diff --git a/pkgdown/_pkgdown.yml b/pkgdown/_pkgdown.yml
index c9bc81df..6cd9b0d2 100644
--- a/pkgdown/_pkgdown.yml
+++ b/pkgdown/_pkgdown.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ template:
 url: https://appsilon.github.io/rhino/
 
 navbar:
+  type: light
   structure:
     left: [tutorials, explanation, how-to-guides, reference, news, faq]
     right: [search, github, twitter, mastodon]
diff --git a/pkgdown/extra.css b/pkgdown/extra.css
index 6e856d8e..d9a90589 100644
--- a/pkgdown/extra.css
+++ b/pkgdown/extra.css
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);
 }
 
-.navbar-dark .navbar-nav .active > .nav-link {
+.navbar-light .navbar-nav .active > .nav-link {
   background-color: var(--primary-color) !important;
   color: #fff !important;
 }
@@ -23,11 +23,6 @@
   color: #fff !important;
 }
 
-.navbar-dark input[type="search"] {
-  background-color: #fff !important;
-  color: #444 !important;
-}
-
 nav .text-muted {
   color: #d8d8d8 !important;
 }