diff --git a/config/hmpxv1/colors.tsv b/config/hmpxv1/colors.tsv
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f9c214f..00000000
--- a/config/hmpxv1/colors.tsv
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-region	Africa	#8ABB6A
-region	Asia	#447CCD
-region	Europe	#BEBB48
-region	North America	#E2562B
-region	Oceania	#5EA9A1
-region	South America	#E29E39
-
-recency	Older	#447CCD
-recency	One month ago	#5EA9A1
-recency	One week ago	#8ABB6A
-recency	3-7 days ago	#BEBB48
-recency	1-2 days ago	#E29E39
-recency	New	#E2562B
-
-country	Nigeria	#5E1D9D
-country	South Africa	#4C25B0
-country	Israel	#4236C0
-country	Singapore	#3F4ACA
-country	Taiwan	#3F5ED0
-country	Australia	#4272CE
-country	Portugal	#4783C8
-country	Ireland	#4D93BE
-country	Spain	#559EB1
-country	United Kingdom	#5EA9A2
-country	France	#69B091
-country	Belgium	#75B581
-country	Netherlands	#82BA72
-country	Switzerland	#90BC65
-country	Germany	#9FBE59
-country	Italy	#AEBD50
-country	Slovenia	#BCBB49
-country	Sweden	#CAB843
-country	Austria	#D5B03F
-country	Czech Republic	#DEA73B
-country	Slovakia	#E49938
-country	Finland	#E68735
-country	Brazil	#E67331
-country	Mexico	#E25A2C
-country	USA	#DF4127
-country	Canada	#DB2823
diff --git a/config/hmpxv1/config.yaml b/config/hmpxv1/config.yaml
index 11bcaa11..ea1e5f6f 100644
--- a/config/hmpxv1/config.yaml
+++ b/config/hmpxv1/config.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 reference: "config/reference.fasta"
 genemap: "config/genemap.gff"
 genbank_reference: "config/reference.gb"
-colors: "config/hmpxv1/colors.tsv"
 include: "config/hmpxv1/include.txt"
 clades: "config/clades.tsv"
 lat_longs: "config/lat_longs.tsv"
diff --git a/config/hmpxv1_big/config.yaml b/config/hmpxv1_big/config.yaml
index 79d4878f..166329d2 100644
--- a/config/hmpxv1_big/config.yaml
+++ b/config/hmpxv1_big/config.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 reference: "config/reference.fasta"
 genemap: "config/genemap.gff"
 genbank_reference: "config/reference.gb"
-colors: "config/hmpxv1/colors.tsv"
 include: "config/hmpxv1_big/include.txt"
 clades: "config/clades.tsv"
 lat_longs: "config/lat_longs.tsv"
diff --git a/config/mpxv/colors.tsv b/config/mpxv/colors.tsv
deleted file mode 100644
index c5d6a249..00000000
--- a/config/mpxv/colors.tsv
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-region	Africa	#8ABB6A
-region	Asia	#447CCD
-region	Europe	#BEBB48
-region	North America	#E2562B
-region	Oceania	#5EA9A1
-region	South America	#E29E39
-
-recency	Older	#447CCD
-recency	One month ago	#5EA9A1
-recency	One week ago	#8ABB6A
-recency	3-7 days ago	#BEBB48
-recency	1-2 days ago	#E29E39
-recency	New	#E2562B
-
-country	Sierra Leone	#5E1D9D
-country	Liberia	#4A27B2
-country	Côte d'Ivoire	#403AC4
-country	Nigeria	#3F52CD
-country	Gabon	#4169CF
-country	Cameroon	#457ECB
-country	Republic of the Congo	#4C90C0
-country	Central African Republic	#559EB1
-country	Democratic Republic of the Congo	#5FA9A0
-country	Israel	#6BB18E
-country	Singapore	#79B77C
-country	Portugal	#89BB6B
-country	Spain	#99BD5D
-country	United Kingdom	#AABD52
-country	France	#BBBC49
-country	Belgium	#CBB842
-country	Netherlands	#D7AF3E
-country	Germany	#E0A23A
-country	Slovenia	#E69237
-country	Finland	#E67B32
-country	Brazil	#E3612D
-country	USA	#DF4528
-country	Canada	#DB2823
diff --git a/config/mpxv/config.yaml b/config/mpxv/config.yaml
index 134cea6c..2f0983c9 100644
--- a/config/mpxv/config.yaml
+++ b/config/mpxv/config.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 auspice_config: "config/mpxv/auspice_config.json"
 include: "config/mpxv/include.txt"
-colors: "config/mpxv/colors.tsv"
 reference: "config/reference.fasta"
 genemap: "config/genemap.gff"
 genbank_reference: "config/reference.gb"