diff --git a/crates/theme/src/theme.rs b/crates/theme/src/theme.rs
index 6d729b9064..334a11b739 100644
--- a/crates/theme/src/theme.rs
+++ b/crates/theme/src/theme.rs
@@ -321,7 +321,6 @@ pub struct ProjectDiagnostics {
     #[serde(flatten)]
     pub container: ContainerStyle,
     pub empty_message: TextStyle,
-    pub status_bar_item: ContainedText,
     pub tab_icon_width: f32,
     pub tab_icon_spacing: f32,
     pub tab_summary_spacing: f32,
diff --git a/styles/src/styleTree/app.ts b/styles/src/styleTree/app.ts
index 9596e31937..a06696de47 100644
--- a/styles/src/styleTree/app.ts
+++ b/styles/src/styleTree/app.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import projectPanel from "./projectPanel";
 import search from "./search";
 import selectorModal from "./selectorModal";
 import workspace from "./workspace";
+import projectDiagnostics from "./projectDiagnostics";
 
 export const panel = {
   padding: { top: 12, left: 12, bottom: 12, right: 12 },
@@ -18,18 +19,7 @@ export default function app(theme: Theme): Object {
     selector: selectorModal(theme),
     workspace: workspace(theme),
     editor: editor(theme),
-    projectDiagnostics: {
-      tabIconSpacing: 4,
-      tabIconWidth: 13,
-      tabSummarySpacing: 10,
-      emptyMessage: text(theme, "sans", "primary", { size: "lg" }),
-      statusBarItem: {
-        ...text(theme, "sans", "muted"),
-        margin: {
-          right: 10,
-        },
-      },
-    },
+    projectDiagnostics: projectDiagnostics(theme),
     commandPalette: commandPalette(theme),
     projectPanel: projectPanel(theme),
     chatPanel: chatPanel(theme),
diff --git a/styles/src/styleTree/projectDiagnostics.ts b/styles/src/styleTree/projectDiagnostics.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7331df1f98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/styles/src/styleTree/projectDiagnostics.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import Theme from "../themes/theme";
+import {
+  backgroundColor,
+  text,
+} from "./components";
+
+export default function projectDiagnostics(theme: Theme) {
+  return {
+    background: backgroundColor(theme, 500),
+    tabIconSpacing: 4,
+    tabIconWidth: 13,
+    tabSummarySpacing: 10,
+    emptyMessage: text(theme, "sans", "secondary", { size: "md" }),
+  }
+}