+}
 /*
  * Paragraph spacing. A run of blank lines is one \par however long it is, so
  * the gap belongs to the document rather than to how many times the author hit
diff --git a/packages/latex2js/latex2js.css b/packages/latex2js/latex2js.css
index 6fe80441..3ae5f55f 100644
--- a/packages/latex2js/latex2js.css
+++ b/packages/latex2js/latex2js.css
@@ -151,6 +151,14 @@ h4.theorem-head::after {
 pre {
   overflow: auto;
 }
+
+/* Verbatim blocks render as plain, page-coloured code — no gray box, padding,
+   or rounding. Consumers who want a code-block look override this rule. */
+pre.verbatim {
+  background-color: transparent;
+  padding: 0;
+  border-radius: 0;
+}
 /*
  * Paragraph spacing. A run of blank lines is one \par however long it is, so
  * the gap belongs to the document rather than to how many times the author hit
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/verbatim.tsx b/packages/react/src/components/verbatim.tsx
index 62f17405..4a00987c 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/verbatim.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/verbatim.tsx
@@ -6,14 +6,5 @@ interface VerbatimProps {
 }
 
 export default ({ lines }: VerbatimProps) => (
-  <pre 
-    className="verbatim"
-    style={{ 
-      backgroundColor: '#f5f5f5', 
-      padding: '10px', 
-      borderRadius: '4px',
-      overflow: 'auto'
-    }}
-    dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: lines.join('\n') }}
-  />
+  <pre className="verbatim" dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: lines.join('\n') }} />
 );